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I uploaded the 6 car set of TTZX centerbeams as shown in another thread. I also uploaded a UP High Capacity Reefer as shown below. I also uploaded updated versions of the Cryo-reefers, BN-Flats, and the BN High Capacity Reefer. I had a problem with the bounding box on those cars, and I also improved the switching charataristics of the cars. Up won't need to downloaded the updates unless you like to switch on MSTSTed Curphey funnelfan@icehouse.net
hi TedAll downloaded............fixes installed....new TTZX running and as always I renumbered getting 6 numbers.....I will order a new 120 Giga HD....mine 80 Giga is going to be full the way you do..........good cars , excellent textures( photo realistic) Again Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!Regards Lucio Brazil
Ted: Just wondering where you got the values for DerailRailForce and DerailBufferForce as they seem exceptionally high.JohnCYNDI RICHARDS 1938 * 2004 You will always be here with us.
I got tired of cars derailing or breaking couplers when I coupled onto them at 6mph. So I came up with some numbers that allows me to switch. I've been watching switching operations for 20 odd years, and I've never seen cars derail from a hard coupling, and I've seen some hard couplings (around 20 mph). I updated the break value for the couplers to the 500,000 lbs shock value for modern couplers (2.2 versus 1.8). The other two values are just something I came up with that does the job until I can nail down some better numbers.Ted Curphey funnelfan@icehouse.net
Hi Ted,> I've seen some hard couplings (around 20 mph). For me, that seems awfully fast to couple. I apologize for my ignorance regarding automatic couplers, as I live in the part of the world where they still use hooks and buffers ("chain" coupling in MSTS terms), but I felt like jumping in as I've just seen a baggage car withdrawn a a few days ago after it was hit in a coupling accident at 15kph (10mph) earlier. That car was scrap-bound, as the body was badly mangled and twisted from the impact...Of course, physics will be different with automatic couplers. From what I've seen on vacations your side of the pond, coupling can be done with more speed than over here, but I'd expect that 5-10mph must be taking you into the yellow zone, and I wonder how things cannot get worse above 10mph - of course the mass (-> inertia) of your cut and moving train also matter in the equation.Coupling an engine to a passenger consist at 20mph would certainly be enough to qualify you for an extended stay in the county courthouse for manslaughter, but even with freight trains I assume that at some point, the payload of your car - probably the first thing to suffer before the body - will not survive the shock either...Lukas a.k.a Swissie
