Management had a spare 5 minutes today and she managed to put the Fastrack together for me so I could run the PE set.
For anyone outside the US it is a bonus that the transformer in the set has an operating input range from 100-240 volts, so no need to get a step down transformer. I initially ran it with the hand controller and it worked fine as expected. I then set the Bluetooth up on my iPad and operated without any problems. I liked the ability to easily change some of the functions of the engine. The best one is the ability to set the max speed, really good if it is going to a young person to try and protect it from excessive speed. I also know that it probably won’t take long for an inquisitive youngster to find the feature and change it. Perhaps it would be nice for a parental lock it so that it can’t be easily changed.
I also noticed at idle the engine streams smoke freely from the stack which my first gen PE set doesn’t do. As soon as it pulls away it stops and then smokes in sync with the engine. It also smokes a lot more than my first gen set as well which is a bonus.
The set box states that the minimum age for the set is 14 years of age which is the same as the first gen set, I’m at a loss to understand why these sets are not suitable for under 14 year olds, any ideas? I think it would be good set for 5-6 year olds under supervision. This set will be going to our grandson in a few years time when he will be around 4-5 years old, hope he enjoys it as much as I am now.
Overall I like the updated PE set and I also like the ability to operate it using Bluetooth.
