@harmonyards posted:Sid, truth be told, you should be concentrating first on a good solid foundation, THEN add all the fancy bells and whistles....engineering begins with a solid foundation....when we build our stuff from scratch, like you’re doing with that J, ....we start with finding solutions to the already pre-packaged flaws a particular piece comes with, ...we refine the drive trains to obtain the most power, least amount of amp draws, and the smoothest performance you can get with either straight DC power on the motor, or by simply using a rectifier to run the chassis on AC power on test rollers, or real world on the layout....we test, and we test, and we bounce numbers off each other’s heads till we’re all silly....once we’ve obtained smooth running conventionally, then we move on to the goodies,....that’s just the icing on the cake on a proven performer......and if you really want to make the Williams J stand on its head and spit out wooden nickels, ....get up with me, and we’ll figure out how to slide a MTH chassis under that shell, and park that wonky Williams chassis....😉
Pat
Ok, this has gone way off what I originally intended. I am glad you all mentioned to me the idea of a different motor with a different stall current. The Mabuchi will obviously not work with the legacy electronics. Currently I do not have a motor to put on the chassis, so to pass the time I am just working on cosmetics and the tenders electronics. I do not want to put a MTH chassis underneath this locomotive as that defeats the entire purpose and makes me feel like I just gave up. Also just because I am young doesn't mean I don't know stuff. I have a bunch of knowledge and experience for someone my age. I learned from the best. I truly know for the most part what I am doing and am not going to just go off willy nilly and try to run the thing. Like Bruk said I am learning and this thing isn't meant to be a tank. I don't need it to pull a 20lb weight. It is still at the end of the day a brass model which I think we should all know are not the best pullers or performers. In the end I am just trying to have fun and do what I want. This is not my first rodeo dealing with these electronics and it sure won't be my last.
