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Re: Stability of cars/rails?
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Wed, 15 Oct 2003 05:32:21 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:

I think I'd use a bigger interior wheel, technic beams for the outrigger and put
the weights (the big red things) midway between the wheel and the train car, but
ya, that looks like it ought to be pretty steady, you've changed a two point
mount to a three point.


i still think that it could be improved:

http://www.q7.com/~jerry/leocad.png

you don't have to worry about magnets moving, so you can keep a constant
distance and speed, and can mount a camera (may require another layer of plates
to be stable).

of course, i thought he was building a 3d scanner :)



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  Re: Stability of cars/rails?
 
(...) I think I'd use a bigger interior wheel, technic beams for the outrigger and put the weights (the big red things) midway between the wheel and the train car, but ya, that looks like it ought to be pretty steady, you've changed a two point (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains)

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