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Re: Monorails
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 10 Feb 2000 02:04:53 GMT
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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" <r.beneke@tu-bs.de> wrote in message
news:FpoHAD.5wx@lugnet.com...
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> > I think it would be a cool idea...if it is possible.
> >
> > Michael Pratt
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> 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.)
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> I think, monorail trains make much bigger inclines, so they should cause • no
> trouble.
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> Kind Regards,
>
> Ben
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