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Alright John, forgive me but I'm looking for the website named "DCC For Dummies". Well, its not REALLY named that, but I have no clue of what brand to buy, what amperages of decoders to use, or how to get out the cheapest (currently taking up (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I am finally making progress with my project to control DCC systems from a PC. There are systems out there but I wanted to do my own. My idea has been to generate the DCC packets in the sound card and I have finally managed a reasonably simple (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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The pilot truck pivots behind the second axle of the pilot truck and the trailing truck pivots in front of the first axle of the trailing truck. This makes the pivots points as close as possible to the drivers so they do not swing so much. The (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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OK, look before you post. Now I get it. I was so busy trying to fit what I was seeing into the floating truck solution that it didn't make any sense. Now I clearly see the pivot points etc. BTW can you post a couple pics of it sitting on a curve :) (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I was wondering where your leading and trailing truck pivot points were. Are each of these pivot points still between the axles of the respective trucks or in front and behind? I'll also go back and look at your pics. Would you mind if I used this (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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