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Re: Aerotrain/hovertrain in Lego?
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Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:47:14 GMT
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   I had not seen that on brickshelf before. I am asuming the real thing and the lego version both only go straight, correct?

Mine goes only straight, that’s right.

As mine is 6 wide, I cannot use the “stop track”. So I made a track without the gear rack. Don’t forget to turn off the motor when it reach the end to preserv the battery ;)

For the real one, hum, I believe it can turn. But the experimental track was straight (or with very big radius curves).

For more information about the aerotrain :

http://aernav.free.fr/Aerotrain/M_Aerotrain.html) (French)

http://aernav.free.fr/English_Index.html (English)

There were some different prototypes.

-Erik A



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  Re: Aerotrain/hovertrain in Lego?
 
(...) Forgive me for butting into the convestation, but have you ever considered building a pair of Mindstorm controlled round houses for your Aerotrain? You could build a pair of passenger stations (one on each end of the track) that were really (...) (18 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
  Re: Aerotrain/hovertrain in Lego?
 
(...) Making it hover in Lego (as opposed to running on monorail wheels) might be a challenge! Tim (18 years ago, 22-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)

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Very Nice! I had not seen that on brickshelf before. I am asuming the real thing and the lego version both only go straight, correct? -Rob A> (...) (18 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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