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"Bryan Kinkel" <helpdesk@loseyourmind.com> wrote in message news:IBKAzK.o3C@lugnet.com... (...) There are a number of threads on this topic, I myself have built three, four, and six car versions of the Airport Shuttle. I have had great results with (...) (20 years ago, 8-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I've had one motor where the cutout failed. After removal it worked fine. I now remove all of these on my DCC conversions. And rely on the overload protection on the decoder. I was also experimenting with swapping the can motor from a dead (...) (20 years ago, 8-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I converted 2 of my motors to DCC. And I tapped the pinion gears closer to the motor on bothe. But One of my gearbox still made ratcheting sounds. I'm wondering if it's the gears, or is it the motor combined with DCC? Mat (20 years ago, 7-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Connecting monorail cars
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(...) I beleive people have used these [LDrawPart 3183:0] [LDrawPart 3730:0] [LDrawPart 3184:0] [LDrawPart 3731:0] and possibly this [LDrawPart 2508:0] to get more distance between cars for the corners. The non-truck end of the third car then rests (...) (20 years ago, 7-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Connecting monorail cars
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(...) William Howard is the expert on this, but I think he used 2x2 plates with ball-and-socket connectors to attach the back of one monorail base to the front of another. Jason Railton (20 years ago, 7-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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