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Hi,
In case you missed it at the diner, or didn't make it to BW '03, (or a
BayLTC pizza meeting) Ross showed the prototype Maglev vehicle and short
"track" that he and I built. Eric Sophie was kind enough to snap and post a
pic of it. Its at:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=325744
Note the irregular spacing of the SNOT magnets on the vehicle. This was
definitely the hardest part to get it to work. We started with a
"3-rail" system in a "U" shape and a vehicle without a "spine" but couldn't
get it to work at all. Now all it needs is propulsion!
Mark & Ross Benz
BayLUG/BayLTC
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| (...) Mark - This is cool! Matt Gerber and I have talked about doing a maglev LEGO train in one of our many conversations about cool MOCs we'd like to make. You beat us to the punch! Glad you got it to work. When I was younger, I tried making a (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Well that, plus a good supply of several hundred Lego magnets at least! I wonder when (or more likely if-ever!) these will come out as a bulk item? -- David Schilling (21 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Could a wheel of rotating magnets propel it? Right now you have all the magnets polarised the same, presumably... if you did something with spacing, can you have the magnets alternate? Have to think about this a bit... but with altnerating (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) How about a magnetic linear accelerator to keep with the theme. (URL) would only work for short trips, and would need to be reset for each run, but it would still be cool. I don't know if the Lego magnets are very powerful, but that can be (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Very cool! I was just starting prototyping for a maglev project myself! Now if only Lego will sell bulk magnets... -Matt: ) ---...--- www.auctionbrick.com - username mchiles www.insidethevault.com - mattchiles@gorge.net Matt Chiles 1006 (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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