simond
Western Thunderer
Apropos the discussion that started in Simon’s “Back End” thread, rather than clog his layout progress, herewith a new thread to gather ideas and links for radio control of locos, and the resultant possibility of no track wiring, so-called “Dead Rail”.
I’m aware of several approaches, Deltang appears to be popular, I have experimented with Tam Valley, and people have used conventional analog R/C in a variety of scales, gauges & prototypes. It’s also possible to dissect cheap r/c toys, and use the gubbins in models.
Years back in my 16mm days, I had a live steam Ffestiniog “Prince” with single channel r/c and a fairly chunky freelance BB “diesel” using lima motor bogies, a burglar alarm battery and an analog 27MHz set with an early ESC. The Limas weren’t up to it and were swapped for home brew bogies with Buhlers.
My experiments with the Tam Valley gear are described here. My objective was to get the benefits of r/c with the advantage of DCC synchronised sound, and the availability of a wide range of sound projects. Second hand Duchess
I’m aware of a number of threads on the G0G forum.
Giles Favell has done lots using Deltang equipment.
I’m sure there’s lots of other good stuff out there.
Atb
Simon
I’m aware of several approaches, Deltang appears to be popular, I have experimented with Tam Valley, and people have used conventional analog R/C in a variety of scales, gauges & prototypes. It’s also possible to dissect cheap r/c toys, and use the gubbins in models.
Years back in my 16mm days, I had a live steam Ffestiniog “Prince” with single channel r/c and a fairly chunky freelance BB “diesel” using lima motor bogies, a burglar alarm battery and an analog 27MHz set with an early ESC. The Limas weren’t up to it and were swapped for home brew bogies with Buhlers.
My experiments with the Tam Valley gear are described here. My objective was to get the benefits of r/c with the advantage of DCC synchronised sound, and the availability of a wide range of sound projects. Second hand Duchess
I’m aware of a number of threads on the G0G forum.
Giles Favell has done lots using Deltang equipment.
I’m sure there’s lots of other good stuff out there.
Atb
Simon