del aire point motors

[pedromorgan]

does anybody know where i can get some more info on del aire pnumatic point motors. their web site seems to be down.

peter

[jwr_1986]

Their web site was never up. I saw the owner at two shows last year. The west springfield one and the one in his home area, Allentown PA. This year he wasn't at Allentown and the report from the locals was that he's out of business. If anyone else knows otherwise please let me know. There is a similar company called the California & Oregon Coast Railway. They can be found at www.cocry.com with their product called E-ZAir Motion control. Basically it's the same as Del-Aire except for how they handle dual controls. Hope this helps.

Jesse

[pedromorgan]

perfect thankyou.
have you ever used these type pf point motor.
i am thinking about installing them on an outdoor OO layout. i tried point motors once before but the iron core rusts and sieses in the coils.

peter

peter

[jwr_1986]

No I've never had the oppurtunity to. I'm the elctronics guy for our club and they're all stuck on twin-coil. I imagine with a little bit of oil every once and awhile they would hold up quite well. My understanding is that they are made of brass so a light coat of oil would keep the corrosion factor down. I've seen Del-Aire's motors demonstrated and they were really cool. Being on the east coast I've never seen COCRY at any shows. Perhaps buying a few as a pilot program would be the best way to go. The feature I liked was the ability to throttle the motors so they looked real. The throttles were a bit pricey and you needed one for every motor that you had. I was thinking that maybe a barb connection filled with CA and drilled to the right size oriface would yeild the same effect at a much lower cost. I saw the really old ones in use at a club in Bethlehem, PA (Lehigh and Keystone Valley Model RR Club) and the coolest part was the smell from the oil made it see real. Can't get that from a tortoise.

Good luck and please post your results. You might try calling that company and asking if they feel their product is suitable for the outdoors.

Jesse