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Re: What is the maximum length of a single carriage.
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Fri, 1 Jun 2001 07:56:26 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Holger Matthes writes:
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> All other carriages with trucks have just two pivots! The nummber of axles per
> truck might differ a lot. Minimum is 2, maximum is ??
I have used 4 axles in one truck. The trick is to make the two center axles
'sideways slideable'. This is pretty easy to accomplish: the two outer axles
have a tile-with-centerstud, the two middle axles have tiles in them. Now
connect the two outer axles with a 1x8 tile. If you build plates on top of
the truck the two center axles won't fall off when you pickup the car.
I use this in my railway crane:
http://members.chello.nl/~f.buiting/lego/trains/images/cranebig01.jpg
4 axles is the limit using this method, when using 5 axles the center axle
needs to slide more than a stud sideways and there is not enough room for
that inside the 9V wheel element. I think it could be done using 4.5V
wheelsets and use 1x2x1 panels to create the extra space to slide.
Uhm after rereading my post I hope it makes sense... if anyone is interested
I can make MLCad instructions of this method.
-Frank
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 | | Re: What is the maximum length of a single carriage.
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| (...) per (...) I actually used six axles on each end of my K5 Leopold railway gun, which is 85 studs long and can still negotiate the tight LEGO track curves. Each truck is made up of three axles, but the method I used could actually be extended (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: What is the maximum length of a single carriage.
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| Hi Martin, Good choice! 8 wides just look great and it's a nice relation to the tracks! Some theory about maxiumum length: First of all, whatever you plan to build you just may use two pivots at each carriage. The other alternativ are (more or less) (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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