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Re: Broken Monorail Motor
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 16 Jan 2002 14:59:57 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Tony Hafner writes:
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> I've been told that hauling this much weight (which applies to either
> arrangement) can be really bad for the motors. What experience do you have
> with this? Do the motors take it well?
The four car monorails have been run for eight hours straight and multiple
days (on one battery) with no visible ill effects at train shows. The
monorail surprisingly runs at exactly the same speed up and down hill. I use
a regular battery, while Mike Walsh uses a rechargable; the regular
battery-powered cars will catch up to the rechargable after a few loops --
we've had some spectacular crashes that way.
Cary
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| (...) I usually try to avoid the crashes... I'm thinking about trying to implement a crude block system that keeps two cars from doing this. First, I have to come up with a reliable motorized point! In another post, Mike gave this link with a (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) <snip> (...) Remark that rechargeble batteries have a LOWER voltage (8.4V) than a regular battery (9V). This causes a speed difference, and there's also some tollerance om those toy motor speed too. Take a test with some train motors, 2 (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I've been told that hauling this much weight (which applies to either arrangement) can be really bad for the motors. What experience do you have with this? Do the motors take it well? -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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