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Re: Train? Thoughts sqrt(2) - Fuel the Insanity
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Fri, 26 Jul 2002 15:52:34 GMT
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Jeff Elliott wrote:
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> I think the run would be pretty short without human intervention - if the
> speed regulator is set high enough to drive the train up the hill, it's
> going to *careen* back down on the return trip, and depart controlled flight
> around where the track slopes & turns. Perhaps we can convince a mindstorms
> to regulate it, or maybe we can insulate the track and gang 3 speed regs to
> it - one in Altenburg, one up, one down, and set each appropriately. But
> from my experience with slopes & train, a speed setting of "off" can run out
> of control with the wrong train...
I see a solution to this:
Where do we see unpowered trains on hills? Iain and others, this should
be obvious to you.
Now, the solution I see, is to let the coaster experts get together and
figure out a braking system for this section of track.
But this is just the opinion of one bot-head, who almost certainly isn't
coming to Train3.
Trevyn.
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