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Re: Train Weight Question
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 1 Aug 2001 19:18:57 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Manfred Moolhuysen writes:
> In lugnet.trains, John Gerlach writes:
> > The train motors have small rubber o-rings around the wheels, they are what
> > grips the rails to provide traction. By putting extra weight in the
> > locomotive, it helps keep them from slipping.
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> I assume you ment to say this only for the old 12V train motors, and this is
> not valid for the current 9V motors ?
I find better performance if I add weight, even to 9V motors. Or at least
design my models so that there is more of the weight over the powered truck
than the unpowered one...
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| (...) I assume you ment to say this only for the old 12V train motors, and this is not valid for the current 9V motors ? Greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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