Memo5378

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  11. Posted

    On 12/27/2022 at 4:52 PM, Jiesdeo said:

    Summary from Brick Clicker's video:

    City sets:

    • 60362 - Car Wash (245 pcs)
    • 60363 - Ice Cream Shop (296 pcs)
    • 60364 - Urban Skate Park (454 pcs)
    • 60365 - Apartment Building (688 pcs)
    • 60366 - Ski and Climbing Center (1045 pcs)
    • 60376 60367 - Passenger Plane (913 pcs) (wrong set number in Brick Clicker's video)
    • 60380 - Urban Centre (2010 pcs)
    • 60391 - Demolition Site (235 pcs)
    • 60398 - Family House & Electric Car (462 pcs)

    Exploration sets:

    • 60369 - Arctic Explorer Ship (815 pcs)
    • 60376 - Arctic Snowmobile (70 pcs) - note the same set number as Passenger Plane
    • 60377 - Underwater Exploration Ship (182 pcs)
    • 60379 - Deep Sea Submarine (842 pcs)

    If that is correct, we would get a 2000+ parts set in city (60380)? I don’t remember seeing that… Would it be a single building, or something more like a town plan set?

  13. Posted

    4 hours ago, Ts__ said:

    This HUB/motor combination is usually completely problem-free (except too fast^^) and the train is definitely not a heavyweight. This should work together without any problems and I believe here also a defect. In any case, this is not normal.
    Most of my locomotives use this HUB and motor.

    Ps: I mainly use rechargeable batteries, but they are weaker than batteries and that should not be the cause here.

    Thomas

    Allright. So I did a few more tests with different hub/motor/engines. So I turned back to power functions only to realise that the batteries would drain quite fast as well. So I doubled my motors and voilà!. My dual motor (power functions) moc cargo train ran for about 90 minutes.

    i tried the powered up setup in my older 60052 with nimh batteries and it wouldn’t pull the load. However, when coupled with a lighter load, i.e, two « standard » lego city wagon, it moved without problem, and went strong for over an hour before I stopped it.

    So, is my problem really the batteries, or is the PU motor simply not strong enough? Should it be strong enough to pull my 1.6kg load? 
     

    I reach out to customer service and they agreed to replace my motor, no problem. I just don’t know at this point if I want to use the PU system or stick with PF, be it only for it ease of use.

     

  14. Posted · Edited by Memo5378

    10 hours ago, dr_spock said:

    Do you have a battery tester to check that those alkalines are actually good?  10 minutes seem kind of short for good new batteries.

    The easy thing is to use rechargeable NiMH AAA batteries. I get one to two hours out of them running at train shows.

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    If you have access a 3D printer, you can make an adapter to use 9V style Li-Ion batteries with the PU hub.

    I did test the batteries. New ones show 1.56 to 1.68 volts, whereas spent ones fall at about 1.35 volts. So this morning, I tried again with new alkaline batteries from a fresh batch. The train ran for about 60 seconds at full power, then dropped to half speed. It eventually stopped dead after about 3 minutes of running time. The batteries tested after the train stopped still show over 1.5 volts for some reason.

    For reference, the train is a moc based on 10219 (6 wide), with 3 well cars. The engine weighs 605 grams, while the cars weighs 350 grams each. All together , the trains weighs 1.6 kg. It is motorized with 88009 hub and 88011 motor. I also checked to reduce friction as much as I could, but I can only do so much as I use Lego standard curve tracks.
     

    Would adding a motor to the engine help, or is it just a matter of power?

  15. Posted

    Hello all! So this was probably answered before, but I can’t find a clear answer and I am still pretty confused. Today was the day I updated one of my trains (a moc) with a PU Hub and motor. The install went pretty smoothly, but I was only able to run it for about 10 minutes with 6x new alkaline batteries. After that, it simply died is place. I tried with another 6 new batteries, and got a similar outcome.

    So, I think the alkaline is not the way here, so what should I use, Li-Ion?, Ni-Mh?. Please note that I do not which to fiddle with the hub, I prefer to stick with standard sized AAA. 
     

    Thank you!

  17. Posted

    Good day to all of you train lovers! I was just wondering: I’m I the only one that just noticed that you can now by tracks as a single item on Pick & Build, like any other item? 

    All in canadian dollar:
    - Rail Straight 16M, 6070018, 1.70$
    - Rail Curved 22 1/2 Deg. 4279717, 2.94$
    - Switch Right, 6085188, 14.75$
    - Switch Left, 6085213, 14,54$
    - Control Switch 6163975, 0.61$

    They also have the very useless flex rail, which is surprisingly expensive (1.02$ each). I didn’t try to buy them, but I wass able to add them to my bag. The only unanswered question I have is that next to the description of the straight rail it « use as a bundle ». What does that mean? I was able to had 1, 2 or 10 in my bag.

    As anyone ordered them like that? I find the price to be not too bad, as the cheapest « new » piece of track I could find on BL was 1.20$ (CAD) and it comes all the way from Turkey. However - and that is fine for me - the parts are all expensive, apart from the straight piece.
     

    Choo-choo.

     


     

  19. Posted

    On 11/29/2020 at 12:11 PM, Chrismo72 said:

    Hi. I haven´t made any instructions. The model is put together digitally in stud.io. But i am going to build it for real, and maybe I will make instructions when I'm building.

     

    Thanks for your kind words. It would be nice if Lego releases an 18+ helicopter. I appreciate your comments about studs. I think i will keep the visible studs in my model. After all, its Lego :-)

    So, did you build it for real?

  25. Posted

    18 hours ago, Berthil said:

    If The Lego Group cannot do this, who am I as an individual with a LEGO hobby? They also offer Corner Cafe, Green Grocer etc. so I guess I'm in good company :)

    Well. That sucks. I’m currently transforming my central perk set, as per your design. Let me say thanks, it’s incredible!