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Les Knoll: I'm just getting started on the assembly of the "Sandy" so I have no idea how it runs yet. Since the R/C comes with the kit, I'll try it out of the box "as is" and go from there. Yes, the Aster throttle does wear in, in time, and the adjustment for the proper leakage vs. effeciency is one you must monitor over the break-in period, it nevertheless remains a precisely (even more so) adjustment once seated with use. My experiments with the normal toy car/truck servos came AFTER the shaft "gland" as you call it, had been broken in. (Reaching it's optimum adjustment after the needle valve had seated properly with use.) Hence, I resorted to a solution involving Aircraft servos and the conversion to a black box solution for freq. and modulation requirements. So far, it works fine in the office, on a test stand, but Mama is still sceptical about running it in the dining room on a sheet of plywood. Just for fun you understand. If I blow it by taking a tight turn too fast and it rolls off the layout onto the floor, well, it won't hurt the loco, but it WILL raise h*ll with the carpet. :-) (a Fire extinguisher is kept handy tho.) It will be Spring before I take it outside to try the new setup in actual use. As to the "Sandy", well, like I said, I trust it out of the box until further notice. Thanx for your GREAT reply. Regards, LDH BTW, The Aster R/C mod idea is NOT an original idea of mine and I would not want credit for it. I got the Idea from a guy named Ken Nolan in N. Jersy several years ago, and have been unable to contact him since. E-mail or otherwise. I've been wanting to send him my photos of how I pulled it off, but haven't been able to locate him (the CORRECT Ken Nolan even in web searches,) since we first communicated 4 years ago.
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