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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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Wed, 11 Feb 2004 04:57:19 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Ben Fleskes wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi wrote:
> > Ben Fleskes wrote:
> > > In lugnet.trains, Dean Husby wrote: <snip>
> > > Ben Fleskes
> > > Big Ben Bricks LLC
> >
> > Gee, when I saw your name as a responder I was looking for some kind of
> > big announcement here :)
> >
> > Chris
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
Well actually this was just done by Brian Willams. Anybody who knows him knows
he isn't afraid to modify parts and he's usually ahead of the game when it comes
to electronics. Anyway what he did was put the RC board out of a RC technic car
into the shell of his 8 wide super chief. While he was working on this he
discovered that the board was exactly 6 studs wide which just made the
conversion easier. Anyhoo if you would like to see the RC train engine in action
it will be displayed for the first time March 6-7 at Highwheeler 2004.
Highwheeler 2004
Harper College
See the following link for directions and address
http://www.harpercollege.edu/contact/directions.shtml
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> Thoughts?
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> Ben Fleskes
> Big Ben Bricks LLC
> PNLTC
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