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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 (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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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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(...) Think out of the box. Upward motion is the wrong direction. GMLTC staffer John Gerlach prototyped a working all LEGO device that pushes two cars apart almost 2 months ago. The first working version is about the size of two RCX bricks stacked (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.build)
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Does it stick up between ties then sessior open? Does it need to use the 12v coupler "pins" ? BTW some of us have 3/8 plywood under our tracks ;D Was there a thread on this? SteveB (...) remotely (...) of (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.build)
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(...) This question does not parse. It does stick up between ties and it does lever the two cars apart, was that what you were asking? if sessior == scissor, then the answer is no, it's not exactly a scissor action. (...) No. (...) That is a (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.build)
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Can I interject a bit here for my own clarification? We're talking about a LEGO only solution, right? I've added Kadee couplers and uncoupler magnets to perform this type of remote uncoupling, but that may not apply in this thread if the solution is (...) (25 years ago, 2-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.build)
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lol Ed, *That's* the challenge part-- Lego only;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 2-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.build)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) remotely (...) John (...) almost (...) top of (...) Don't forget the decoupler design by Leo Dorst (see his page). Eric (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.build)
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(...) I tried to build the one from Leo but got problems with the adjustment and my cars where pushed away. Then i tried a build one on my own, using the princilpe of pushing the cars away from each other. Mine is working and the building (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.build)
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Ludo Soete: (...) I pressume you by "away" mean "off the track". Maybe the solution is to push from both sides at the same time. (...) I don't like cutting LEGO pieces, so I would only use this design with 4.5 and 12 V tracks. But that is a matter (...) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Are there any details out on the web of this? I'm updating my web pages and notice that I have very few links for train automation. (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.build)
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(...) remotely (...) of (...) I saw a page somewhere (somebody post if you know) of a design that used the property that if you push in horizontally from the side on the magnets, they decouple. I built a version of this and it worked very well. This (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If you ever wonder where someone's site is, the first place I recommend checking is the Everything LEGO listing: (URL) know Leo Dorst is listed there... --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.build)
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