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Re: Monorail Record
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lugnet.events
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Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:48:41 GMT
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In lugnet.announce, David Eaton wrote:
> NELUG recently held an event dedicated to setting the world record for the
> longest LEGO monorail track. From everything we had seen, the previous record
> was somewhere around 200-300 linear feet of monorail track, depending on how you
> counted it, with a few close contenders, such as the OBB layout, which I believe
> has happened a few times with similar amounts of track.
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> We took a tally in the club, and figured out we could easily beat the record if
> everyone contributed their track towards the common goal. The trickier part was
> actually finding a venue! So we ended up in a pretty small display place, the
> Wenham Museum (not big enough to display ALL our track), but enough to set the
> record!
>
> When all was said and done, we came up with a loop of track that was 28069.36
> studs long (about 736' 8.74", or 224.55m). And if you total up all the track
> used (but not in the loop), it's about 29769.96 studs long! The tally:
>
> Long: 162 (4 not used in loop)
> Short: 180 (1 not used in loop)
> Curve: 312 (1 not used in loop)
> Stop: 57 (all used)
> Ramps: 174 (2 not used in loop)
> Half-Curves: 38 (31 not used in loop)
> Points as Half-Curves: 5 (all used)
> Points as Straights: 31 (all used)
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> The layout:
> http://www.suave.net/~dave/images/nelug/mr730/level01.png
> http://www.suave.net/~dave/images/nelug/mr730/level02.png
> http://www.suave.net/~dave/images/nelug/mr730/level03.png
> http://www.suave.net/~dave/images/nelug/mr730/level11.png
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> Photos of the event:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/56891989@N08/sets/72157629279039211/with/6859952783/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/riplego/sets/72157629284588143/with/6862436943/
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> Videos of the loop:
> http://youtu.be/bnUNHYnrj2k
> http://youtu.be/6k7iOzm0UWM
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> DaveE
Wow we did it! That layout is many times more impressive than I was expecting.
Great job guys! If anyone ever challenges the record, don't forget a handful of
other NELUGers have even more track to add... ;)
-Hendo
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