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- Wed Aug 04, 2021 8:42 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: 5" gauge Brushless Loco?
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Re: 5" gauge Brushless Loco?
making slow progress with the design but have a question. What's better - oilite bushings or ball bearings? Axle RPM is looking like approx. 750rpm
- Sun Jul 25, 2021 5:01 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: 5" gauge Brushless Loco?
- Replies: 12
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Re: 5" gauge Brushless Loco?
That is a very cool looking rail tank! Tiny bit of an update. During my sketching, I started to think whether I could get away with two powered axles on the front bogie then only a single unpowered articulated axle at the rear? Theory being it would increase the proportion of the weight acting upon ...
- Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:36 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: 5" gauge Brushless Loco?
- Replies: 12
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Re: 5" gauge Brushless Loco?
Thanks guys. Started sketching it up and all seems plausible. Just need to check the minimum radius of the local tracks so I can fix the bogie centre distance to confirm how many batteries I can then fit in.
- Thu Jul 22, 2021 10:24 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: 5" gauge Brushless Loco?
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Re: 5" gauge Brushless Loco?
I have the parts currently in a fighting robot! bit bored of that hobby though.
- Wed Jul 21, 2021 4:03 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: 5" gauge Brushless Loco?
- Replies: 12
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5" gauge Brushless Loco?
Hi all Totally new to the forum and narrow gauge trains so I wanted to run what I’ve got in mind past those more experienced than me! I’ve been thinking up the spec of a brushless loco so wanted to check whether this could work before I start to look into local clubs. Only doing it this way round as...