Upstop wheels
So, you plan on attaching wheels to a battery with a wire? Are you going to have a motor of some sort, or is the wire just going to spin the wheels?
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- John
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- John
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Da Poodle
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Your idea of an electromagnet was plugging two wires into a wall and sticking them on a magnet. Now you've got the idea that a bunch of 3 volt batteries (3 volt batteries?) connected to wheels by a copper wire will magically make them spin.
I said it in your LIM thread and I'll say it again, for your own good. If you don't know what you're doing (which you don't if you're honest with yourself) don't mess with electricity at all. You're going to fry yourself, your equipment, or burn your house down.
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A simple understanding of electric motors will tell you what you need to know about motors and such.
You want a flywheel launch? Get an electric drill attach a piece of string or somethign similar to it by wrapping it around the bit and then attach the other end to a dolly that rolls along your track and place your train in front of your dolly.
Start up your drill which will pull the string and the dolly and in turn launch your model.
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Da Poodle
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*** This post was edited by MagnumForce 2/3/2003 11:01:26 PM ***
Upstop wheels are the wheels underneath the track on a coaster that keep the train from flying off the track. You can find them underneath just about any coaster.
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*** This post was edited by Michael Darling 2/3/2003 10:59:51 PM ***
I guess my 3 years of Teachers Education finally came in handy.
EDIT: If you provided some pictures it might be a little easier to see what you are trying to ask us about.
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Da Poodle
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*** This post was edited by MagnumForce 2/3/2003 11:03:02 PM ***
I think you would do very well by just trying to do that before you even think about propulsion.
Did you use railroad track or somehthing?
If thats the case you could put a wheel in the middle of the i section that woudl hold it to the rail.
I really don't know what to tell you though.
Try launching it with your hand and try to get the thign to stay on the track before you even think about a prpulsion system.
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Da Poodle
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