Ian Holmes Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 All: I've kept myself quite lately for a whole load of reasons some pleasant, some not so. But I have been working on scratchbuilding in 1:1,000 scale with the help of the very nice people at IDL motors (developers of ultra thin and tiny linear induction motors) and I have today finished my first 1:1,000 scale loco - an SD38 You can see a film and more detailed writings about the construction on my blog but to whet your appetite here's a picture Β Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 What's the matter, Ian - T Scale took up too much space for you..?? Β At least you can paint it as Progressive Rail's #42... then that'll be two of us doing it - just in different scales... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
squeaky Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 I like it, does it come with sound? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 I think switches may be a problem, somehow. It might be possible to do them the way a childs toy was done away back - there was an oval of track with an X crpssing the middle - and the whole thing had a vibrating plate under it the "switches" were simply a metal lever that moved across the track and directed the train from the oval onto the X and back into the oval, but now going the opposite way. Fascinating what you have managed to do though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Holmes Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 and now we have a train running! Β Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted November 8, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 8, 2011 I wonder if it is possible to use the linear drive system to drive model road vehicles? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Holmes Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 I wonder if it is possible to use the linear drive system to drive model road vehicles? Β Sure is - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwWmfstZdVU Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Amazing, Mr. Faraday would be proud. I have a couple of questions. How is that flex PCB joined in a loop? I assume you have to align abutting edges carefully in a horizontal plane. What do you do to mitigate the gap? Is the flex PCB bent laterally to make the curve? (That seems impossible to me since it's flex is in the up/down axis in this orientation.) Or is it manufactured as a quadrant section? Can speed be controlled by changing frequency of the applied current? I assume the magnet separation distance on the vehicle has to match the inductor -to- inductor distance on the track (or perhaps more precisely, half that distance.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Amazing, Mr. Faraday would be proud. I have a couple of questions. I see that they sell the track and controller as a single unit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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