Anyone have suggestions on how to connect power terminals to a circle of Flyer Fasttrack? The terminals apparently can only be attached to the 10-inch straight. I may have room for a half-straight on each side of the "circle" I am contemplating, but even the half does not have the special spot for attaching terminals, which is found only on the full-straight. Thanks!
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Anyone have suggestions on how to connect power terminals to a circle of Flyer Fasttrack? The terminals apparently can only be attached to the 10-inch straight. I may have room for a half-straight on each side of the "circle" I am contemplating, but even the half does not have the special spot for attaching terminals, which is found only on the full-straight. Thanks!
That would be pretty difficult to do at present. Lionel has provided us with the "Terminal Track" for power hook-up and has made no attempt to make other sections either curved or straight able to be wired up.
Check out this thread for an earlier extended discussion on this topic.
Mark
How is the power connected to the now-being-released MTH (former S Helper) S track? I looked in the MTH S catalog, but don't see a description.
I don't have Flyer FasTrack, but after looking at a picture from the old post referenced above, it appears that you can make a connection through the bottom.
Do these holes go through to the rail? Are there tabs on the bottom holding the rail to the roadbed?
Please post a top down close view photo of the curve section bottom. If my LHS has some, I'll check it out.
You can carefully drill through the bottom to access the rail and make a connection with wire there. If it's a table or floor setup, a small half-round or round file will make a wire notch in the roadbed.
EDIT: Sorry, I didn't read further down in the old thread. Did anyone ever make a connection on a curve? There is access to the rail. If the curve looks the same with the molded blocks, you could swipe the terminal connectors from a straight. I need to get a piece in my hands. It can be done. You can make a curve terminal section.
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Thank you both, Mike & moon man. I am interested in seeing some of the MTH track "in person" as it is supposedly arriving at dealers as we speak.