Mister Bill
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With a piece of flex track, how long should the straight length be between each end of the S curve to yield minimum stress in the transition?
Bill
Bill
As a car enters the curve the end of the car swings to the outside. With an "S" curve the coupler on the end of one car is swung out to the left side and to the right on the car on the other side of curve. So the two couplers are pulling each other sideways. Often will pull the cars right off the track.What is wrong with an "S" curve? No one has really explained why it wrong.
Brand of the track is irrelevant. It is the cars on the track where the issue comes from.With both Unitrack and Bachmann Ez track, I have played with "S curves" and have had no problems.