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| (...) I believe the options being discussed were in relation to the use of non-metal track, which is all that will be produced by LEGO in the foreseeable future. ROSCO (19 years ago, 6-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| (...) Oh, for shame, Brian. Letting me think up an option that you passed right over (and a really cool one at that). With the legacy converter cables, you could power the _track_ with an NXT. Hook the track up as if it was a motor, using the (...) (19 years ago, 6-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| (...) Not exactly, that I know of, *yet*... The biggest problem in running a train would be hiding the NXT - I saw only one good solution to hiding the RCX in a boxcar, and the NXT is bigger, as are the motors. You could use an old motor (or even a (...) (19 years ago, 6-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| In lugnet.lego, Scott Wardlaw wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> Has anyone adapted two NXT units to drive a train yet? One NXT as a controller talks bluetooth to the other NXT that drives the train. The NXT that drives the train could be either attached to (...) (19 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| In lugnet.lego, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke wrote: <snip> (...) I've looked at this and a few similar options. Wether or not BBB could achieve it at the $0.30 per piece range (preferably less) is a matter of quantity. I'd much prefer to be closer to $0.10 (...) (19 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Amen, Bruder! You and I are so in our thinking, Ben; as if only 1 stud apart;-D JOHN (19 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) (SNIP) (...) Hi Steve I even would guess that a special sleeper plate with flat bottom (to float on studs beneath), with 242 studs on top and a kind of retaining clips to fix the metal rail would be an option for any "third-party producer". (...) (19 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) sleeper like Ken's modified 2x8 plate, bundle it with the 3rd party connectors and rail stock, and voila - hobbyist track kits! All things considered, this won't happen, for a lot of reasons. But an AFOL can dream... Steve (19 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) Doesn't look like it would work out as nicely. The connectors have two metal tabs on the bottom that appear to line up nicely with the studs that were cut off the 2x8 plate. Switch to a 1x8 plate and you'd have to cut away part of the base and (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| Chris brings home a good point. 9V is what it is, probably because of the powered rails. No other LEGO Train system has that. However, I do beleive that one day very soon (if not already) battery technology will allow more power than can be safely (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.trains)
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