damangos Posted October 6 Posted October 6 Hi Everyone, I would like to present my latest creation The Solar Express Train. The model is a high speed passenger train with the ability to lean into curves. The tilting affect is achieved by having the bogies and the chases geared together. I would love your support! https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-9/3217/Solar-Express-Train Thank you Quote
Feuer Zug Posted October 7 Posted October 7 Interesting design. Thanks for sharing. Best of luck on BDP. Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted October 7 Posted October 7 Wow, it would be great to see this marvel in action! The whole train has also a great design despite its 6-stud width. You deserve the front page! I just voted for it on Bricklink. Quote
Ferro-Friki Posted October 22 Posted October 22 It looks great! It’s based on the Azuma trains, right? I really like the narrower windows of the restaurant car, I always like when the inside purposes of the coaches manifest on the outside like that. I’m really curious about the tilting mechanism. I attempted building a tilting train a long time ago and it wasn’t easy. I tried using gears too, but the teeth didn’t align right and it caused the coaches to always lean slightly to one side, even on straight track. Balance is also very important, especially with the battery box. I understand you put yours above the motor? You might get better results fitting it in between the bogies, bellow the floor level of the train. It looks like there’s space for it in there, although it would get in the way of the interior. The closer you get the center of gravity to the tilting axle of rotation the better it will behave. Otherwise if the train heads into a curve too quickly, the additional effort the bogies would take to tilt the body of the engine might make it derail. Quote
lego3057 Posted October 26 Posted October 26 Nice work. You can easily do a tilting train by allowing low CG cars to tilt around the longitudinal axis, fixed on the chassis. The axis should be near the roof to get the most tilt effect. Of course they only tilt in the curves while moving fast. Quote
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