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(...) actuly the ironic thing is lego is producing something like you described for the 2007 lineup. the dinosar and grader have an ir motor controler with a seperate motor and battery pac. the only down side is it's uncompatable with the old 9v (...) (19 years ago, 17-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Rene, Can you please choose to murfle (URL) The embedded graphic contains language that can be considered profane and is risque in terms of LUGNET's family friendliness. Somehow the site does not read the text contained in images. ;-) Kevin, while I (...) (19 years ago, 17-Feb-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.admin.general) !
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Sourceforge has disabled shell access for the next several days so I am not able to upload files or make changes to html on the NBC or BricxCC site. I can, however, upload files to the standard sourceforge release page. So for the time being I will (...) (19 years ago, 17-Feb-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) another hypothetical here: If lego or someone else was to produce a motor that matched the pulling power or was stronger than the current 9v motor and there was a system in place to suport the amp draw would that have any affect on your (...) (19 years ago, 17-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Again, I am someone who will never convert to the plain plastic, but I see the IR system being much more useful if the battery/receiver is unbundled from the baseplate. Ideally, I would like to have the IR receiver unbundled from both battery (...) (19 years ago, 17-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Not gonna happen until TLG brings out a motor that can handle remotely near the current motor, and maybe not even then. I already have too much money spent on rechargeable batteries, I'm not about to attempt to power a decent train with a (...) (19 years ago, 17-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains)
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I was just wondering if there would be a market for 1x1 bricks engraved with letters and numbers. I was thinking of creating a set of 100 --could be on white, blue, red, yellow brick with choice of color for letters. If any interest, what would be a (...) (19 years ago, 17-Feb-07, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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(...) OK, well one really simple, almost trivial thing: you can run the IR train on the same track as the 9V, allowing you to have two trains going around a track in different directions, with just a quick timed siding excursion to let them pass and (...) (19 years ago, 17-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Before this goes way off on a tangent let me rephrase my question. What changes would you propose to the IR/RC train system to make it useful in a complementary way to the 9v system? I understand that some will never convert as they have (...) (19 years ago, 17-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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[Warning: non-train person elbowing into the conversation, so my viewpoint is... very different perhaps] (...) There are two issues I see being important for me: control and power (and yes, I know lots of reasons why it's best to do that through (...) (19 years ago, 17-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains)
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