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Re: RC/9v Train Wheel Question
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:03:25 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Anthony Sava wrote:
I'm currently designing a set of passenger cars, and it could be very beneficial
to me to be able to have my train base one plate lower than one would normally
be able to have using the standard LEGO wheels.  This would, of course, lead me
to using the 9v train wheels outside of their normal housing in a brick built
wheel truck.  Like this:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2570966

snip


So my question is this - Can the RC wheels and axles be replaced in a 9v train
wheel housing without loss of performance?  Are they even compatible enough to
swap?

Or is there some super secret trick to making the RC wheels stay attached to the
axles so I don't have to bother with swapping?

--Tony

Tony,

I used 36 9volt train wheels to make my Schnabel Car.

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=246133

I was left with 36 wheel housings that I could not think of a use for. Then I
remembered that pick a brick on Shop at Home had the RC train wheels and axles
for sale so I ordered 40 sets and they snapped in fine and worked fine.

Bruce



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(...) Thanks for the info, Bruce! That really helps me out a lot. I actually was just looking at your Schnabel Car truck design before you posted, since you used what I think is light grey. Actually it's the only non-all black brick built truck (...) (17 years ago, 19-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains)

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  RC/9v Train Wheel Question
 
I'm currently designing a set of passenger cars, and it could be very beneficial to me to be able to have my train base one plate lower than one would normally be able to have using the standard LEGO wheels. This would, of course, lead me to using (...) (17 years ago, 17-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains)

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