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Re: Train Speed
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 22 May 2000 20:42:40 GMT
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Using 1 stud = 1.25" (which is 8 studs wide = a 10' wide train car) it ends
up being 128 mph. Of course, pulling some 8 wide cars will undoubtedly slow
that down a lot.
Mike Poindexter
Kevin Loch <kloch@opnsys.com> wrote in message news:Fuz0Fz.6pr@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.trains, Christopher Tracey writes:
> > Using the new speed computer • http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=5206,
> > Jeff Stembel and I discovered the top speed along a ten foot section of
> > track is about 5.42 km/h (3.37 mi/h). Of course, there is no replication • on
> > this experiment since we only tried one motor. The computer also read • the
> > distance on a carpeted floor. Your results may vary.
> >
> > -chris
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> Supposedly you can enter in the diameter of the wheel to calibrate it.
> It would be interesting to enter in the minifig scale equivalent diameter
> for the wheel and get minifig-scale speed measurements.
>
> KL
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| (...) I should note that these tests used a bare motor and a few 2x6 plates. I think the top speed with my GP-35 was about 2.5 mph or so. -chris (25 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Train Speed
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| How does that compare with the scale speed of other model trains? Or in general, how does 3 mph compare with other model trains, not considering scale. (...) <snip> (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Supposedly you can enter in the diameter of the wheel to calibrate it. It would be interesting to enter in the minifig scale equivalent diameter for the wheel and get minifig-scale speed measurements. KL (25 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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