Subject:
|
Re: Broken Monorail Motor
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.trains
|
Date:
|
Wed, 16 Jan 2002 21:12:52 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
2919 times
|
| |
|
|
"Tony Hafner" <hafhead@PANTSplanetquake.com> wrote in message
news:Gq1nvs.I13@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.trains, Mike Walsh writes:
> > 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.
>
> 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
The reversing switches work just fine, we have had some problems with using
the automated switching feature of the points. Cary will have to elaborate
on this issue as I can't recall what didn't work correctly.
Mike
--
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
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: Broken Monorail Motor
|
| (...) 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 (25 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
|
19 Messages in This Thread:
 
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
