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(...) I...yes, I'm going to tell a story, I used to be into monorails ever since I was a little kid. I got to ride on the one in Seatle when I was eight. I thought it was awesome, so when the Futuron monorail came out, I HAD to have it. It's still (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks guys, glad you like it. As for me, this is the last time I try building on an incline! The rise is 1 plate per stud, and I have a staircase of black 6x12 plates overlapping by 1, with 4 plates in between making the step up. It takes 6 (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Urrp, I misspoke. Not quite -- not the way the monorail engine reverses direction. It depends which way you place the engine onto the track -- the gold teeth on the motor on one side or the other of the rail. --Todd (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Well, the curved monorail tracks aren't actually perfect circle segments, because the stanchion holes in the middle don't fit into an irrational point on the lattice, but they're not so far deformed from a perfect circle as to give a value of (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) A 1x1 round plate will fit in a 1/4" diameter hole nicely. This will allow trees and flowers to be placed on the board in various places for a more natural look. Just drill holes where you want to place your items. You could also use peg (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Brad Hamilton wrote in message ... (...) like (...) You probably can't see but I'm missing an arm and a leg. Reason? That's what it cost me to purchase the complete range of Monorail sets over the last couple of years. I missed out when the sets (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) computation? I read somewhere that the curved was 36cm's long. With each stud being about 7.8mm (7.8mm x 32 = 250cm (same size as a straight track)), therefore 46 studs = 36 cms. Sanjay -- Millennium City @ (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Monorail motors, however, use battery. My monorail motors have been running strong since 1993 and 1996. As the battery is used up more, than power weakens, but when you put in a new battery, its back to full speed. No idea on the speed though. (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I get 43.98... What value are you using for as a radius in the computation? --Todd (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Thats really neat. I like the idea of building on an incline. So far, my layouts have all been flat. Erik Olson <olsone@spamcop.net> wrote in message news:Fr52o5.F9q@lugnet.com... (...) earlier (...) hill! (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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