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Re: Scratch building a motor
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:05:00 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
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anyone care to chime in on how this setup does with pulling power?
ondrew
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Well, bear in mind I’m no train expert myself - and that this setup was thrown
together a bit hastily; in particular, one gear train was too loose and would do
an horrible noise when tortured.
That said, I used it to pull a few of Ludo Soete’s Belgian railcars, which are
quite heavy, and it seemd to bear the load without trouble. It probably wouldn’t
take more than 10 regular cars, but I honestly don’t know.
Another issue is the friction on the rails - the standard bands provided with
the RC wheels aren’t too good. I tried some alternates in Brasschaat that
someone else had made, but it wasn’t better. Didier Enjary was kind enough since
then to point me to a standard LEGO rubber belt
(x71) which works like a charm, but I
didn’t try it in real conditions.
I’d happily do more tests, but that’ll have to wait as I’m busy for the moment.
I’ll probably take that model, or a better one, to Fana’Briques in Rosheim and
see what kind of speed I can get from such a setup.
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| (...) Hi, On the subject, be sure to check Steve Barile's RailBricks #2 article about the PFS train. (page 6-7) - (URL) been able to point this at Jean-Marc but that's (AFAIK) an original idea by Steve. Lot of friction on the rails can be a goal. (...) (17 years ago, 19-Feb-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) What I'd like to know about this set-up is how it copes with going over points. I've taken track power up into a mechanism through the pivot-point of a bogey, but I haven't powered a truck down through the pivot point like this. I can see that (...) (17 years ago, 20-Feb-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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