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Re: A brief reflexion on power sources
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 24 Jul 2003 19:15:43 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mark Riley wrote:
> "Pedro Silva" wrote:
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> > Plus, under this line of thinking, the introduction of DCC by LEGO would become
> > a much natural step for the consumer - "I now have too many trains to control,
> > so now I must get myself a new control-system"... ;-)
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> What would be really nice is if Lego built train motors that
> accepted the plug-in style DCC decoders. The motors would
> ship with a dummy plug that merely routed power from the track
> to the motor and headlight connector. When you want to
> upgrade to DCC, all you do is remove the plug and drop in the
> decoder of your choice.
So, if I understand you correctly, the "new" motor would consist of two parts:
-Part A, motor and headlight connector (already attached to wheels?)
-Interchangable parts B and C, one being that dummy plug you mention (default in
every purchased motor?) and the other being the decoder (*).
That sounds nice. It even would allow for a "part D", where instead of a dummy
plug we'd have a connector to a batterybox. Come to think of it... the only mod
to the current outside design would be something like "cutting out" a part of
the box (two plates thick, 2x4 in surface?) and have that portion transformed in
brick A, B or C.
This of course raises the possibility of other customizable options, one of
which being triple-wheeled motors (again), another one being "non-engine" motors
to perform acessory actions, DCC controlled (a maintenance crane, perhaps?)...
Very clever idea, indeed.
Pedro
(*) - I take it that LEGO would not accept a non-LEGO decoder?
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| (...) Note that, with the actual train motor design, it's impossible to DRIVE on 6 wheels, only on 4 wheels and 2 free running wheels. another one being "non-engine" motors (...) Note that any 9V motor (exept train motor) can be used with a DCC (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) become (...) control, (...) What would be really nice is if Lego built train motors that accepted the plug-in style DCC decoders. The motors would ship with a dummy plug that merely routed power from the track to the motor and headlight (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains)
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