This is Piko's new units. they engineered this and packed it full. Definitely highly engineered. in there somewhere are speakers. the DCC sound chip is in the fuel tank. the components of which can be spotted under the frame in the lower pic. The 3d cad engineering is remarkable. The creative thinking too. mostly metel that has a high level of detail. exceptional slow speed. proto top speed is 45. the model top speed is scale 25. best slow speed is about 1 meter a minute. yes that slow. lots of solutions to mall engine design here. hopefully it spreads to other small engines currently unavaliable.
Shane
A pessimist sees a dark tunnel
An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel
A realist sees a frieght train
An engineer sees three idiots standing on the tracks stairing blankly in space
Nice, Shane.
Is there any way of tweaking the decoder CVs to get it down to 1 sMPH? 1 sMPH is my defacto minimum for my locomotives; hence why I choose TCS or ESU decoders. The majority of them will crawl <1 sMPH and few <0.5 sMPH. I really like great motor control and it's much more important to me than sound.
Anyhow, congrats on the new loco!
Tom
https://tstage9.wixsite.com/nyc-modeling
Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
I have seen some report the speed using a scale speedometer to get down to quarter mile an hour without downing any adjusting. Great switching speeds. The speed curve is pretty flat for the first 50% of the controllers range. No jackrabbit jumps either. I nice smooth curve too.
shane
What loco is that? US or european?
Gary
I'm guessing it is a Whitcomb
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
garya What loco is that? US or european?
it is the piko whitcomb. which is American but made specifically for the Army for Europe in 1943. Some did manage to get sold factory direct to US industries. Not all have over seas travel miles.
These two are being repainted.
shane:
I have one but the traction tires are a problem for electrical pick-up. It doesn't run that great unless the track is extremely clean and unpowered frogs still cause it to stall. I haven't opened mine up yet. Is there any way to put a Keep-Alive in there? Are there any solder pads for a Keep-alive? I also have some code 70 track in my cement plant where I was planning on running it.
- Nevin
Nevin Wilson shane: I have one but the traction tires are a problem for electrical pick-up. It doesn't run that great unless the track is extremely clean and unpowered frogs still cause it to stall. I haven't opened mine up yet. Is there any way to put a Keep-Alive in there? Are there any solder pads for a Keep-alive? I also have some code 70 track in my cement plant where I was planning on running it. - Nevin
I have two. One works as it should the other does exactly the same as yours. after looking at the situation, I have realized the contact wipers on the trucks might not be bent to make contact propperly. I didnt get tot try it yet and see because that storm killed the power most of the day. have to try it out tomorrow. Those wipers are rather is bent and an odd shape making reinstalling the axles a challange. there is a contact on the axle with the tire.
There is zero room for anything to be added. Alot of cement plants north of philadelphia have had these units. some good examples to work with there.