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Re: Automated monorail stop (was Re: Automated points)
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Wed, 25 Jul 2001 02:12:16 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Peter Guenther writes:
> This is a little off-topic, but hey, you knew that when you saw who wrote it.
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> At the show this weekend, I started thinking, "Wouldn't it be neat to have a
> mindstorms monorail station that stopped each train for about 20 seconds,
> made the ding-dong chime like the DC metro, and then set it going again?"
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> Tonight I did make a motorized controller for one of those monorail stops.
> I didn't think it could do it, but with the right gearing it CAN turn the stop.
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> It's a little bulky, though, and I haven't even gotten to the problem of
> telling the train's in the station (switch? light sensor?) and, well, the
> platform I built today to go along with it has become more interesting
> architecturally than the stop is technically, and I'm thinking it would be
> cool as part of a bus depot, so, well, the bottom line is the darn thing
> works and I doubt I'll use it because it would detract from what's starting
> to shape up into a cool building. If people want info, though, I can
> provide it, and maybe take a photo eventually.
Ummmmm YES!!!!
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| This is a little off-topic, but hey, you knew that when you saw who wrote it. At the show this weekend, I started thinking, "Wouldn't it be neat to have a mindstorms monorail station that stopped each train for about 20 seconds, made the ding-dong (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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