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Re: My opinion on drivers...
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Sun, 3 Nov 2002 17:10:07 GMT
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> > Available in both blind and flanged versions.
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> This is a good idea - then you can put linkages across a set of six wheels.
> You'd have one axle blind and just have the other two running on the track.
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> > Available in medium and large versions. Large ones would be about 1 1/2
> > times the height of a minifig. Medium would be just a bit bigger than a
> > minifig.
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> Not so sure about this. The problem with any long wheelset is that it has
> to be flexible. You can't have drivers up the side of your engine body, or
> they'll foul on the body as you go around a corner. The wheels, however
> big, still have to ride on a bogey below the level of the soleplate, so I
> don't think they should be any bigger than model team hubs.
um. I _think_ it would be possible with a x-6-x loco and blind drivers (IE 2
sets flanged, 1 blind in that order) to get them up the boiler. I know it is
possible using the old large red wheels and tires to do so with a -2- loco,
because I have one, and, IIRC, it has also been done with a -6- loco the same
way (Robin S's Hogwarts Express/VLC)
> They have axle holes in the middle so we can motorize them.
I'm assuming you mean Technic axle holes- sounds good to me, but might require
two additonal pieces- a wheelset pickup, and a gearbox arrangement- although,
300 RPM is a realistic max speed, and can easily be achieved from the geared
technic motors.
> The axle holes are vital if you want to use linkages between wheels. You
> have to keep an opposite pair of linkages at 90° (not 180° btw) to each
> other otherwise they snag. Even one linkage on two free wheels will snag.
I think you mean coupling rod bosses here...
> > 1 technic pin hole with a molded in weight pattern opposite the pin hole
That'd be my choice.
> > Available in black (a variant with white or silver rims would also be nice,
> > but not a necessity), gray, and red
Black & Dk red
James Powell
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| (...) Right, like O-Gauge trains have. This is the configuration I'm suggesting when I say this. For those who aren't familiar with O-gauge, this means the motor would attach to the body with the pilot and trailing trucks swinging out. Actually, I (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) These locos still had the wheels below the plate. In fact, the plate looks disproportionately high to accommodate them. The problem with the wheels-up-the-sides approach is that it fixes the body to the wheels at the centre point of the loco. (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) This is a good idea - then you can put linkages across a set of six wheels. You'd have one axle blind and just have the other two running on the track. (...) Not so sure about this. The problem with any long wheelset is that it has to be (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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