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Re: New Couplers (was Re: Do you need plates or/and 1x? bricks?
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 28 Jan 2000 21:30:45 GMT
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Larry, the turntable will add a little bit of flex. Considering that John's
trains are really long, the angle is substantially less than one would get
with 6 wide trains. Also, I would be willing to bet that John is limited to
slopes of 1 plate/track length, as higher grades are too tough on the motor
considering the amount of bricks it is pulling. I think it needs to be
looked at closely, but it is quite possible that the turntable will provide
enough vertical slack.
Mike Poindexter
Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message
news:3891F02A.B1374C36@voyager.net...
> John Neal wrote:
> >
> > Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> >
> > > John Neal wrote:
> > >
> > > > What I'd really like is to try using these pieces to hitch my cars:
> > > > http://home.att.net/~partsref/images/3639.gif and
> > > > http://home.att.net/~partsref/images/3640.gif
> > >
> > > Fascinating. How are you going to allow for flex on grades?
> >
> > Well, Spock (or Tuvok).... I thought that attaching each to a 2x2 • turntable
> > would allow for enough give.
>
> Were you going to mount that turntable sideways? I'm taking about
> flexing around a horizontal axis of rotation (that is, in a vertical
> plane)... so I don't see how the turntable helps matters.
>
> --
> Larry Pieniazek - larryp@novera.com - http://my.voyager.net/lar
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>
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