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| (...) That's what I figured. Not having any of these motors, I cobbled it in LDRAW, and the clips in the model are too low. I figure I'll just make a dolly the same size from bricks and the old train wheels (with the metal axle from the 4.5V days) (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Okay... new plan! :) (7 URLs) Those of us who have visited Morgantown, West Virginia will instantly recognise this chassis design. :) It's very, very heavily inspired by the Boeing-built (URL) Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit>. In the world's (...) (18 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| Oh yeah - note the Akermann steering, I was quite happy with that. Can pull a turning circle with a radius (centreline) 12 cm no problem :) -Iain (18 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| (...) Whoooohooo! That's me! I've been to Morgantown, West Virginia! (...) Okay, there's something off the bat I'm worried about, which is that you've built the track out of unobtanium, aka, monorail track. No one has any of it and it's more (...) (18 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| (...) Hahaha :) The advantages of using the monorail track are that it's very, very rigid laterally (like, it can really press into it without it deflecting at all) and simple to construct. It's a wide, flat surface... the 4.5 V rails I fear will (...) (18 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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