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candy and ***** size: was Re: 10219 Maersk Container train set
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:54:03 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, David Eaton wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Chris Gray wrote:
> > An 8 wide hopper is big enough that you can put last year's cheap Halloween
> > candy in it, and let kids carefully grab some from the train. Either let them
> > get it from the slowly moving train, or stop the train for a few seconds.
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> You're a braver man than I.
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> As I think about it, though, that's a totally cool idea! Imagine if you could
> get it to be some sort of automated hopper delivery system... Put a trigger on
> the side of the train that opens up the hopper as it goes past, and then hook
> that up to a mechanism with a LONG horizontal ramp to catch the candy as it gets
> dispersed. If done properly, you could probably get it to deliver without
> derailing or disturbing the train.
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> DaveE
That was pretty close to what I thought when I read the post. Extra fun for all!
Tim
PS. Although a real man with no need for compensation would do it in 6w.
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| (...) You're a braver man than I. As I think about it, though, that's a totally cool idea! Imagine if you could get it to be some sort of automated hopper delivery system... Put a trigger on the side of the train that opens up the hopper as it goes (...) (16 years ago, 25-Jan-11, to lugnet.trains)
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