Dave, that is true and I understand it... but my focus would be on those who have layouts with wider radius curves... definitely not for the average market.
John Degnan [email protected] [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: ctxmf74 To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 05:46 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: The Great Coupler Debate..... --- In [email protected], "John Degnan" <Scaler164@...> wrote: > > with this in mind, then IDEALLY speaking, using HO scale draft gear boxes for S scale equipment would be THE way to go. > The reason this would be ideal is because of how narrow Kadee HO boxes are; The problem with that is most model railroads have curves much sharper than prototype so they need a wider draft gear box for coupler side swing.Otherwise the pivot pin has to be moved up too far to the front and backing up qualities deteriorate.The reason Kadee's slide is to allow sharper curves and to maintain the centered position when backing up. The design gives a variable pivot effect, forward for sharp curves and back on the stop when pushing long cuts of cars....DaveBranum ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
