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Hey everyone,
Just returned to my pile of Lego bricks after half a year on exchange at the
University of Queensland in Brisbane... Australia is awesome, I reckon!
Anyway, I came across this wonderful train with a name that says it all, the
Tilt Train, connecting Brisbane with Cairns in the far north. One of the world’s
fastest narrow-gauge trains, it tilts in order to obtain maximal passenger
comfort when negotiating the winding tracks at high speeds.
It just had to be built and I wanted the tilting to be just right! Here’s the
result:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=113761
Cool picture, right? It looks like one long curved train. Click on the picture
to go to the Brickshelf folder with many more (and better!) pictures of the
train, the construction and the real Tilt Train. Be sure to check the movies of
the tilting mechanism in action!
The tilting mechanism is extremely simple and quite fragile but it works great!
Using the towball plates 
 and some train weights, the train will
tilt in the curves and return to vertical on the straight tracks thanks to
gravity! The key is to elevate the rotation axis as high as possible and in the
meantime lower the center of gravity. Check these pics to see how it is done:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1073483
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1073484
And, well, you were actually stealing my thunder, Tim
(http://news.lugnet.com/trains/?n=24092), I waited for the pictures to be
moderated, guess you have to get up early in the LUGNET community!
Oh, the roof, it is built out of need, I simply don’t have enough
 to built train roofs... but the result is
cool! Actually, I’ve often found that the best ideas come to me when I have to
think creatively because I’m out of the right bricks! The roof is actually quite
stable as long as you don’t turn the train upside down in which case the roof
will fall apart :-) (happened a couple of times...)
That’s it for now, I’d really like to hear your comments on this one!
Have fun,
Esben
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Here I am another AFOL,
My name is Carl Watson, I am 22, married with 2 kids and I am from.....
....ADELAIDE......
Amazing, I think that makes 2 in Adelaide.
So hello to Jane McDermott my fellow Adelaidien.
About my Lego:
I collected lots of 'Castle' when I was younger, I collect 'Rock Raiders' for
my son Ben, and 'Duplo' for my baby daughter Caja.
And we all love 'Star Wars'.
I also use LDraw & MLCAD
...Here I am.
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surrender?
Later,
James
In lugnet.loc.au, Benjamin Whytcross writes:
> 'Tis a pity really..although it also keeps those italians honest, as they
> can't use this idea, either :) [and I believe they have more sub-groups,
> too.]
>
> Benjamin Whytcross
> BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au
> Ph: (03) 9856 5282
> Directory Technology Pty Ltd
> 1/436 Elgar Road,
> Box Hill, 3128
>
> Growing older is compulsory..Growing up isn't :-)
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Deidre Rushton Brumby [mailto:drb@tasmail.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 5:21 PM
> > To: lugnet.loc.au@lugnet.com; lugnet.loc.au.act.can@lugnet.com;
> > lugnet.loc.au.nsw.new@lugnet.com; lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd@lugnet.com;
> > lugnet.loc.au.nt.als@lugnet.com; lugnet.loc.au.nt.dar@lugnet.com;
> > lugnet.loc.au.qld.bri@lugnet.com; lugnet.loc.au.qld.bun@lugnet.com;
> > lugnet.loc.au.qld.cai@lugnet.com; lugnet.loc.au.qld.goc@lugnet.com;
> > lugnet.loc.au.qld.mac@lugnet.com; lugnet.loc.au.qld.mis@lugnet.com;
> > lugnet.loc.au.qld.roc@lugnet.com; lugnet.loc.au.qld.too@lugnet.com;
> > lugnet.loc.au.qld.tow@lugnet.com; lugnet.loc.au.sa.ade@lugnet.com;
> > lugnet.loc.au.tas.hob@lugnet.com; lugnet.loc.au.vic.mel@lugnet.com;
> > lugnet.loc.au.wa.alb@lugnet.com; lugnet.loc.au.wa.bun@lugnet.com;
> > lugnet.loc.au.wa.ger@lugnet.com; lugnet.loc.au.wa.hed@lugnet.com;
> > lugnet.loc.au.wa.kal@lugnet.com; lugnet.loc.au.wa.per@lugnet.com;
> > lugnet.org.au@lugnet.com
> > Subject: Re: Should we surrender?
> >
> >
> > In lugnet.loc.au, Deidre Rushton Brumby writes:
> > > > And to help, I'm posting this to all Aus groups :-) [I • would NEVER do this
> > > > just to boost the number of posts, though :) ]
> > >
> > > Does that actually help or does only 1 count? ok, before this is was
> > > 2841.
> >
> >
> > 2842 (web interface in local hierarchy). B*mmer.
> >
> > Deidre
> > drb@tasmail.com
> >
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'Tis a pity really..although it also keeps those italians honest, as they
can't use this idea, either :) [and I believe they have more sub-groups,
too.]
Benjamin Whytcross
BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au
Ph: (03) 9856 5282
Directory Technology Pty Ltd
1/436 Elgar Road,
Box Hill, 3128
Growing older is compulsory..Growing up isn't :-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Deidre Rushton Brumby [mailto:drb@tasmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 5:21 PM
> To: lugnet.loc.au@lugnet.com; lugnet.loc.au.act.can@lugnet.com;
> lugnet.loc.au.nsw.new@lugnet.com; lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd@lugnet.com;
> lugnet.loc.au.nt.als@lugnet.com; lugnet.loc.au.nt.dar@lugnet.com;
> lugnet.loc.au.qld.bri@lugnet.com; lugnet.loc.au.qld.bun@lugnet.com;
> lugnet.loc.au.qld.cai@lugnet.com; lugnet.loc.au.qld.goc@lugnet.com;
> lugnet.loc.au.qld.mac@lugnet.com; lugnet.loc.au.qld.mis@lugnet.com;
> lugnet.loc.au.qld.roc@lugnet.com; lugnet.loc.au.qld.too@lugnet.com;
> lugnet.loc.au.qld.tow@lugnet.com; lugnet.loc.au.sa.ade@lugnet.com;
> lugnet.loc.au.tas.hob@lugnet.com; lugnet.loc.au.vic.mel@lugnet.com;
> lugnet.loc.au.wa.alb@lugnet.com; lugnet.loc.au.wa.bun@lugnet.com;
> lugnet.loc.au.wa.ger@lugnet.com; lugnet.loc.au.wa.hed@lugnet.com;
> lugnet.loc.au.wa.kal@lugnet.com; lugnet.loc.au.wa.per@lugnet.com;
> lugnet.org.au@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: Should we surrender?
>
>
> In lugnet.loc.au, Deidre Rushton Brumby writes:
> > > And to help, I'm posting this to all Aus groups :-) [I • would NEVER do this
> > > just to boost the number of posts, though :) ]
> >
> > Does that actually help or does only 1 count? ok, before this is was
> > 2841.
>
>
> 2842 (web interface in local hierarchy). B*mmer.
>
> Deidre
> drb@tasmail.com
>
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In lugnet.loc.au, Deidre Rushton Brumby writes:
> > And to help, I'm posting this to all Aus groups :-) [I would NEVER do this
> > just to boost the number of posts, though :) ]
>
> Does that actually help or does only 1 count? ok, before this is was
> 2841.
2842 (web interface in local hierarchy). B*mmer.
Deidre
drb@tasmail.com
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