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Re: New MOC: Fully articulated light rail vehicle
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 3 Dec 2002 19:30:05 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, William R. Ward writes:
Bill,
Very nice. I like transit vehicles.
How does it do going up and down where the track is not level?
Bob
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>
> The articulation is done by having wall and ceiling sections that
> bridge the different parts of the body. The wall sections are held in
> place with rubber bands on both ends. The ceiling section is held with
> a swivel hinge at one end and a rubber band at the other. The body
> parts are connected together using ball and socket hitches.
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> It navigates just fine around the sharpest LEGO turns but it does slow
> down a bit on a tight curve due to friction. It has no problem with
> switches, since it uses standard LEGO wheels.
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> Pictures are hosted on Brickshelf and can be viewed via my web page
> (with more commentary), or as a Brickshelf folder (once moderated):
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> http://www.wards.net/~bill/lego/trains/light-rail/
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=29123
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> PLMKWYT. XFUT: lugnet.trains
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> --Bill.
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