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A challenge for seasoned Lego Trainers...
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 30 Jul 1999 05:00:17 GMT
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Okay. Here's the situation. Like many people who got into 12 volt Lego trains,
I
own a number of magnetic couplers which have little pins that stick down toward
the track. It took me years to realize these were designed to interact with the
(near apocrophal) Remote Controlled Decoupler
(#7862: http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=7862 ).
I assume from the few images of this item that I've seen, and from knowing how
the other remote control accessories work, that sending power to it causes the
little pin-jobs to rise up and move in opposite directions, pulling the magnets
apart enough to allow you to drive the train away from the decoupled car.
My questions are two:
1) Is this in fact how this worked?
2) Can a similar device be built in the 9 volt system, assuming that I continue
to use the old-style couplers with the pins? Even a manually operated version
would be pretty cool.
Well, there it is. Anyone willing to take up the challenge?
Rick Clark
jrclark@nospam.aol.com
PS. Anyone got a broken 12v motor that is beyond repair? Or will Lego still
replace these for free? If not, I'd be interested in picking one up.
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 | | Re: A challenge for seasoned Lego Trainers...
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| We (the PNLTC guys) have been thinking about this for a while. How to remotely uncouple cars. great challange. The magnets are so strong that it seems that any upward motion would merely derail the cars (leaving them coupled but laying on their (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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