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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...


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.

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.

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.

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.

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=6550
(note that this diagram is not to scale)

Let me know if any one has any questions.

jt


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James J. Trobaugh
North Georgia LEGO Train Club
http://www.ngltc.org



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