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Re: Ability of newer 9V motors
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 25 Aug 2005 04:49:28 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi wrote:
> Christopher Deraleau wrote:
(snip)
> > Also, I'm looking to tray and motorize the track switches using technic motors
> > and add a constant 9V power source to control them, is there an easy way to do
> > such a thing?
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> No, unfortuanately not. Many people who do it later decide it isn't
> worth the effort. FreeLUG did a nice writeup. I cannot find their
> English version at the moment (FreeLUG is a group based in France), but
> even if your French is as bad as mine, you still might get something out
> of their writeup. If your French is even worse than mine, then there are
> a lot of links to pages in other languages (like English).
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> http://www.freelug.org/article.php3?id_article=175
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> Remember, you can always find more information by using LUGNET's search
> feature at the top of the www.lugnet.com/trains page.
>
> Chris
Hi Chris (both :-) ),
Here's the English version of the article:
http://www.freelug.org/article.php3?id_article=186
Pierre
LEGO Ambassador
FreeLUG member
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 | | Re: Ability of newer 9V motors
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| (...) That's the article I used about a year ago for a train layout -- there are some good designs there. The key is having enough torque to flip the switch -- by using a long lever. I used the simpler designs that don't try to conceal their (...) (19 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Ability of newer 9V motors
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| (...) Welcome to .trains (...) That makes 6 cars total? 2 engines and 4 coaches? I'd get a second motor. (...) Most people have found that the speed regulator can power two motors without a problem. In fact many people goes as high as three motors (...) (19 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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