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Re: Rail Racers RCX control solution
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Fri, 31 Aug 2001 02:20:51 GMT
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James,
Nice modifications. Unfortunately, I never got a chance to play with it at Brickfest, so I'm not
certain what is different, but I do like the trend towards purity :)
James J. Trobaugh <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message news:GIsJzE.2xC@lugnet.com...
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> After tiring of carry around all the heavy equipment that controled the Rail
> Racers drag strip I have finally build a RCX 95% LEGO based control system.
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> This system not only offers a smaller amount of hardware but has some nice
> new features that I lacked with the bigger system. The biggest of them being
> automatic starting line return, a wireless remote control to trigger the
> start and staging of the races, plus lights at the starting line signaling
> the winner of the race.
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> I have documented the design I have built, at least the basics of it. I hope
> to have more details on the custom Starting Light Tree soon.
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> I know a few clubs at Brickfest said they wanted to maybe add a Rail Racers
> track to some of their shows but wanted a more LEGO solution to the system,
> so I hope this helps.
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=6550
> (note that this diagram is not to scale)
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> Let me know if any one has any questions.
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> jt
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> James J. Trobaugh
> North Georgia LEGO Train Club
> http://www.ngltc.org
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