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Re: Track slope...
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 25 Apr 1999 05:01:56 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Stephen F. Roberts writes:
> ...I massively underestimated the minimum clearance for my first attempt at an
> overpass and so had to increase the slope of the track to get it up high • enough.
> I ended up with 1 brick per segment, but had a lot of trouble getting the • train
> to maintain speed going up the track, and it tended to over accelerated going
> down and had trouble rounding the curve on the hill... (tho it did make some
> nice crashes as it rolled off :-)
Ya, but you had to have seen what it is like when it is a 25 straight long
stretch to a curve at 23 bricks high, at speed :).
(25 straight long, starting at 52 bricks, going to 23 bricks=very steep grade)
Lets put it this way, the train hit the wall. The wall is 2 1/2 feet away.
It didn't hit the -bottom- of the wall either
:)
Need I say the train was dismantled?
> ...So anyway, what's a good height for an overpass? Mine was 13 high and was
> kind of close. And what's a good slope? Should I start the slope at 1, then go
> to 2 plates per segment (a number I had heard)? And should I keep the slope on
> curves at 1?
I build to 13 high. It is the highest that will pass through the (old)
signal, and works quite well. Yes, 1 plate per piece change, and one plate
per curve are best (0 plate, 1 plate, 3 plate(brick) 5 plate(1 2/3 brick)
straight track)
However, with good control, you can go to 1 brick/lenght, or even 1 1/3 brick
per length. The 4.5V motor will do it easier...
James Powell
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| ...I massively underestimated the minimum clearance for my first attempt at an overpass and so had to increase the slope of the track to get it up high enough. I ended up with 1 brick per segment, but had a lot of trouble getting the train to (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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