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Re: DCC and the future
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Fri, 20 Dec 2002 15:09:43 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, William R. Ward writes:
> Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> writes:
> > What I hope for in this and several other things is for LEGO trains to
> > become large enough to attract the attention of one of the model
> > railroading manufacturers. If Kadee came out with a brick which let you
> > use their O scale couplers I'd buy a bunch of them. If they came out
> > with a magnet designed to either mount under LEGO track (with studs on
> > the top) or to mount on the LEGO track ties (tubes on the bottom), I'd
> > buy them. If they didn't, I'd glue magnets to plates or tiles and be
> > happy. If someone sets up a shop to convert LEGO motors to DCC control,
> > I'd probably start buying.
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> What is the point of having a magnet on the track?
To activate the Kadee(r) coupler's Magne-Matic(r) uncoupling feature.
see http://www.kadee.com/int/c1.htm for more information.
> But anyway, LEGO
> made magnet holders with a 2x2 plate base that would hold a standard
> LEGO magnet.
Which my experiments have indicated is woefully underpowered for this
particular task, as well as not aligned in the correct direction when placed
in the holder. Since the couplers themselves are magnetised (or at least the
gladhands are anyway) the magnet polarity needs to be such that N is on one
side and S on the other, I think. Maybe not though... Maybe I just never had
the polarity facing the right way, I dunno.
Your experiments may differ and I would be glad to learn that you have
figured out how to get the LEGO(r) magnet to work in this application. A
complete write up, with pictures, would greatly advance the state of the art
in this area.
> They were used in the Ice Planet 2002 space sets,
> perhaps among others.
Yup... MTron had some too, and I think the ISD might have some, actually,
not quite sure...
http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/10030-1 shows
28 73092 Black Magnet Cylindrical (Ref)
14 2607 Black Magnet Holder 2 x 3 (Ref)
14 30159 Tan Magnet Holder Plate 2 x 2 Bottom (Ref)
no, those face the other way round... but could be made to work, maybe.
Good luck, let us know how your experiments turn out.
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| (...) Oh, I see. [...] (...) *My* experiments? NBL. I'm a LEGO purist, remember? I just pointed out a possible LEGO solution to the problem, but I see now that it won't work... --Bill. (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) What is the point of having a magnet on the track? But anyway, LEGO made magnet holders with a 2x2 plate base that would hold a standard LEGO magnet. They were used in the Ice Planet 2002 space sets, perhaps among others. --Bill. (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
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