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Re: Speed surges
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 21 Feb 2000 17:36:05 GMT
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Ben Fleskes wrote in message ...
> I've noticed this as well. At the GATS show today, I asked others to • observe
> it just to make sure it isn't just me. I notice it mostly when the train • goes
> through an s-curve. The front of the train doesn't surge, but the back • does.
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> I think Larry is right. It relates the the changes between linear and • angular
> velocity as the train moves through.
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> Ben Fleskes
> BS Mechanical Engineering (among other things)
I have also noticed it... not just in the Lego trains, but you will see it
in HO, N and other trains, too.
I believe Ben is right. Not just 'cause he's an ME. The changes in the
linear and angular velocity is bound to cause voltage draw to increase.
Hey Ben: Where'd you get your degree? My BSME is from the University of
Idaho (GO VANDALS!).
Eric
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| I've noticed this as well. At the GATS show today, I asked others to observe it just to make sure it isn't just me. I notice it mostly when the train goes through an s-curve. The front of the train doesn't surge, but the back does. I think Larry is (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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