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Re: Broken Monorail Motor
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Wed, 16 Jan 2002 15:05:15 GMT
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"Tony Hafner" <hafhead@PANTSplanetquake.com> wrote in message
news:Gq045z.Fsw@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.trains, Frank Filz writes:
> > I would actually be somewhat pleased if I got it apart and couldn't get • it
> > working again but still got it together as something for playing with a
> > multi-car train with a dummy motor providing some of the connection. • Think:
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> > monorail-car motor monorail-car monorail-car motor monorail-car
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> > instead of:
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> > monorail-car monorail-car motor monorail-car monorail-car
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> > which is the lashup Mike Walsh and Cary Clark use for their 4 car • monorail
> > 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
Actually, Cary and I have our four car monorail trains configured
differently. Cary's has the motor between the first and second car and mine
has the motor between the second and third cars.
Here is a picture of Cary's:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=68339
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=68740
Here are a couple pictures of mine:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=68743
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=68733
Both Cary and I have run ours litterally non-stop for two days at the last
two train shows we have done and have not seen any adversere effects on the
motor. The gearing in the monorail motor appears to be pretty strong and
the extra weight of an additional two cars doesn't seem to be that much of
an issue.
Mike
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Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot com
http://www.nclug.net - North Carolina LEGO Users Group
http://www.carolinatrainbuilders - Carolina Train Builders
http://www.brickbay.com/store.asp?u=mpw - Brick Depot
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| (...) Oops... That will teach me to rely on my memory, somehow I thought one of you had re-arranged your cars (I do remember that Mike's was as described when he first showed it to me - perhaps Cary switched to the motor in the center). Oh well, (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Broken Monorail Motor
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| (...) Cool. Have you run one on a track that includes reverses, or did the monorails just run loops? I wonder if the additional weight might cause a bit of trouble when the motor suddenly switches directions. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (23 years ago, 16-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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