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QUOTE (Anthony James @ 18 Sep 2008, 08:56) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Dear All,
I have a brand new Liliput BR45 with sound, it certainly sounds terrific with the Loksound 3.5 however the pulling power seems not to be very good, it stalls on in incline of only 12mm in 600mm when pulling only 5 wagons, I was just wondering if anybody else has one and if the problem might be the motor or the gearing , it does have traction tyres and runs perfectly in a straight line, or it might have something to do with the decoder setting for acceleration and braking, anybody have any ideas?
Regards
Anthony J
*** it sound like motor and not decoder if the loco simply runs out of steam - No setting removes power like that unless top volts are set very low.
This loco usually pulls fine... weak magnets, poorly assembled motor, badly seated brushes, weak brush springs come to mind - I've recently seen exactly this with two HO scale Athaern loco's, a challenger and a big boy, both of which could barely pull the skin off a rice pudding.
Both were fixed quite easily, one with new brushes and the other with new brush springs (both were nearly new, but the brushes on one were only 1mm long, the springs on the other had no "spring").
if you can get to the motor / drive train take the motor out and test it - I suspect that it will be the problem.
Richard
I have a brand new Liliput BR45 with sound, it certainly sounds terrific with the Loksound 3.5 however the pulling power seems not to be very good, it stalls on in incline of only 12mm in 600mm when pulling only 5 wagons, I was just wondering if anybody else has one and if the problem might be the motor or the gearing , it does have traction tyres and runs perfectly in a straight line, or it might have something to do with the decoder setting for acceleration and braking, anybody have any ideas?
Regards
Anthony J
*** it sound like motor and not decoder if the loco simply runs out of steam - No setting removes power like that unless top volts are set very low.
This loco usually pulls fine... weak magnets, poorly assembled motor, badly seated brushes, weak brush springs come to mind - I've recently seen exactly this with two HO scale Athaern loco's, a challenger and a big boy, both of which could barely pull the skin off a rice pudding.
Both were fixed quite easily, one with new brushes and the other with new brush springs (both were nearly new, but the brushes on one were only 1mm long, the springs on the other had no "spring").
if you can get to the motor / drive train take the motor out and test it - I suspect that it will be the problem.
Richard
