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Re: All plastic track
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Wed, 17 Aug 2005 15:19:24 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
   If the IR is like that, losing line of sight might not be so bad. It means the loco would continue doing whatever it was doing till you regained contact, rather than come to an instant stop. So it would continue through a tunnel at present course and speed, so to speak.

I think Larry summed it up nicely. Little kids want to follow the train where ever it goes, so line-of-sight and very short range would be just fine. Remote control from one spot is more of an adult appeal thing and only becomes necessary when there’s a substantial (or fragile) layout (and more than one train).

-Ted



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  Re: All plastic track
 
(...) Not a big IR fan either but one thing to consider about controllability is that perhaps this system will be more like a walkaround throttle than a wired one, that is, in many IR systems, you press the go button and the vehicle goes. Take your (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)

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