RE: Accucraft Excelsior R/C

2001-10-03 Thread Ciambrone, Steve @ OS 

Thanks,  a completely different approach.  I will examine that concept
tonight.  You called it a steam stop valve which might explain how sensitive
it was to just the slightest change.

Sincerely
Steve Ciambrone
Sr. Test Engineer
L-3 Ocean Systems

Dunno what the hash is Steve but Excelsior is controlled with a
single 
servo for speed AND
  direction, the original 'throttle being used as just a 'steam stop

valve'.  It works in the same way as single channel Pearse locos and
the 
reversing piston valve below the smoke box is actually a reverser 
regulator.  You need to remove the reversing gate, fit a servo in
the 
sidetank and make up a linkage using partly the reversing linkage 
already in place
Yours Aye

Tag Gorton

Longlands & Western Railway
Trematon office
Cornwall

Re: Accucraft Excelsior R/C

2001-10-03 Thread Tag Gorton 


On Wednesday, October 3, 2001, at 05:17  pm, Ciambrone, Steve @ OS wrote:

> Has anyone installed R/C into an Excelsior yet?  The rear bunker is 
> fitted
> with a R/C switch cutout as supplied and I have some ideas of what to 
> do but
> would like to see how someone has attacked the same problem.  I am only
> interested in controlling the throttle at this point.
>
>
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Dunno what the hash is Steve but Excelsior is controlled with a single 
servo for speed AND
  direction, the original 'throttle being used as just a 'steam stop 
valve'.  It works in the same way as single channel Pearse locos and the 
reversing piston valve below the smoke box is actually a reverser 
regulator.  You need to remove the reversing gate, fit a servo in the 
sidetank and make up a linkage using partly the reversing linkage 
already in place
Yours Aye

Tag Gorton

Longlands & Western Railway
Trematon office
Cornwall

Accucraft Excelsior R/C

2001-10-03 Thread Ciambrone, Steve @ OS 

Has anyone installed R/C into an Excelsior yet?  The rear bunker is fitted
with a R/C switch cutout as supplied and I have some ideas of what to do but
would like to see how someone has attacked the same problem.  I am only
interested in controlling the throttle at this point.

Sincerely
Steve Ciambrone
Sr. Test Engineer
L-3 Ocean Systems

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