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Re: MOC MAGLEV Prototype at BW
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 3 Mar 2003 04:10:44 GMT
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Hi Tim,
Thanks Tim. Yes, the 2x2 cylinders would probably help with corners, and
would generally look cooler anyway. Also Yes dave, we could use some more
magnets how many can you spare! I guess that's why real ones use
electromagnets!
With curves, the challenge is to space the magnets so they won't "suck" the
car down on the curve, and still end up with a whole number of magnets so
the straight track is evenly spaced again. We have not experimented with
offset track magnets yet, but will now.
mark
In lugnet.trains, Tim Courtney writes:
> In lugnet.announce.moc, Mark Benz writes:
> > Hi,
> >
> > In case you missed it at the diner, or didn't make it to BW '03, (or a
> > BayLTC pizza meeting) Ross showed the prototype Maglev vehicle and short
> > "track" that he and I built. Eric Sophie was kind enough to snap and post a
> > pic of it. Its at:
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=325744
> >
> > Note the irregular spacing of the SNOT magnets on the vehicle. This was
> > definitely the hardest part to get it to work. We started with a
> > "3-rail" system in a "U" shape and a vehicle without a "spine" but couldn't
> > get it to work at all. Now all it needs is propulsion!
> >
> > Mark & Ross Benz
> > BayLUG/BayLTC
>
> Mark -
> This is cool! Matt Gerber and I have talked about doing a maglev LEGO train
> in one of our many conversations about cool MOCs we'd like to make. You beat
> us to the punch! Glad you got it to work.
>
> When I was younger, I tried making a maglev out of magnets obtained at
> American Science & Surplus (http://www.sciplus.com/) and affixing the
> magnets to wooden blocks (science project), but that didn't work. I think it
> was due to the varying strengths of the magnets, allthough they were all cut
> the same.
>
> A LEGO maglev is way cooler, though :-) I'd love to see it on a longer
> track, and propelled somehow. Is there any way you can think of getting it
> to negotiate curves? They would have to be really gradual, or even split up
> into polygons. Could you change the center stabilizer to 2x2 rounds so it
> could go around slight bends?
>
> -Tim
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