 | | Re: 10001 Changes (was: Re: August Surprise...) —Scott Arthur
| | | | (...) Strange name in my view as I see it as a electrical conductor rather than a holder on anything? The "Catenary" does make sense however - It is the shape of a curve which hanging cables form - well at least it is the shape of suspension bridge (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: 10001 Changes (was: Re: August Surprise...) —Scott Arthur
| | | | | | (...) Ahh. Its a hyperbolic function! See: (URL) almost interesting: (URL) A (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: 10001 Changes (was: Re: August Surprise...) —Larry Pieniazek
| | | | | (...) The wire that this part contacts (in real life) is indeed catenary, but the proper name for the part, were it named functionally, (and that's a debating point in and of itself) is "pantograph shoe" because that's what its real counterpart is (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains)
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