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Easy-Helix kit prices start at just $229.95!  You may customize any kit to buy just what you need.

"Something the hobby has needed for a long time." -- James, CA

 

HELIX DESIGN

 

CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN TIPS
 
Easy-Helix, LLC offers the following construction and design tips and ideas for the Easy-Helix™. We would appreciate it if you would share your suggestions with us and your fellow modelers.
 

GRADES
 
Start and finish any grade outside the Easy-Helix™.
 

JOINTS
 
Stagger all joints between Easy-Helix™ pieces and any additional roadbed and track.
 

TRACKWORK
 
Good track work is a must. Track joints should be soldered and feeders added as you build.
Keep tie spacing at joints to a minimum. Test all track as you build.
 

THE HELIX
 
Model railroading has embraced multi-deck design to obtain longer and straighter mainline runs. The island layouts of the past have given way to the shelf layouts of today. Many of the hobby's leaders have begun to dismantle their large island layouts in order to replace them with linear designs. Linear designs also allow modelers to more readily incorporate the other state of the art design and operating features of today's hobby.

A helix is a design tool which allows modelers to gain elevation in a confined area, and permits every modeler to add another deck, staging or fiddle yard to their layout. The application of the helix to model railroading is not a new concept as modelers have utilized the helix as part of their railroads for years.

Every modeler will benefit from the addition of an Easy-Helix™ to their layout.

* Longer Main Lines
* Multi-Deck Designs
* Concentrated Grade
* More Prototypical Operation
* Flexible Applications
* Stand Alone Layout Module

Easy-Helix™ is a cost and labor saving tool designed to save time, provide certainty in construction and consistent tolerances, and eliminate the industrial look of a home-made helix.

Easy-Helix™ provides a commercially available solution to helix construction problems.

 

SPECIFICATIONS

Height:

Roadbed to Roadbed:  4” Spacer Tubes are inserted between levels.

 

Track Spacing:

HO      20 scale feet     (Double Track)

N         18 scale feet     (Triple Track)

O         11 scale feet     (Single Track) (Distance to Spacer Tubes)

 

Standard Radius:

Inner                28.000        inches

Center              29.375        inches

Outside            30.750        inches

 

Easement Radius:

Inner                44.000        inches

Center             45.375         inches

Outside            46.750        inches

 

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Last modified: 10/22/09