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| "Thomas Avery" <thomas.avery@intec-hou.com> wrote in message news:H21B7s.FzE@lugnet.com... (...) *how (...) and (...) it (...) be (...) cylinder (...) plenty (...) Hmm... When the valve is switched in one direction, one tube to the cylinder gets air (...) (22 years ago, 6-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) In a way, that was what I meant: since the tubes are made of rubber, they are somewhat elastic (thus they can increase their volume significantly if they are long enough). (...) Ok, I guess I got it: it can work, but it must be always "on", (...) (22 years ago, 6-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) From my experience, you can have really long tubes (10~20 feet, or more) and not have significant losses due to friction. What you should be concerned with is the volume of the tubes. Basically, if you have a lot of long tubes, your system (...) (22 years ago, 6-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| "John Guerquin" <jguerquin@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:H20vyo.G4H@lugnet.com... (...) Same as before, black friction ones. (...) The rear spoiler is a complete redesign, partly made using traditional plate and tile methods, which looks like (...) (22 years ago, 6-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| Hi, I have recently developed a pneumatic gizmo to remotely act on my train track points, which is working quite nicely. The thing is, I don't know *how far apart* can I place the compressor so that the loss of charge in the tubes isn't too big. Has (...) (22 years ago, 6-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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