zeki Posted December 30, 2008 Posted December 30, 2008 Hi all train masters! Currently we are designing a City Layout for Slobricks Brickshow 2009 We plan to combine a round city train track which will be run on 9v rails and train, and make a intercity metro line which will be suspended and party connected to 9v track... The 9v cargo and passanger train (1 cargo and 1 passeger) will run only on blue (9v) circuit, as the metro liner (RC train) should be running on both (red line for intercity travel RC) and on Blue track (9v sistem) Is this plan possible? Is there enough traction to run RC train on 9v adn is there possible to make 9v trains go straigt on the intersection and to make metroliner go to the RC track also... I hope i was clear enough.I hope you will give me the answers i need, if something is not written clear enough please tell me so i can explain. Best regards Quote
MightySlickPancake Posted December 30, 2008 Posted December 30, 2008 i think it is a great idea and you should try it. as I don't think it wont work but something might go wrong. but i would love to see finished pics and hear if it worked. Quote
Freddie Posted December 31, 2008 Posted December 31, 2008 FYI, the plastic rails have less traction than the conducting rails, so grip won't really be an issue should you send the RC train out on the metals. As for having a 9V-train on plastic rails, as long as it's got power it'll work. I suggest having a motor at either end of the 9V-trains, with them both interconnected with a cable, that goes along, inside the train. That way both motors will have power as long as either of them gets power. Alternatively, you could make that one stretch of plastic rails conducting rails instead, having the RC-train switch systems instead, seeing how it isn't bothered with what it drives on. But essentially, yes, I think that plan will work. But I suggest you at least try out a prototype of it first, just to work out any kinks and problems you might encounter. Quote
zeki Posted December 31, 2008 Author Posted December 31, 2008 Still one question remains... how to make switches direct one train to the ineer course and the other two to the outher course... Quote
Brickthing Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 Still one question remains...how to make switches direct one train to the ineer course and the other two to the outher course... If you're going to have the trains running continuously, you could time and use a motor to flip the track switches periodically so that it allows trains to the inner level when the RC train will run over it, but not when the other to trains are passing by. Because the trains are always running at a constant speed, you should be able to time when to switch the tracks. Quote
zeki Posted January 6, 2009 Author Posted January 6, 2009 that's great to hear...we will try to work it out...pictures when the event will happen... Quote
Crazydance Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 uhm... you want to make the metroliner go across a small piece of RC track? Your best bet is to use two 9V motors on the metroliner... 1 in the front, 1 in the back... Both will be running. once on the RC track the front one won't have power, but the back one still does, thus pushing the train further (but slower) onto the RC track... if you use this technique you should be OK with approx 3 RC track pieces when not using the club car... Nice layout. Quote
Brickthus Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 uhm... you want to make the metroliner go across a small piece of RC track?Your best bet is to use two 9V motors on the metroliner... 1 in the front, 1 in the back... Both will be running. once on the RC track the front one won't have power, but the back one still does, thus pushing the train further (but slower) onto the RC track... if you use this technique you should be OK with approx 3 RC track pieces when not using the club car... Nice layout. As Freddie said above, don't forget to connect the two motors with a wire. Having them pull or push each other would make them fail prematurely, either by overloading or by changing the forces on them every time you go over the plastic track. Connecting the motors also brings the advantage of redundant pickups, for better continuous slow running, especially over points. I always connect the two motors together on 2-motor locos. My Pendolino train 1, 2 has 2 motors at the front and 2 at the back, all connected. The 2 at the back reduce drag in the curves and are deliberately selected to be slightly slower under no load than the two at the front, so that the back motors don't push the front ones and cause a derailment. Mark Quote
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