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Re: Searchlight car
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Sat, 26 Feb 2000 12:17:33 GMT
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Nick Goetz <ngoetz@iquest.net> schreef in berichtnieuws
FqI9t1.FA9@lugnet.com...
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.).

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 tangled. A lot of lighthouses use a method like this.

-Frank



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  Re: Searchlight car
 
Agreed, Very good idea. -Nick Frank Buiting wrote in message ... <cut> (...) (25 years ago, 28-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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