 | | Re: MoC: The Limacion track design is BUILT! —James Powell
|
| | | (...) I think the best amount, if you can afford it in distance, is 15 bricks from base-first hit thing. This will give about 14 bricks clear from rail, which is enough to run all the stock lego stuff (including 4552). I had 12.6 on my current (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
|
| | | |
| | | | | Re: MoC: The Limacion track design is BUILT! —Christopher Masi
|
| | | | | (...) Sounds like you need some dynamic breaks. I assume you kill the power on the downhill, but I was just wondering, what if the uphill and downhill parts of the track were separate from the mainline, and a resister was attached across the rails; (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
|
| | | | | |
| | | | | | | Re: MoC: The Limacion track design is BUILT! —James Powell
|
| | | | | | (...) Na, all I need is a hole in the ground, with a house covering it :). I used to run the trains downhill at - throttle settings (in reverse), but the limit of traction could be reached with heavy trains. The good thing was that the grade was (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
|
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Re: MoC: The Limacion track design is BUILT! —Jason J. Railton
|
| | | | | | | In lugnet.trains, James Powell writes: I tried most everything in the way of developing brakes for (...) A working brake van? I'm fascinated. Please explain. Fantastic layout by the way. It took a while for me to spot the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
|
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Re: MoC: The Limacion track design is BUILT! —James Powell
|
| | | | | | | | (...) I'll sit down and Ldraw some of it, but not right now...I just don't have all that much time. It uses a small Pnumatic cylinder mounted in the car, driving down through a 2R curve (the 2x2 macaroni bricks, stacked) pivot point, to the Technic (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
|
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Re: MoC: The Limacion track design is BUILT! —Jason J. Railton
|
| | | | | | | | (...) So how did you convert from train wheels onto a technic drive? (...) Oops! (Sorry Adrian!) I got lost in the message threads. (...) So, if Adrian's reading, how steep is the rise on the Limacion? (...) through that stuff. (...) I meant I'd (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
|
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Re: MoC: The Limacion track design is BUILT! —James Powell
|
| | | | | | | | (...) In this case, there is no need to. I'll see if I can Ldraw the trucks this afternoon, its a snow day. (...) (URL) photos of my 2 cities in Victoria. The 2nd one was in a 1 bedroom apartment, and it filled the living room (about 4 4x8 sheets (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
|
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Re: MoC: The Limacion track design is BUILT! —Christopher Masi
|
| | | | | | (...) Ah, I was wondering about reversing the power setting too. Thanks for the info. Chris (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
|
| | | | | | |
| | | | | Re: MoC: The Limacion track design is BUILT! —Adrian Egli
|
| | | | "James Powell" <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message news:G7w3zt.CJw@lugnet.com... (...) from (...) which is (...) one...but, I (...) (too (...) I tried to follow that same idea. Way back when(RTL days) I asked if anyone came up with a (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
|
| | | | |
