:D Pepperoni My point is you are presuming that Kato is doing this. Just cause they are using motor trucks does not mean they are going cheap or fast. not all such arraignments are toys or even toy like. Dont forget either that without sufficient weight that large motor cant pull itself. TCC:}
On Feb 11, 2013, at 11:10 PM, ctxmf74 wrote: > Salami > If two drives are equally engineered the larger one is always gonna > pull more. Reserving space for electronics will win the sound and > smoke awards and simplifying the gear train by using high speed > gears will win the speed contest but larger motor and low speed > gears will win the pulling train contest plus be more rugged and > easy to repair if it breaks. The typical toy train drive O scale > diesels don't use coreless motors they use $10 chinese can motors. > They don't use fancy gear trains they use open straight cut spur > gears in a rigid truck block. They are not engineering them to be > precise or reliable they are engineering them to be fast , loud and > cheap to build (without passing the savings on to the customer as > the nicely designed single motor atlasO switcher doesn't cost any > more than the 150 MPH geared twin motored locos )....DaveBranum Talmadge C 'TC' Carr Sn42 and Hn42 somewhere in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest [email protected] ------------------------------------ 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: [email protected] [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/
