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Re: (erielack) RDC power

Actually, tried the Ernst drive for the RDC. The weak link with the Ernst
was the Colette connecting the motor shaft to the drive shaft. It slips when
any strong amount of torque is applied such as going up a grade or pulling
several dummy cars, etc. ONLY was used in the sense that Out Shop Service
was the only successful system in my experience...

Keep on trainin'
Harry Bonham
- -----Original Message-----
From: Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul) <"paultup_@_lucent.com">
To: 'Harry Bonham' <"hbonham_@_clipper.net">; pontiac@dreamscape.com
<"pontiac_@_dreamscape.com">; erielack@internexus.net <erielack@internexus.net>;
The Jordans <"pamela_@_blast.net">
Date: Thursday, June 11, 1998 6:46 AM
Subject: RE: (erielack) RDC power


>This isn't the ONLY way to do it - Ernst, the people who make the low-speed
>gearing kits in HO scale, also make an RDC kit. It turns your rubber-band
>drive RDC into an honest-to-goodness gear-driven beast! Only drawback is
>that it's geared for SCALE SPEED (e.g., it will appear to be moving
>relatively slow), but it works great...
>
> - Paul
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Harry Bonham [mailto:"hbonham_@_clipper.net"]
>>Sent: Thursday, June 11, 1998 9:30 AM
>>To: "pontiac_@_dreamscape.com"; erielack@internexus.net; The Jordans
>>Subject: (erielack) RDC power
>>
>>
>>The ONLY way to power the Athearn RDC is to get an Out Shop
>>Service power
>>unit. This unit replaces the frame and motor of the RDC. You
>>send OSS the
>>frame and motor and side frames of the Athearn and they send
>>you the new
>>unit ready to go.
>>It will actually pull several dummies up a 4+% grade and go around a 15
>>inch radius. I've got two units running on my layout at the moment.
>>OSS advertises in RMC, MR, et al.
>>Try it. You'll like it!
>>
>>Harry Bonham
>>
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