Are the New Lego Train Wheels Better On Curves?

There is a reason why hot wheels still uses metal string on their cars and you know that tiny car is good at it

"the new ones sucked" that seems to be the general theme of everything lately

If Lego designed their train wheels like real ones the solid axle should win every time

Luckily I have like 30 of the old one

Not having one axle makes it worse on corners. Having one axle helps the wheel turn while making a corner. Without the axle the flange rides the corner and creates a lot of friction.

Seeing the trains sets I always wanted as a kid but never got

Weigh them and compare the weights. The metal bit of the old one may cause it to weigh more and therefore have more inertia. If you can equalize the weight between the two then re test you may get different results

There is clever trick with train wheels. The flange is safety feature to keep the train on the rails at high side load. Train wheels are solidly connected but slightly tapered like a cone, this makes train wheels naturally follow the curve. as the buggy goes into the curve, outside wheels ride higher than wheels inside the turn making outside wheel effectively larger and inside wheel effectively smaller and as they are connected with solid axle they need to turn together, making it so if larger wheel is left one, buggy will turn right.

The chronicle shape of the wheels let’s go around the corners whether it’s a solid axle or individuals it will hold no benefit is just cheap out that’s always

I miss the old ones. I first got them from that old yellow cargo train

In the Lego ninjago movie there is another upper torso peice and it’s different from all the others on your tall figure it comes in the green ninjago mech dragon and many other sets

The turning system requires the wheels to be connected because the wheels are kept in synch. That means they both make one revolution but the wheel on the outside which is riding higher on the cone goes faster relative to the rail as it has a longer circumference. That makes that wheel go slightly ahead of the other one which turns the bogey towards the direction the tracks are turning and keeps the car on track without the flange ever hitting the rail under normal operation. It's quite a magical system. Having the wheels split means it can go around a corner without the the wheels dragging (so that is much better than connected wheels that don't have the conical shape) but it stops the magical auto steer system from working.

Old ones… I am so old, for me both are the new ones.

It'd be pretty funny if lego's decreasing quality and increasing price, puts them on the verge and they have to bring back g1 Bionicle to sqve the company again

I do remember the wheels were connected to a metal piece. I see your point when that they’re better than the new ones. That’s why you can’t go wrong with the classics. 😀👍

Imo the metal bearing are technically better but as far as longevity goes the new are superior. The metal ones over years time become loose and that at least for me has caused increased derailing over time. We’ll need more time to see how the newer ones deal with age.

The old one only really goes farther because the metal axels have weight to them, the old one is heavier, it can get mor momentum and speed to go farther because of the weight of the axels.

The metal also makes the new ones slightly heavier

Typical Lego trying to cheap out on stuff and making or worse.

Lego should use actuall train Wheels formed like cones.