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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GFJtK3.A6I@lugnet.com... (...) of (...) styles (...) realistic (...) buildings, (...) my (...) share (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) look (...) [ ... snipped ... ] In this picture (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: APT tilts thru curves in Real-Build ABS form
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"James Mathis" <thakius@nmt.edu> wrote in message news:GFK4wy.KD@lugnet.com... (...) body. (...) stress (...) I must be very slow; I still don't get it! :) Iain (23 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The pendular mechanism has a lever-arm-wedge that pushes "out" and "up" on the undercarriage. The tilt could be the result of the centripetal force through a curve, but weight of the car and the "zero" gap above the bogie plate between the (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You are a genius. Here I am spending my weekend building Mini's[1] while you are building an APT. It looks great, and the pendular mechanism is simply the result of the centripetal force, right? Very nicely done. Chris 1. I mention the Mini (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Cool! I love your train and the detail - I live in England and it immediately struck me as a british style train. Any plans to build instructions? I want to know how to make the 'tilted' red stripe (near the front) - or did you not have it tilted? (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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