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Geore, that's an interesting point. [quote]QUOTE: Why wouldn't someone get the idea that maybe they should build a lever throttle that has 8 notches on it? That plus a little (or a lot, your choice) of momentum would make for very much more interesting and satisfying control of the locomotive. Instead we get knobs, and in the case of Digitrax we get knobs that you have to turn about 10 revolutions to go from zero to 60. And they tout it as giving 'extra fine speed control'. Actually I think I might build my own 8 notch throttle. It's easy to make a simple voltage divider circuit and hook it to the jump throttle input on my Zephyr. With a sound-equipped engine this would be very satisfying because the prime mover would immediately ramp up to the next rpm level when moving from one notch to the next. [/quote] An 8 notch throttle would be neat. [quote]QUOTE: And what about brakes? How come we don't have any brakes? How simple would it be to assign 2 or 3 function buttons to activate a brake? Cut the throttle and the train keeps right on going unless you hit the brake. How prototypical is that? [/quote] My MRC Teach4 260 powerpack has that. Train hardly slows down if you close the throttle but you press the brake button and it slows and comes to a stop. [quote]QUOTE: Even a littlle bit of wheel slip might be simulated for steamers by applying very short bursts of full voltage to the motor. [/quote] I can do that with my powerpack.
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