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Re: Longest train?
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 22 Dec 1999 21:23:55 GMT
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My experience tells me the bigggest factor limiting the length of the train is
the number of curves you have and their configuration. Take you same 71 car
train and try to drive it through a double s-curve. That is 8 curves one way,
then 8 the other way.
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> I am up to 71 cars. I will enderver to steal a video camera off one of my
> friends, and then use there 'putr to digitize the image.
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> The only way to get it to start with 2 motors (yep, 2 is enough, just to run
> it) is to take slack (reverse, and push the train together, then go forwards
> at 'run 8' (I'm not using lego throttles though...does that disqualify me? I
> can hook one up...) The train is 3/4 of the way around a 25 track square
> (covers 90 track pieces)
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> James P
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| (...) I -know- that the train would not make it with HEP only through a curve like that. My upper level is a straight oval, about 25 straights each side. The figures I have seen seem to indicate that a 10 Degree curve has as much drag added as a .3 (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Larry, I am up to 71 cars. I will enderver to steal a video camera off one of my friends, and then use there 'putr to digitize the image. The only way to get it to start with 2 motors (yep, 2 is enough, just to run it) is to take slack (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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