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In lugnet.trains, Shaun Sullivan writes:
> http://www.nelug.org/greenberg0402/P4070044.JPG
> It was a big hit ... there were many cries of "Look at the last car when that
> train comes around again!" and the like.
I can see why... :-)
Shaun, this is one of the neatest ideas I've ever seen portrayed in LEGO.
Well done!
> Currently, the tension in the chains is a bit high, such that the motor starts
> to get hot and jumpy after about 20 minutes of continuous operation. I'm
> figuring to either gear the whole thing down a bit, or add a spring-loaded
> tensioner rather than use the standard technic hole spacing to relieve that
> problem.
You got me curios, now: what kind of spring-loaded tensioner would you use,
and how would you place it?
Pedro
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| (...) Thanks! (...) Right now, the vertical axles that the gears are on are located in the technic holes in a standard train baseplate. For some reason, this seems to add a great deal of tension to the axles. In fact, I noticed (prior to putting a (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.pt)
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| After seeing Larry's LDRAW rendition of the 2-wide train designed by Jorn ((URL) I decided to try and incorporate it into a "full-scale" train car. The result was an 8-wide flatbed with a small train running atop it: (URL) also a 3.5 MB mpeg of it (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains) !
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