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Re: Track slope...
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 21 Apr 1999 02:25:06 GMT
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Matt's Train Depot has a good tutorial for building inclines...
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/train_depot/inclines.htm
michael
Stephen F Roberts wrote:
> ...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 :-)
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> ...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?
> --
> just a thought
> snafu
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