Anyone fancy a real challenge?

[ge_rik]

A different concept for 0 (ie zero) gauge?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cupFTIsFl4o[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAb_ifAbRVU[/youtube]

Rik

 

[ge_rik]

Another model, showing the mechanism

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGaevdhIz9Y[/youtube]

Rik

 

[owlpool]

took me a while to realise it was travelling on only one rail
clever

 

[garrymartin]

What happens when it stops at a station I wonder?

 

[PhilP]

What happens when it stops at a station I wonder?

Does it not spin round on the spot!

 

[PhilP]

Seriously, looks like separate motor on the rear 'bogie' for traction, and the gyro just keeps it upright..

Could you do this with a flywheel-driven Parry People Mover I wonder?

 

[trammayo]

A great invention (by an Irishman)!

 

[vsmith]

Tis' Witchcraft I tell ye !!!

 

[PhilP]

Tis' Witchcraft I tell ye !!!

Aye!!
And works by 'elektrickery' to boot!!

 

[ge_rik]

A great invention (by an Irishman)!

Louis Brennan, you mean (in 1903)?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyro_monorail

Rik

 

[ge_rik]

What happens when it stops at a station I wonder?

Not a problem as the gyro keeps spinning (as PhilP says - separate motors for traction and gyro) - eg see:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGYXJjRfgTM[/youtube]

Rik

 

[yb281]

Funnily enough, me and Mr Duffy were discussing various different gauges at Stafford the other week and he suggested I could try this one next ..........

http://www.monorails.org/tmspages/listowel.html


Didn't Marc Horowitz do this one?

 

[ge_rik]

Funnily enough, me and Mr Duffy were discussing various different gauges at Stafford the other week and he suggested I could try this one next ..........
http://www.monorails.org/tmspages/listowel.html
Didn't Marc Horowitz do this one?

Yep

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiB__3O3ly0[/youtube]

Rik

 

[PaulRhB]

Fascinating the Parry people mover is half way there as one version, at least, has a big inertia flywheel. Just up the weight and rpm a bit

 

[beavercreek]

An overhead version of Marc's would be just the ticket.....There's all your free time gone this summer Mel. tee hee

 

[KandNWLR]

An overhead version of Marc's would be just the ticket.....There's all your free time gone this summer Mel. tee hee

Now here´s an opportunity to model the Wuppertaler Schwebebahn with the Kaiserwagen (to boot). No need for a giro tho ....

 

[Madman]

None of your pictures are showing up Oh these computer things

 

[ge_rik]

None of your pictures are showing up Oh these computer things

They're embedded videos, Dan. Must be something to do with the way your browser is set up preventing it from showing embedded video. I've just checked with my Android tablet and they show up on there - not all videos show up on Android as there is no Flash plug-in for Android (!!!).

Might be worth posting something in the Forum Help section to see if anyone has the techie savvy needed.

Rik

 

[KandNWLR]

Heard that Marc´s line had been damaged by bad weather. The photos I´ve seen are splendid. Shame if it hasn´t survived. :-[