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Re: MoC: The Limacion track design is BUILT!
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Mon, 29 Jan 2001 00:01:51 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, James Powell writes:
I tried most everything in the way of developing brakes for
> my trains. I now have a working prototype brake van, which solves many
> problems (but still has some bugs of its own). Lots of fun to experiment with.
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> James
A working brake van? I'm fascinated. Please explain.
Fantastic layout by the way. It took a while for me to spot the
straight-curve-straight-curve system in the spiral, but I'm surprised by the
need to leave so much clearance. I would have thought that you could
squeeze through at only 11 or 12 bricks - so long as you had nothing with
electric pantographs on the roof.
I remember seeing a 12V train ideas book with a raised section. Here's the
Brickshelf scan. They used a rise of 1 brick/straight, and suggested ways
of hinging the top of the stands to join to the track. One even uses
minifig legs as a fairly sturdy hinge:
http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/7000/7777/
It also included some neat technic hopper trucks that could tip into a lower
bin on their way past. A favourite trick of some OO gauge modellers is to
use a split level track to drop from hopper trucks, through the track into
another train or trucks below.
How steep is the rise you are using, James?
P.S. I wish I had that much room, let alone the LEGO to fill it.
Jason.
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| (...) 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)
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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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