> I would like to here from members of this group that have and are using > radio control and how they improved its performance .
Paul, I talked to the guys at the local r/c shop, who sell mostly planes and cars, when I was buying servos for my first conversion. They told me about metal-to-metal glitching - apparently, any metal contacts that are loose (think of your loco-tender coupler, side rods, wheel bearings, or the truck pivots,) cause glitching and worsen performance. While at the store, note that most servo connection parts are nylon or similar plastic. No metal. Trains are obviously a hopeless case in terms of eradicating random metal-to-metal contacts! You've already had lots of good advice, but I can offer one suggestion that I use extensively. I found my r/c receiver tolerated a loss of signal and stayed exactly where it was until the transmitter signal came back. So I turn off my transmitter once the loco is set, and it continues what it was doing until I turn it back on again - and there's no glitching as it sees no signal. I even added a small on/off pushbutton on the back of the transmitter near my thumb to make it easy to flip it on or off. Pete
