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Re: Idea for a track power pickup for non motored trains...
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 10 Feb 2004 02:41:07 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi wrote:
> Ben Fleskes wrote:
> > In lugnet.trains, Dean Husby wrote: • <snip>
> > Ben Fleskes
> > Big Ben Bricks LLC
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> Gee, when I saw your name as a responder I was looking for some kind of
> big announcement here :)
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> Chris
I've thought about this and don't see any long term potential. Power pickup
from tracks is one of the most challenging aspects of the model railroading. The
lego solution is one of the best I've seen, LGB actually runs contacts on the
track. There has to be a better way.
Perhaps somewhere down the road, somebody will figure out a wifi radio control
unit. Put a battery and receiver in the train and you are done. There are so
many advantages of not having to wory about connecting power to the track -
especially when you do complicated layout. A wifi system could have all the
advantages of DCC, but without the drawback of providing power through the
rails.
Anyone out there with more wifi experience to know if this could come to be? If
done a few brief searches on the web and haven't been able to find a wifi based
radio control unit intended for the hobby market.
Thoughts?
Ben Fleskes
Big Ben Bricks LLC
PNLTC
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