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"Eyeball it,” agreed Dave Husman. “A 3.5 wye is the equiva-
lent of a #7 switch. Just install flex track and eyeball in the flex
track. If it looks like a smooth curve it will operate smooth.”
“Yeah, much faster than trying to calc it out,” said ctxmf74. “If
you have the switch, temporarily tack it and some flex track
down in the desired configuration and push some of your lon-
gest cars thru it to see how it works. Then adjust the design if
necessary. Way more fun to play with the trains than to play
with the numbers.”
Turns out the math is the big attraction for Moose. “Seriously,
eyeing relative track placement would be difficult given what
I'm trying to lay out,” he said. “Working through the numbers
makes it easier for me to understand what difficulties I might
have and how to avoid them. People enjoy railroad modeling
for various reasons. Part of my enjoyment comes from playing
with the numbers.”
Read the complete thread at mrhmag.com/node/12755.
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