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Re: Funicular conclusion
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 31 Aug 2000 20:21:45 GMT
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> I had the problem that
> cogwheel would very easily skip when a steep incline was attempted. I could
> easily come up with a better mechanism but doing it in the confines of a
> realistic looking locomotive is really hard.
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> Matt
Simple...Sideways/Locharbar(sp) rack...need I say more?
James
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| (...) Playing with this last night, I could get the engine to climb roughly 45% slope, which was steep enough that the problem I ws having was that the train wheels didn't have enough weight to hold them on the track... James (24 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I've tried this one with a Technic motor driving a cogwheel and carrying its own battery pack. It worked fairly well but I was disappointed to discover that it was outperformed (in terms of maximum incline) by an old 4.5V train motor using (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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