 | | Re: Ben's LEGO 4449 Daylight train. —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | I'm not a big fan of steam but this looks very sweet. One question I have about the drive train, the distance between the front and back pivot points needs to be shorter when going around a curve than when you're on a tangent. How do you accomodate (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Ben's LEGO 4449 Daylight train. —Ben Fleskes
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| | | | In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> (...) There is a sliding joint between the forward pivot in front of the drive wheels that translates forward and back relative to the leading truck. Thus, when the train goes around curves, the joint (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Ben's LEGO 4449 Daylight train. —John Warren
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| | | | (...) You talk about the trucks sliding forward and backwards. It seems to me that the body would hinder this from happening due to the fact that it connects to the the front and rear trucks via two stationary pins. Since the body doesn't stretch (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Ben's LEGO 4449 Daylight train. —Ben Fleskes
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| | | | In lugnet.trains, John Warren writes: <snip> (...) to (...) Correct. The trucks stay on the same pivot point at all times. The drive wheels simply move away(towards the back) from the front truck around the curves. There are no springs used (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Ben's LEGO 4449 Daylight train. —John Warren
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| | | | (...) Yes, that explains it very well. Thanks. John (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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