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  Re: APT tilts thru curves in Real-Build ABS form
 
(...) You are a genius. Here I am spending my weekend building Mini's[1] while you are building an APT. It looks great, and the pendular mechanism is simply the result of the centripetal force, right? Very nicely done. Chris 1. I mention the Mini (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: APT tilts thru curves in Real-Build ABS form
 
(...) The pendular mechanism has a lever-arm-wedge that pushes "out" and "up" on the undercarriage. The tilt could be the result of the centripetal force through a curve, but weight of the car and the "zero" gap above the bogie plate between the (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: APT tilts thru curves in Real-Build ABS form
 
"James Mathis" <thakius@nmt.edu> wrote in message news:GFK4wy.KD@lugnet.com... (...) body. (...) stress (...) I must be very slow; I still don't get it! :) Iain (23 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)

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