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  Question about gearing Power Functions-based trains
 
I've noticed that because the Emerald Night's two sets of driver wheels are locked together, the engine struggles to go around corners: the outer wheels have further to turn, so the wheels slip and the engine's movement becomes jerky. Would it be (...) (15 years ago, 19-Jan-10, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
 
  Re: Question about gearing Power Functions-based trains
 
(...) Actually, the 9V motor also had the same issue around corners, but I believe it was not caused by the required wheel slip, but by the increased friction on the flanges when they run at a (fairly large) angle to the rails on the corners. This (...) (15 years ago, 20-Jan-10, to lugnet.trains, FTX)  

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