If I wanted to assemble a curve, be it 90, 180, 270, or a full 360 degrees, can I use different combinations of E-Z Track curves to do this? Here’s what I’m thinking…
Use the 33 or 35 inch radius curves as transitions into a 26, 28, or 33 in curve. They all come in 18-degree increments, so 5 pieces are needed for a 90-degree corner. I’m a bit unsure if they actual curvature will match up to make everything come out square.
Has anyone tried this? What were your results? Thanks for the help.
Well, crawl up to the local hobby shop owner, on your knees of course, and beseech him to try it out for you with some of his EZ-Track. He may open some packages and lay it out for you so that you can see how it works.
I don’t suppose someone nearby would have a bunch of it and would help you to figure it out?
Sorry I couldn’t be more helpful. I used it at one time, but have given it up for Code 100 flex.
The answer is yes, as long as it is kept symetrical. The symetry has to match on both x and y coordinates. And as long as you realize the resulting curve will not be a nice even number. That is if you use a 35" transistion curve, three 26" curves and then transistion out with a 35", the outside measurement will be larger than 26", probably something bizzare like 30.345" But if the 90 degree curve that is diagonal in the circle is made in the exact same way they will match. Using trigonometry the math shouldn’t be too bad to calculate the exact exiting dimensions.
You could even do multiple transistions 35", 33", 28", 33", 35" thus making the entire 90 degree turn a monster transision. I’ve done this with Atlas track for years using a 22" to 18" to 15" for a really tight 180 degree thing. That was actually more difficult because they were different increments the 22" was 22.5 degrees while the 18" and 15" were 30 degrees.
I don’t know how one would transisition into a 360 degree curve (eg a circle)? Where would it transition to? Are there elevations included somehow?