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Re: Hiawatha Engine
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 18 Apr 2000 14:32:33 GMT
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> > Why not chop off a axle at the back, and make it into a 4-4-2 Atlantic • instead
> > of a Jubilee? Then it would be right for the Hiawatha Atlantics.
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> I think the Atlantics had skirting over the drive wheels, that would be • hard
> to simulate in 6 wide... Since the 9volt motor is in the tender, it's • pushing
> the engine - we found that a single trailing axle didn't hold the track • very
> well. So, we basically tried to model the 4-6-4 Hudson, but with two sets • of
> drive wheels instead of three. Three was the original plan, but it just • got
> too long...
Hmmm...what about using a boat weight over the trailing wheels? Wouldn't
the increased weight improve the trailing wheels tracking characteristics?
You'd also lower the engine's center of gravity, eliminating the pesky
tendancy to tip over when cornering at speed.
Will
Lego Beach Department of Emergency Services
www.crosswinds.net/~hokie
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| (...) I think it has three weight elements in it already... What it needs is to get some weight below the axles on the drive wheels... J1, GMLTC (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I think the Atlantics had skirting over the drive wheels, that would be hard to simulate in 6 wide... Since the 9volt motor is in the tender, it's pushing the engine - we found that a single trailing axle didn't hold the track very well. So, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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