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Re: Monorails
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 9 Feb 2000 19:39:49 GMT
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> I think it would be a cool idea...if it is possible.
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> Michael Pratt
Why shouldn't it be possible? Actually I only know the spirals of Jan, a friend
of mine, who built them for 12V track. But they are far to big, to get them on
most tables. With an increase of one brick per 16 studs of track, all the
12V engines had the power to run up and down, including regular numbers of
cars.
If interested in these spirals go here:
http://www-public.tu-bs.de:8080/~rbeneke/lego/bridges/pic20.jpg
http://www-public.tu-bs.de:8080/~rbeneke/lego/bridges/pi124.jpg
http://www-public.tu-bs.de:8080/~rbeneke/lego/bridges/pic43.jpg
(notice the use of wood: the size is same as made by thousands of Lego bricks,
but Jan was to short of them that time.)
I think, monorail trains make much bigger inclines, so they should cause no
trouble.
Kind Regards,
Ben
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| I don't think this would be possible with 9V trains, seems to me the curve radius is too tight to get enough incline on each "loop." -- William A. Swanberg CPT, SC Commander, 229th Signal Company (TACSAT) swanberg@msn.com "Reinhard "Ben" Beneke" (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| Wow I see what you mean.It looks a bit fragile ! I think a monorail would take up less room and of course they can throw themselves into reverse automatically. (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Monorails
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| Does this sub group include monorails ? If so has anyone thought of making a spiral monorail as table decoration which just goes up and down ? I think it would be a cool idea...if it is possible. Michael Pratt (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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