Trekkie99

Will do! Hope I can make it in, looks like it's going to be a lot of fun!

In Lego bricks or real life? If in Lego bricks, do you mean this guys work?

I'd love to join! (1) No I've never played mafia. (2) To quote @KotZ, I'll definitely be active. Unless I get jury duty. (3) Probably very high. Like, 10. But, I wouldn't be surprised.

Thank you! I'm glad you like it.

Ouch! That's gotta suck! I'm not sure about the specific contents of bag seven, but have you considered calling Lego's customer service? They might be able to replace it for you.

I actually just saw that one recently as well! Very unique. But that Zsnap is so strange! However the monorail itself appears to be a very cool design!

Thank you! I'm glad you like it!

Glad you like it and good luck with your monorail! BTW the link takes me to YouTube's homepage. Not sure why.

I haven't tested it, but I'm 100% sure that yes, you can add more cars. That is, as many as the motor can handle. But what if we did two motors? 5 or 7cars? Easy. Thanks! But I'm fairly sure it will reach 1000 votes tops, and than stop there.

Just thought I'd share an old MOC of mine. I have models I built years ago that are still together because I could never bring myself to disassembling them. This being one of my favorites. Enjoy! Full album.

OK, cool! I'm not a fan of building something which in order for people to copy, would require them to use some old, outdated part. It's also cool that you and maybe others are already adopting my design.

Something to take note on is the suspended monorail track. Particularly the straight section. With the basic tress beam design I've used, it can span quite a distance with the monorail bending the track little to nothing. I'll post a picture when I get the chance.

A few?! So they work better than the official ones? Wow. Never would have thought! So cool.

Thanks again for putting this together man! Now I'm not rushed to snap pictures of the breakdown. BTW, which of the two 20 tooth bevel gears is the "newer" (currently available) version? Wow, awesome model you've built there! Thumbs up! And yes! Thank you David!

And yet they're clearly still very useful.

Wow that's really cool! What better way to showcase an unreleased set than to recreate it in bricks.

Stumbled upon this guys work. Definitely going to be trying it out! https://flic.kr/p/ZhRmob Here's his full album.

Updated! Check out the suspended monorail! Also, let me know if there's anything on the monorails you want to see pictures of that I haven't already taken.

Glad you like it! Watch out for some pictures of the motor assembly as well as the unveiling of my suspended monorail system.

Also, one of the awesome features about this design is its ability to take very tight turns. For example, in the video linked below, there are 15 "links" for each 90° turn. Meaning only 60 links for a full circle which equals 120 studs long for a full circle. Very small when you look at in person. https://flic.kr/p/DwLuQD

Do they spin as smoothly as official Lego train wheel axles?

Well there are a lot different ways to make inclines and declines, but this monorail system isn't capable of making inclines and declines. And the very thing that doesn't allow it to make inclines and declines is what allows the monorail system to function. The coupler design (which can be seen in the picture below) is designed to hold up the cars, which travel on a single guider wheel. The entire monorail contacts the rail at three points. The motor. And the two car guider wheels. One for each car. Once assembled (seen in picture below) the modular setup is ready to have the cosmetic makeup of the monorail added. The reason this design is important to the function of the monorail is because in order for the monorail to have traction, it needs the weight of the cars. When I was first designing the system, I would add a guider wheel to both the front and back of the cars. My intention was to have the couplers designed to pivot up and down to allow inclines and declines. But because there was a guider wheel in the back of the car, no weight was being applied to the motor meaning no traction. So that meant the back guider wheel had to go. Which in turn meant the coupler had to be locked from pivoting up or down which meant meant no inclines or declines. However (I haven't tested it) the monorail may be able to make gradual inclines and declines by means of flecking the track. Cheers. And thanks again for fixing the topic!

Yes! Masao Hidaka is who got me into monorails in the first place! His work is awesome! However, his design has one issue that I may have fixed, but haven't had time to test out fully. Most notably, his design has trouble turning even on very long curves. Trouble in the sense that there's resistance. It may be hard to see in some cases, but it's there. Solution? Pretty simple. Simply move the two drive wheels closer together using a different gear combination. I plan on demonstrating this fix as well as showcasing other Lego monorail systems designed by others (possibly with improvements). As for my suspended monorail system, it's done! I just need to snap some pictures, edit them and post them. For those who want some spoilers, it functions much like my first monorail, it uses an L motor, and the monorail track is three wide. I also plan on doing some simple break down tutorials on the monorail track assemblies and other such things. And BTW, I've changed the title of this topic to include the acronym CRS (Custom Rail Systems). An acronym I thought of that I hope will become a popular term used when discussing about custom Lego monorails and other systems like it. Cheers.

Hmm. Looks slick! I like em.

Ideas? Hmm. Maybe I'll give it a try! Thanks for the suggestion! The couplers? An assortment of parts in the order of... 42003 61184 32013 42003 4274 42003 By looking at the picture below in correlation to the order of the pictures above, one can probably picture the assembly. I'll post some pictures of the break down assembly soon! The design is important to the function of the monorail, but in turn* does not allow the monorail to make drastic inclines and declines. But realistically, that's not a problem. (See what I did there? )