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Re: Ability of newer 9V motors
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:50:20 GMT
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To power them, I used a bunch of polarity switches I controlled manually
attached to a second train regulator. You have to be careful to not stall
your motors, which is easy to do because those tracks will change position
very quickly -- so turn the polarity switches off right away. I was going to
automate them eventually with an RCX but never got around to it.
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From the same author, you will find here a good way to use the polarity switches
http://www.freelug.org/article.php3?id_article=269 (still in french, but
reading french is not usefull to watch the pictures :) )
and the direct link for the instructions :
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/chezfilou/montages-lego/Levier-web/levier-commande_table.html
Erik “brickerik” Amzallag
FreeLUG member
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 | | Re: Ability of newer 9V motors
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| (...) Does that rubber band pull the switch to the off position? If so, that's pretty clever. I just put my polarity switches directly onto the train transformer on that section to the left of the dial. (19 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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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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