From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >get yourself at eye level to your train, run it at what you perceive to be a slow speed, watch it pass an object like a telephone pole or building, then go out and do the same (legally Of course and from a safe distance) at a rail yard, then make your own comparison, you might be surprised at the difference! Bud Rindfleisch
Here is an alternative idea: "S"anta placed a neat little box under my tree this year with a digital speedometer in it. There are two sensors, a numerical readout display, a cable or two, and the infamous "black box" circuit board. All that needs to be done is drill two small holes in the track about 20" apart, insert the sensors from below, attach the cables, and away you go. As the loco passes over the first sensor, the solid state timer starts. When passing over the second sensor, the timer stops. The built-in micro-computer chip (or whatever?) then knows the elapsed time and calculates the scale speed and sends the information to the numerical readout. Haven't hooked it up yet, but suspect we all will be slowing things down a bit around here as a result. It can be set for all the common scales -- including S. If interested, try this: www.trainspeed.com Having fun yet?...............Ed L. The poll results are in....... To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL, to reply to the sender, use REPLY. I do NOT know if this works on all e-mail software, but it works on some of the most common ones. Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
