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| In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes: ... (...) Last night I finally got around to filing down a few of my many defective wheel sets and successfully got a single Santa Fe engine (for the first time) to pull five stock Santa Fe cars around (...) (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: questions about swapping rubber bands
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| (...) Hi Cary, I remember that i got also once a problem with a 9V motor (from a new Metroliner set). I could replace him for a new one after contacting LEGO abouth it. The train could run for abouth 10 rounds and then stopped, but the light in the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 9V Curved Track
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| (...) Thanks Manfred, and all the other ones, for the compliment / help. It took indeed a lot of time. I worked from March 20 2003 on it every evening for at least 3 to 4 hours. I could recuperate some stuff from the straight track too, witch (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: drawbridge
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| (...) the length of the wire has nothing to do with the speed. the problem is that one motor, the first one on the line, is getting most of the power. the motor at 9v, 12v or 115v that doesn't mean thats the exact amount of power that it uses, it (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Parts I wish TLC made
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| (...) For reference: (URL) then click on the PDF or powerpoint from what is currently the third entry in the library: Title: 9V Track Geometry Modifications Author: Ben Fleskes Abstract: Ben Fleskes' Track Geometry Presentation from BricksWest 2003. (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: RCX Train Sensor
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| (...) I solved the unreliable light sensor problem [1], although my version still sticks out two studs from the tracks on one side, and five out on the other. Also there's an extra wire, due to shining a light bulb at the sensor. But we just ran a (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | Black train wheels, red axles
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| I recently aquired a 7745 (great train, incidentally), but one thing about it surprised me. All the wheels (except on the motor of course) were black with red axles. The instructions nor any photos I've see of this set have this. So is it some (...) (21 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 1999 Trains
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| Matthew Bates wrote in message ... (...) trains (...) The train canopy is new for 99. It's used in other sets too, but my guess it was designed for this train because it's so fundamental to its look and is 6 studs wide (uncommon for non-train (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: DCC for the RCX
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| (...) As I run 12v stuff I dont know the 9v motor good enough to comment on the capacitors but I dont think it's that good an idea to use a resistor to drop the voltage. Use one or more (zener)diode's instead. Esger (21 years ago, 28-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: DCC for the RCX
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| <snip> (...) Hey Esger I'm not an electronic specialist by any stretch of the imagination (though not by lack of trying) But commercially available DCC controllers and stuff mostly run at 12 volts (from the research I read), but the RCX runs at 9 (...) (21 years ago, 28-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Oh My Goodness! This is what I've been waiting for--when I priced out DCC controllers, they were 200+ CDN... If I can get one of my many RCX's to do it, well that's entirely another matter. When I originally did the research and found the cost (...) (21 years ago, 28-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Top 10 List involving Monorail
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| (...) Yeah, momorail is funny :). Anyway, the only thing they need to design is the track wheel. All other parts thy have, a 9V motor, a battery box, and technick gears. They'd have to make 1 part that is a regular technik gear, with attached the (...) (21 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Resistors work fine due to the relative difference in cost. The accessory outputs of the earlier decoders are 100ma or so @28V or less, so at most you are dealing with 2.8 w loss (or 100 ma current draw). In order to drop from 14V to 9V, you (...) (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Sorry, my earlier post should have been more clear. I was just commenting on the fact that in general a resistor is _not_ a good way to reduce voltage to a train motor. And you recalled correctly: diode's are "one-way". Thats why you need to (...) (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10028 Level Crossing Sneak Peek!
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| (...) Hmm, I count quite a few more: - 4 stairs - 4 extreme low slopes - 3 inverse slope windows - trans smoke windshield - 9 each red and white cylinders - 16 technic pins to connect cylinders - decent looking crossing signs (though it would be (...) (21 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Revised Bettendorf Truck Design
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| (...) Hi John, what is the advantage of Ross' design against a design like this (without cutting parts)? (URL) Is the friction reduced? Or is there no special thought behind it? For most of my own designs of trucks I have ended up with a design like (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: LDCC and Boosters
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| (...) you (...) Yep, I just tried it: I fed the track power straight into the RCX 1.0 power input jack (and to the lamp brick "sensor" attached to sensor port 1). The switch motors do operate slower, probably because they're seeing something like 7V (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LDCC and Boosters
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| Well done! and THANKS! I tried Sunday night to use lacc as both a decoder and booster, but I didn't have a proper "sensor" (couldn't find my second 9v light), and none of my jury-rigged versions did the trick. I'll pick up some resistors and build a (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 9V Train tracks exchange
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| Hello train friends. I have 100 <A HREF="(URL)Curved Tracks</A> in Brand New condition (from train sets) that I'm offering for exchange. I'm looking to exchange these 100 pieces of Curved Tracks with 50 pieces of New <A HREF="(URL)Straight (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jul-03, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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