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Re: Moonbase Monorail: What is the track elevation?
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Fri, 19 Sep 2003 17:04:23 GMT
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> > Jon Palmer wrote:
> > > At last year's NWBC we just used the normal monorail stanchions,
> > > which are 10 high. We had some track at the bottom and then had
> > > some that was 20 and I think even 30 up. Let me dig up a NWBC
> > > moonbase folder real quick (gonna add these links to the events
> > > section)
> > >
> > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=26578
> > >
> > > Anyway you should get an idea of the elevations from some of those
> > > pics. And to my knowledge we went by David Wegmuller's system
> > > exactly at the Con. I'll get up a mono elevation pic soon.
> In lugnet.space, Frank Filz wrote:
> > Basically. Actually, the track was sort of free form. I just laid it out
> > where it fit. We also had a slight difficulty in getting through Jon's
> > module, his track position was off by one stud... Fortunately,
> > clearances still allowed us to run through.
The track was free-form in that the actual path wasn't planned ahead of time.
But we definitely used David Wegmuller's standard as a starting point. If you
are going to integrate track into modules, the track lines need to map to those
standards, or at a minimum they need to map to positions that monorail track can
get to using those standards as a starting point. Monorail track is very rigid
(compared to train track) and it is very difficult to integrate modules that
don't conform.
In lugnet.space, Steven D. Weiser wrote:
> I do plan on integrating monorail directly into several modules. I will
> use the 10 brick height as a starting reference point. I can then use
> the ramps to either raise it or lower it by 10 depending on what it is
> going through or around.
Perfect- most of the track at NWBrickCon2002 ran at 20 bricks up. One stanchion
puts the track running dead into almost every module. We just stacked two tall
stanchions to get the right height, or we stacked bricks on top of modules that
were in our path. We had various sections at ground level, 10, 20, and 30. I
built a ton of 10-high stanchion extenders for this year so that we don't have
to stack the stanchions (I thought that was an unattractive solution).
The new module connector standard leaves enough room to run a monorail
underneath. It also means that a 10-high track can go under a 20-high
connector. It sucks to have to retrofit existing modules, but I have to admit
that it makes sense.
--
Tony Hafner
www.hafhead.com
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| (...) I do plan on integrating monorail directly into several modules. I will use the 10 brick height as a starting reference point. I can then use the ramps to either raise it or lower it by 10 depending on what it is going through or around. (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.space)
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