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Re: Reverse Loop using mindstorms
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 26 Nov 1999 22:01:10 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Ben Fleskes writes:
> Hi All,
>
> Building away last night on a new train creation and something occured to me.
> Has anyone used mindstorms to control a dual reverse loop circuit? You would
> need to block three sections of track (for two reverse loops). Sensors could
> detect the presence of the train on the loop section and reverse the polarity
> on the main line accordingly.
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> Has anyone tried this?
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> For those not familiar, a dual reverse loop circuit looks something like:
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> __ __
> / \ / \
> | \ / |
> \____\_______/____/
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> I'd really like to do this, because I have a long narrow lego room and this
> would allow me to have a small layout in two corners and connect the two with
> a narrow shelf along the wall with a single line of track.
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> Does it sound feasible?
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> Seems to me somebody document the creation of a Lego reverse loop on the web.
> Does anyone know the site?
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> Thanks for your ideas and info.
>
> Ben Fleskes
> PNLTC
>
> btw: I completed an Amtrak Metroliner passenger car that does not use any
> window bricks. Much more prototypical then the club car. I'll try to get a
> picture of it up later today.
The switchback is on Matt Bates' Train Depot.
The actual page is here:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/train_depot/reverse2.htm
Any chance you will LDraw your monstrous steam loco, the 4-8-4 one? I love
that thing, but have never seen the original. I suppose if yours is a model,
mine would be a model of a model. :-)
Mike
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