I don't doubt that Kadee knows what real couplers look (and operate) like. But, for the record, I was not being critical (even though I do think their design is terrible due to it's inherent issues). But the Kadee coupler is NOT as "reliable" as it is made out to be... and I am sure that we are about to find out (as the HO guys already have) that the Kadee product is not the only one that can attain the level of reliability that it has.
John Degnan [email protected] [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: ctxmf74 To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 12:04 AM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: "Annoying slack action" --- In [email protected], "John Degnan" <Scaler164@...> wrote: > When Kadee couplers swing to either side, they also slide forward in the gear box. They designed them this way so they can handle sharper curves than they could with a fixed pivot point. If they didn't slide forward the draft gear box would have to be wider to handle sharp model train radius curves. They know what prototype couplers and draft gear look like but they are trying to build a reliable model train couplers so they make design changes....DaveBranum
