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Darth Santa Fe
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 Posted - January 11 2021 :  02:07:14 AM Link directly to this topic  Show Profile  Add Darth Santa Fe to Buddylist
The passenger cars of my Bowser Aerotrain have never been reliable rollers, usually derailing after no more than a few times around the track. I designed a new chassis a while back with an equalizing axle, which fixed the problem right away, so I decided to take things further with my 3D printer!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA_xZBE-Dbw

I created a simple coach interior which presses straight into the body of any of the passenger cars, and it has the same self equalizing axle system as the chassis I made a while back. It works well, and it makes the cars look quite a bit better! And for anyone who might be interested in giving one a try, I've gone ahead and put it online for free download: www.thingiverse.com/thing:4716983

The whole train now runs around reliably without derailing, so I think it was all worth it!
Darth Santa Fe, doing weird and challenging projects for the fun of it!
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Excellent work! I wish I had the ingenuity to do such things.
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Chops124
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 Posted - January 11 2021 :  10:47:38 AM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add Chops124 to Buddylist
The self equalizing axle is genius. Not in a thousand years would I have fell on such
an elegant solution. What I did to get my Aero Train to work beggars description, it had to do
with it’s chopping up a BB chassis and hafting in Hornby wheel sets and chain linkage
In lieu of draw bars and a lot of lead. Well done, Darth Santa Fe.
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