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Here's another question, maybe directed more at Tom S. but any experienced train(ee) will probably have their own method. I am mostly interested in techniques. To supply the light car with power would you a) build a 9V battery box into the generator (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I personally would use a motor on that car to feed it up to the light/motor. If I build this, I'll probably make it a generic light car, with the searchlight in the middle, and banks of floodlights on each end. If you look at the pic, it looks like (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Or you could use what they did with the new snow plow set and make it mechanically powered. If only there was a good way to do this with bogie cars... Anyone have ideas? Ben F (...) searchlight (...) it (...) plain (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Here is a thought: The spotlight could not rotate 360 degrees. There would not be any way for the internal light to receive constant power without the wires getting tangled (using pure methods anyhow.). To power the light you must use a wire to (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I'd go with B currently. Someday I hope TLC comes up with a way to pick up power that is separate from the motor. Power and propulsion should be separate... (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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That's why we need someone to perfect digital train control! -- Paul Davidson, aka Tinman www.theforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Star Wars www.filmforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Film News Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Nick Goetz <ngoetz@iquest.net> schreef in berichtnieuws FqI9t1.FA9@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) If you make the lightbulb stationary and mount the casing on a Technic turntable, you can point the light in any direction without the wired getting (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Agreed, Very good idea. -Nick Frank Buiting wrote in message ... <cut> (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) ...Convient u should mention this!!! WAMALUG's own Tom Cook has done just that! We were successfully running 5 separate trains on one circuit with _no_ problems (other than the occasional minor crash when we let them catch up with each other (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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INFOINFOINFO! We MUST have info! ;-) I want DCC BAD, so that BayLTC can go crazy with our train setup. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This implying that you're not "going crazy" with what you've got now? <g,d&r!> JohnG, GMLTC - the group that long ago crossed the line into 'crazy' territory!!! (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Regarding how I implemented DCC (Digital Command Control): I hope to have some pictures and descriptions up on my site in a couple days. It is 99% commercial parts. Thanks to the NMRA (National Model Railroad Association) DCC is now standardized, so (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Which naturally means if TLC produces a digital-control product for LEGO Trains, it will be proprietary and non-standard. Steve (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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