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Re: motorized cars?
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lugnet.town
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Thu, 5 Aug 2004 20:33:39 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Joe Strout wrote:
> Has anyone done anything with motorized cars that drive around the town?
> (I mean, anyone besides LegoLand!)
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> I've thought of a couple of vague ideas:
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> - magnets under the street that pull the cars along
> - a slotted street that guides motorized cars
> - robotic cars that follow the center line on the road
> - street cars pulled back and forth by a string above the street
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> ...but I'm not particularly happy with any of these. Any other ideas or
> experience to share?
I forgot this one:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=339320 (and other pictures in
the same folder)
where Ross Neal used pneumatic tubing around pulleys to make a 2-wide train
move.
I've seen this one in person, it's pretty slick!
Everyone in the GMLTC wonders where Ross gets his building talent. Perhaps his
mother builds? <grin>
JohnG, GMLTC
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