Originally posted by Steinzeit,
Nope, that's the overall degree of curvature for the curved turnout
No, it's not. The figure of 11.25˚ clearly does NOT indicate the total degrees of curvature in the switch.
Did you also look at the 'track geometry' page ?
I did. Unfortunately you seem to be quite mistaken about what is shown.
If you download the Lenz catalog from this site you will see on page 37 that the total degrees of curvature on the inner radius is 30˚. If you then look at page 38 they demonstrate using two full length sections of R2 curves (#45022) at 22.5˚ each, two short sections of R2 curves (#45023) at 7.5˚ each, and a single RH curved switch to create a full 90˚ R2 curve.
In fact, it is impossible to build a curved turnout in O scale with an inner radius of 40.5 inches in only 11.25˚ of curvature. The two routes cannot fully diverge in that short a distance.
It is much more logical to to assume that the figure of 11.25˚ does apply to the frog angle. If that is in fact what Lenz eventually produces, with an inner 40.5 inch radius 30˚ curve and an outer 69.5 inch radius, it will be a #5 curved turnout.
