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(...) There are wifi stuff already out. G scale commonly uses radio control. The main issue is, of course, the battery... It's a pain in the butt... DCC works very well. It seems able to buffer a small amount of power to reduce brownouts by bad (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Actually the weighths were a pre-emptive strike. I figured with the length and height and the tight LEGO curves it would be best. Thanks for the feedback. Mike (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <snip> (...) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Mike Kollross wrote: Wow... um... wow. That looks super. Did you really have problems with excessive roll? I know, silly question. If you didn't have problems with the center of gravity, then you wouldn't have added the weights. "I think it turned (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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You are right they are different. What I will do is to try and get someone to make a collar (like a ring) to put over the wheel in order to adjust it.The collar should be thin and of a conductive metal. Tomorrow I´ll have more news....keep you (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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