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Re: Acela ver2: Magnetic nose coupler
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Mon, 30 Oct 2000 19:57:53 GMT
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Okay, I've had it-- James, your designs are so cool and innovative that it kills
me to see you building 6 wide instead of 8!! All I can think about is what you
would be able to do with the added freedom of building 8 wide. Won't you please
try building something 8 wide, just for the fun of it ? Try it, you'll like it!
[1]
In Awe,
John
[1] Any Alka-Seltzer fans out there who haven't forgotten that one?
James Mathis wrote:
> Acela HSEL locomotive version 2 items of note:
> 1. nose piece is attached by means of magnets.
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> 2. two Acela locomotives made
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> 3. two Acela locomotives attached nose-to-nose
> a. magnetic "bar" used to couple the two locomotives nose-to-nose.
> b. range of motion in the coupler limits track configuration (hard- "s"
> curves derail the train. see note below).
> c. The limitation is primarily due to the coupler being located on the nose,
> rather than the front bogie. This results in the nose tip swinging far out
> through curves.
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> 3. special black roof piece found in RoboForce set #2152 Robo Raptor to
> interface black cab slope into gray slope roof line.
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> 4. cargo box added near nose/cab area of locomotive #2
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> 5. alternate blue underskirting added to locomotive (hangs too low in my
> opinion- will likely not be used in final model).
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> 6. pantagraph and "electronic" roof line details under study.
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=1831
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> One of the pictures viewable via the link above shows a track layout. The two
> Acela locomotives coupled nose-to-nose have successfully negotiated this track
> layout for a duration of approximately 25 minutes. Each locomotive had a 9volt
> train motor beneath the nose area. The train set consisted of only the two
> nose-to-nose locomotives; no additional rolling stock was attached.
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> Another track layout shows two "s-curve" types. These are negotiable by the
> nose-to-nose coupled Acela locomotives.
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> I wish the design could navigate any track geometry.
> I encourage someone else to figure that out, as I'd love to see a solution, or
> any other designs!
>
> Build on!
> later,
> James Mathis
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| (...) I remember "Try it, you'll like it!" Funny :-) There are reasons, however silly or irrelevant they may be, that I build six wide. Here are some that I can think of (not necessarily in any order of importance nor significance): 1. LEGO releases (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Acela ver2: Magnetic nose coupler
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| (...) Leave him alone. Maybe he's a good enough builder that he doesn't need the crutch of a 30% larger pallete to get the details right. Maybe he's a poor college student who doesn't have 2x the number of bricks that you need to build the same (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| Acela HSEL locomotive version 2 items of note: 1. nose piece is attached by means of magnets. 2. two Acela locomotives made 3. two Acela locomotives attached nose-to-nose a. magnetic "bar" used to couple the two locomotives nose-to-nose. b. range of (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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