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Re: A4 Class Locomotive teaser & Wheel count designations
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Wed, 26 May 1999 02:55:16 GMT
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On the contrary, this isn't ludicrous at all. It's a great idea! Why hasn't
it been done before. Build a circle of track with sixteen sections of track.
Make a train car using four train motors separated by 90 degrees each. Fill in
the entire middle with bricks plates etc. And what do you have? A 26"
diameter rotating platform. Cool! You could put a building, or play scene on
it and have the whole thing rotate around. Or, if you have a 26" long
millennium falcon model, put it on top. That would be a cool display.
The structure would need to be relatively robust and may require some trusses
if you want a pretty heavy load, but it should be very doable.
Hmmm, I just might have to try it.
Thanks for the idea James!
Ben
In lugnet.trains, James Mathis writes:
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> The ludicrous extreme is a wagon plate that is equal in length to the diameter
> of a LEGO train circle! Put the outer wheelsets at the ends of this way too
> long wagon plate with a central wheelset at the midpoint of the wagon plate.
> OK? Place this hypothetical way to long train on a LEGO train track circle:
> So, the two outer wheelsets are opposite one another across a diameter of the
> circle of track, and the middle wheelset is at a mid-point along a semi-circle
> of the circle of track. OUCH! The two end wheelsets are at 180 degrees with
> respect to one another (90 degrees with respect to the wagon plate; the wagon
> plate crosses a diameter of the circle of track.), and they are at 90 degrees
> with respect to the middle wheelset axle. A line drawn between an end • wheelset
> and the central wheelset makes a 45 degree angle with respect to either axle.
>
> James Mathis
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| (...) I look forward to seeing it. (...) Correct: the two end wheelset pivot and the central wheelset translates perpendicular to the track. However, the central wheelset can actually pivot to some degree. I believe that the photos at my website (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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