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Re: All plastic track
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 16 Aug 2005 23:51:28 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jake McKee wrote:
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How do I know? Because I’m on the project
team that’s working on the Hobby Train.
I’m open for questions...
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OK, here’s two I was *dying* to ask at BrickFest, but didn’t want to take
time away from the more “serious” questioners (i.e. - I’m not first & formost a
train type).
(1) What is the battery life goal?
(2) Is the IR system potential compatable with the RCX? I’m already drooling
at the idea of an RCX-controled train and stations, *without* having to fit the
RCX into the train (and to all the folks about to suggest LDCC, current versions
gut the firmware too much - it seems to be a RC system, not a computer driving a
train system).
(3) How many addressible features could such a train have (Fwd/Rev certainly,
but throttle? Lights? Horns?)
OK, that’s three. I can programm, but I can’t count. Personally, I also came
away from BrickFest with a positive view of where the 9V system is headed, not
negative. Pure and simple, more kids “gatewayed” into L-gauge means more
potential customers for “adult” L-gauge setups.
--
Brian Davis
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| (...) I have some questions, too. I'm not a huge train person -- I own only two train sets -- but I'm aware of the 9V system's limitations. Would a 9V train have enough momentum to pass over a single section of plastic track? I'm thinking that the (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) I'd like to add a few of my own detail questions. A) How many channels will there be? There obviously needs to be at least as many as there are simultaneous running loco's on tracks else locos on sidings will keep waking up (since the switches (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) First, to be completely clear about a very very important distinction - we're not "switching", we're "including". Plastic rails will not kill the metal rails. Metal rails will continue into the future. We are working on production process that (...) (19 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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