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Re: End of 9V Trains protest layout idea
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:24:44 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke wrote:
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> If you want to improve this record, you should try to use the 4.5V battery
> trains from earlier than 1968: those have had the so far strongest LEGO
> motors ever (ok, possibly the "Dirt Crusher" excluded) and they have had the
> hook couplings. => it has always been the magnet as weak spot in a train, not
> the motors.
In May, I made a test (based on your information):
http://www.kostky.org/forum/index.php?topic=12436.0
A loco (built after set 112-2) pulled 20 two-axle "oldschool" cars. 11 of them
had the old wheels with traction teeth, 6 had various spoked wheels (years
1969-1990) and 3 had the "9V-style" wheels. The first 4 cars were coupled by
hook, the other by magnet. It was nearly impossible to pull the cars with my
hand!!! But the loco pulled them as if it had no load at all. I think it could
pull MANY cars with the best wheels and appropriate coupling.
Regards,
Martin
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| (...) Does the fixed two-axle type freight car offer more resistance around curves compared to modern swiveling trucks like I imagine it would? Or would it depend on the length of the car itself compared to the curve radius? (URL) (17 years ago, 23-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Hi Bob, that assumption is not perfectly correct. In October 2006 a single 12V engine (powered by 2 motors) has pulled this 100 waggons train. (URL) A few months earlier we have made this attempt with a 9V engine pulling 61 cars. But we had (...) (17 years ago, 23-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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