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| | | Hi, In case you missed it at the diner, or didn't make it to BW '03, (or a BayLTC pizza meeting) Ross showed the prototype Maglev vehicle and short "track" that he and I built. Eric Sophie was kind enough to snap and post a pic of it. Its at: (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.fun, lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf) !
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| | | | | Re: MOC MAGLEV Prototype at BW —Tim Courtney
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| | | | | (...) Mark - This is cool! Matt Gerber and I have talked about doing a maglev LEGO train in one of our many conversations about cool MOCs we'd like to make. You beat us to the punch! Glad you got it to work. When I was younger, I tried making a (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: MOC MAGLEV Prototype at BW —Mark Benz
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| | | | | | Hi Tim, Thanks Tim. Yes, the 2x2 cylinders would probably help with corners, and would generally look cooler anyway. Also Yes dave, we could use some more magnets how many can you spare! I guess that's why real ones use electromagnets! With curves, (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: MOC MAGLEV Prototype at BW —David Schilling
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| | | | | (...) Well that, plus a good supply of several hundred Lego magnets at least! I wonder when (or more likely if-ever!) these will come out as a bulk item? -- David Schilling (21 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: MOC MAGLEV Prototype at BW —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) Could a wheel of rotating magnets propel it? Right now you have all the magnets polarised the same, presumably... if you did something with spacing, can you have the magnets alternate? Have to think about this a bit... but with altnerating (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: MOC MAGLEV Prototype at BW —Matthew Gerber
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| | | | | | | (...) So it would "walk" on the magnets? Or would the wheel be powered from the car with a batterey and motor? -M (21 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: MOC MAGLEV Prototype at BW —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | (...) yes to both... (21 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: MOC MAGLEV Prototype at BW —Jason J. Railton
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| | | | | | (...) But you need to keep the same polarisation to make the train float. How would you stop the suspension magnets from snapping forward onto the alternating ones? All I can think of is a third row of alternating magnets which your wheel works (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: MOC MAGLEV Prototype at BW —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Ya, that's the problem. my thinking is that it's not a 1-1 alternation but maybe 2 in one dir for 1 the other, and the magnets on the car body (which would have to be a lot longer body to allow for more magnets) are staggered so that a (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: MOC MAGLEV Prototype at BW —James Casey
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| | | | | (...) How about a magnetic linear accelerator to keep with the theme. (URL) would only work for short trips, and would need to be reset for each run, but it would still be cool. I don't know if the Lego magnets are very powerful, but that can be (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: MOC MAGLEV Prototype at BW —Matthew J. Chiles
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| | | | (...) Very cool! I was just starting prototyping for a maglev project myself! Now if only Lego will sell bulk magnets... -Matt: ) ---...--- www.auctionbrick.com - username mchiles www.insidethevault.com - mattchiles@gorge.net Matt Chiles 1006 (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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