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Re: March Pictures
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Date: 
Mon, 24 Mar 2003 17:14:06 GMT
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Some of us would love to hear a bit more about the mechanization you guys
did to the monorail reverser and switch tracks...

How reliable are these, and did they require any surgery inside the parts,
the way that many remote controll 9V points solutions do?

Thanks!

I'm holding off on details, because we haven't acutally tested them with a train.
In summary, tho, no modifications to parts. Used the geared motors. Built-in
manual overrides. Main problem with switch mechanism: the train can't switch it
back when its coming from the direction opposite of the switch's current
orientation. Overcoming this using a single motor has been problematic.

I hope to test it at next months Indylug meeting (will Eric Smith or Brian Darrow
please bring some track and a train?). When everthing's verified to work, I'll
post on Brickshelf.



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  Re: March Pictures
 
(...) That was done by Brian B. Alano. I believe there was no modification done. they worked easily . He will have to give you more details mark (21 years ago, 21-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)

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