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Re: Searchlight car
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Fri, 25 Feb 2000 21:48:36 GMT
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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 connect the battery pack to the light. (Unless of course
you ran the train 3 feet forward, 3 feet back, etc. Not too eye catching)
The other alternative for 360 degree rotation would be to use a 9 volt
batter box and make it part of the revolving light assembly. You could turn
the light with a lead running from the 9 volt motor and connect it to a
micromotor. This might be best because I personally cannot stand that when
running at a lower speed the train light does not illuminate fully. The
additional battery would eliminate this problem.
By the way what does this spotlight do again? Light up the box car in front
of it? ;-)
-Nick
Ben Fleskes wrote in message ...
> Or you could use what they did with the new snow plow set and make it
> mechanically powered.
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> If only there was a good way to do this with bogie cars... Anyone have • ideas?
>
> Ben F
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> In lugnet.trains, Tom Stangl writes:
> > 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 there are mounts on each end for more searchlights.
> >
> > Oh, and if you use a diffuser lense on the searchlight, it becomes a • pretty
> > powerful floodlight ;-) I'm not sure if the lense on that light is a • diffuser
> > or a Fresnel to concentrate the light. Most searchlights I've seen have a • plain
> > clear lense, and use the reflector to concentrate the light.
> >
> >
> > Nick Goetz wrote:
> >
> > > 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 car. b) Feed power from the engine car to • the
> > > spot light car. c) put one of the motors under the light car. d) • something
> > > else?
> > >
> > > -Nick
> > > (the curious one)
> > >
> > > Frank Filz wrote in message <38B6B51A.2620@mindspring.com>...
> > > <snip>>
> > > > Of course for slightly additional realism, one should build an
> > > > accompanying generator car.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Frank Filz
> > > >
> > > > -----------------------------
> > > > Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
> > > > Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
> >
> > --
> > | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp
> > | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer
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