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Re: Round parts on the side of ... (was Re: LEGO SW Haildire Droid will cost....
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Mon, 6 Jan 2003 11:41:45 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Ondrew Hartigan writes:

personaly i dont think they will be large enough to build a rotary. this is
mainly because the center point of the rotation gear is also in the same
position as the couplers.

Right. Has to be else you have to decouple. However if the guestimated
height someone posted elsewhere in the thread is correct it will be plenty
high for 6 wide trains.

8 widers might be out of luck though.



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Rotary dump for hopper cars (was: Round parts on the side of...)
 
(...) If the circle ends up being a bit too small to center the couplers, couldn't you build a different hopper that has the couplers a brick or two higher? Sure, it would only work with other hoppers with the same coupler design, but most of the (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: Round parts on the side of Hailfire Droid UPDATE
 
Hey all, While browsing Brickshelf recently I happened to fall upon a folder with detailed photos of the new Hailfire Droid.(URL) Along with the other photos Simon Bennett was kind enough to photograph the new rotation gear against a baseplate. (...) (21 years ago, 23-May-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.starwars)

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  Re: Round parts on the side of ... (was Re: LEGO SW Haildire Droid will cost....
 
(...) personaly i dont think they will be large enough to build a rotary. this is mainly because the center point of the rotation gear is also in the same position as the couplers. this is at least in modern rotary dumps. a good solution might be to (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)

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