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(...) So it would "walk" on the magnets? Or would the wheel be powered from the car with a batterey and motor? -M (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Could a wheel of rotating magnets propel it? Right now you have all the magnets polarised the same, presumably... if you did something with spacing, can you have the magnets alternate? Have to think about this a bit... but with altnerating (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Tim, Thanks Tim. Yes, the 2x2 cylinders would probably help with corners, and would generally look cooler anyway. Also Yes dave, we could use some more magnets how many can you spare! I guess that's why real ones use electromagnets! With curves, (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well that, plus a good supply of several hundred Lego magnets at least! I wonder when (or more likely if-ever!) these will come out as a bulk item? -- David Schilling (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Mark - This is cool! Matt Gerber and I have talked about doing a maglev LEGO train in one of our many conversations about cool MOCs we'd like to make. You beat us to the punch! Glad you got it to work. When I was younger, I tried making a (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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