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Re: My opinion on drivers...
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 4 Nov 2002 20:45:20 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes:
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> Just to give you an impression of a wheel of that size, take a look at these
> from LGB model train:
> http://www.fgltc.org/bwoabs/misc/pi412.jpg
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> http://www.fgltc.org/bwoabs/misc/pi413.jpg
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> http://www.fgltc.org/bwoabs/trains/original/pi484.jpg
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=122122
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> These are tested and they are in fact running fine. But as a modification I
> would suggest to place the hole of the driving rods nearer to the center of
> the wheel. (8mm ... 12mm from center). That means less movement of the rods
> and therefore less friction and running resistance.
The one thing where I disagree. With the rods towards the center of the
wheel, it just wouldn't look right. They need to be in the correct spot on
the drivers. That is part of the beauty (sp?) of steamers; the wonderful
movement of the side rods.
-Stefan-
p.s. Thanks everyone so far for your responses and comments. This is more
than I ever could have hoped for, not being as established on Lugnet as the
rest of you are. Thanks.
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| (...) Hi Stefan, if you take a look at real steam engines, you can easiely find out, that there have been different solutions. Some had the eye quite near the flange, but lots of them had it much nearer the center than to the flange. So if lots of (...) (22 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Hi Stefan, I would suggest: - start simple with on1y one new mold and colours red and black! (if really needed, we still could cut off the flange) - even one size only is enough for hundreds of new designs. (1) (...) Axle holes are needed for (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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