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Re: MoC: The Limacion track design is BUILT!
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Sun, 28 Jan 2001 22:34:14 GMT
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cmasi@cmasiSPAMCAKE.chem.tulane.edu
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James Powell wrote:
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> > How much room do you have between one layer of the spiral and the next?
> > I've been toying with multi-layer layouts and I'm not yet positive just
> > how much room to leave between layers.
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> 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 layout, and would aim for a bit more than that on the next one...but, I
> was forced into a comprimise between grade and height, which I didn't like (too
> much grade, not enough height...I should have ran 1/2 way around the room
> more...)
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> It is however, a comprimise always, and not one that is easy to solve.
> Hopefully next time I will have more than 10 ft to come up the last 15
> bricks...that or I will come up with a slighty different approach. The current
> grade I had (about 1.3 bricks/length peak) limited me more going down hill than
> up, to about 4 cars/motor.
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> James Powell
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; would this increase the LEGO motors ability to slow the train down?
Just wondering out loud,
Chris
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| (...) 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)
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| (...) 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)
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