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(...) I've toyed with that solution, but how do you propel a hovertrain in LEGO? If it has something that touches the track, that would make it not fully hoverable... -Rob www.brickmodder.net www.lifelites.com (18 years ago, 22-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Ben's World of ABS !?!
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(...) Pretty sure there's been a message on his site for a while that he was going to shut it down because of his disappointment with bley. Looks like he finally has done it. Tim (18 years ago, 22-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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Looks like the domain or hosting plan for Ben's World of ABS and the FGLTC ran out. (URL) these sites been moved somewhere else? -- Bryan (18 years ago, 22-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Mark & Ross Benz of BAYLUG created a working mag-lev train using lego train magnets. It canbe done, it just might get expensive if you use an all-Lego solution. IIRC, they used (URL) on the track and (URL) under the train body. Paul Sinasohn (...) (18 years ago, 22-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Making it hover in Lego (as opposed to running on monorail wheels) might be a challenge! Tim (18 years ago, 22-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Looks like something from Thunderbirds :) (18 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Forgive me for butting into the convestation, but have you ever considered building a pair of Mindstorm controlled round houses for your Aerotrain? You could build a pair of passenger stations (one on each end of the track) that were really (...) (18 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Hm. The monorail wheels are pretty smooth-- I wonder if you could use the big Lego fans to actually drive a little car forward... Hm. I'd guess the battery box would be WAY too heavy to make it move. And certainly not enough to make it go up (...) (18 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Mine goes only straight, that's right. As mine is 6 wide, I cannot use the "stop track". So I made a track without the gear rack. Don't forget to turn off the motor when it reach the end to preserv the battery ;) For the real one, hum, I (...) (18 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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Very Nice! I had not seen that on brickshelf before. I am asuming the real thing and the lego version both only go straight, correct? -Rob A> (...) (18 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hi Rob, I built it for one of our train shows, in Orleans, France, November 2004. Orleans is the native town of the aerotrain, so I tought we should show one with LEGO bricks ;). (URL) I used monorail base and motor to do it. I wanted to make (...) (18 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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I foud this curious picture: (URL) It is (poorly translated by google) a hovertrain, that runs on a monorail style track, with a jet(?) engine driving it forwards. they referred to it as a "plane without wings". Any ideas on how this could be (...) (18 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: PSLTC Displaying at Western Washington Fair September 8--24
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(...) (URL) these photos are full-resolution, quality has been sacrificed for file size. Originals available upon request. -dw (18 years ago, 18-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Articulation with "working" connecting rods
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(...) An alternative solution, more complex than what I wrote earlier, uses a method similar to Mike's, in that flex tubes allow the set of drivers to be split into blocks, but different in the way the blocks are linked and kept synchronised. The (...) (18 years ago, 15-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Michiana-LUG Meeting - Saturday, September 23, 2006
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To All, We are having another meeting! We'll be sharing stories of BrickFest 2006, discussing future shows for the club, as well as showing off our latest MOCs! Here are the details: When: Saturday, September 23, 2006 Time: 12:00AM EST / 1:00PM EST (...) (18 years ago, 15-Sep-06, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.in.ftw)
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Every year the Western Washington Fair in Puyallup invites a train club to display at the Fair. This year that club is the Puget Sound LEGO Train Club (the first L-guage club so featured since the PNLTC displayed in 1999). The PSLTC has a 32'x15' (...) (18 years ago, 12-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.wa)
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(...) As a train novice I don't know how much help I can be, but since I don't remember reading this idea thus far in the thread, I'm just going to throw it out there: shrink the wheels. I ran into this problem once before, and while designing a (...) (18 years ago, 11-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sebastian, Here's my 2-10-4 using BBB wheels. I used Technic Flex-System Hose (URL) to go from the cylinders to the drivers. Pictures can be found here: (URL) It does navigate points and curves most of the time :). Its still a work in (...) (18 years ago, 9-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | [Press Release} BayLUG Upcoming Events and 2007 Preview (long)
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SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA The Bay Area LEGO Users Group (BayLUG) and Train Club (BayLTC) is pleased to announce our schedule for the rest of 2006, and a preview of the 2007 schedule. ---...--- Great Train Expo Sat-Sun, September 23-24, 2006 (...) (18 years ago, 9-Sep-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sac, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.org.us.sacbb, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Rusty Freight Car - an experiment
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(...) I can see the idea of this, but I'd take it further. The white is very bright and contrasts too much with the very dark rust colours. I'd lose the stripe (or use a different colour entirely - sand blue?) and swap the white for something (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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