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Re: event "champions"...
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 16 May 2001 20:01:10 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, James Trobaugh writes:
> Also lights are optional, both the Green Machine and Big Blue have lighted
> cockpits, it looks pretty wild when the room lights are turned down. Of
> course I'm sure this draws a bit of energy from the motor, but that's the
> price you pay for coolness.
Use a battery box to light the lights. This has the advantage of adding some
weight too, which could be useful.
So the unit has to be seperable at some point? Or does it have to use a
magnetic coupling? Or does it just need to be some number of wheels total.
(would, say, an articulated unit that had 16 wheels total and bent in a
number of places but did not actually separate into two coupled parts be
permissable?)
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| (...) A battery box might be a bit too much weight, but you're more than welcome to try. The train does not have to use magnetic coupling (actually the Green Machine has a ball and socket connection, and one of my newer trains doesn't have a true (...) (23 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: event "champions"...
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| Well if you build your train right you can get away with "just gunning it". If it's too light then you do get a lot of wheel spin, of course too heavy and you slow the train down. And yes there is a width limit, I failed to mention that in my (...) (23 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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