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Re: Model of MATRA's VAL System
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lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build
Date: 
Tue, 7 Mar 2000 02:19:27 GMT
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Miles Gentry wrote in message ...

My mistake for assuming that the appearance of horizontal wheels always
indicates their application to steering.  You noted that such steering

Ok, you mis-read me (^:

Horizontal wheels *do* indicate guidance to keep a vehicle on the beamway,
if they're always engaging with a side friction rail. Actually, I give up
(^:

1970's.   Since that time all appearances of horizontal wheels on guideway
transport vehicles left me presuming their role in steering in addition to
just keeping the vertical rubber wheels on the track.  Thanks for
correcting me.

I didn't correct you, what you've said in that paragraph sounds roughly like
what I'm trying to say (^:

BTW, how does "beam replacement" work?

Think of the LEGO monorail. A piece slides out and another curved one comes
in.

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(...) My mistake for assuming that the appearance of horizontal wheels always indicates their application to steering. You noted that such steering systems appear only in prototypes when used for passenger systems. In fact, my first exposure to such (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)

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