Researching radio control has always been on my to-do list. There is a big difference between running current via aluminum rail spanning your backyard and running current through wire and nickel silver rail in your house. The outdoor G scale version figures it's easier to use a big battery than run current through the rails. I think the S Scale version is to run AC through the rails, and have a rectifier / battery charger in the locomotive, with a battery that only has to store enough to get across gaps. Then run the R/C circuitry and the motor off the battery. That way you could leave 20 inch unpowered gaps (whatever your longest locomotive is) at "return loop" kinds of problems. With this system, you could also run on any DCC layout. The DCC supplies the AC, and you ignore the control signals. You just need good filtering to get rid of ripple.
It seems the problem is motor control. R/C airplanes only need precision and slow speed when adjusting the control surfaces, landing gear, things that work with very limited motion. We need slow continuous smooth control of a motor. But, having seen the YouTube someone referenced here in which guys were driving HO SUV's around with radio control, maybe these problems have been solved. -Michael Eldridge Currently: ballasting track, a slow process for me. --- In [email protected], "Bill Fraley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Last month at our LVSG meeting at John Foley's, John gave a talk on all the new Radio Controlled Model railroads that are fast approaching us because of the great batteries now available and what is coming in our future. > > Wouldn't it be neat to lay out your non-electrified track, run your battery controlled trains anywhere on your layout! Wow! > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
