Narcis Mateescu Thank you, its taken a lot of time, trial and error (plus many cuts and bruises) to get it to where it is, and still lots more to do. There is plenty of stock which I can sit on at the club, and I usually use the driving trolly seen at the beginning of the video, but the club was closing and everything had been locked away, so at the end of the video I did not have access to the trolley. I will take a look. Its a very simple and effective way of powering something like this with minimal mechanical linkages and no gearbox, unlike some of the more complex machines which use a much higher level of engineering. Anton
looks nice! easy way to reverse it is just reverse pos and minus on the motor (being permanent magnet motors) or otherwise iff not, reverse the brush polarity.
put a cheap PWM (ebay has a lot of this). Then you will have reverse, neutral and can improve torque at low speeds. I did something similar to an ebike. You can even remove the clutch. Without the cluch you can start the engine with a small battery (and remove the big manual start)
Thank you, there more coming where that came from, and I am hopefully investing in a nice tripod and camera, so better quality videos as well. Have you check out my channel for other engineering pieces? Anton
Really nice ! I have a similar propulsion system on my garden tractor and on a platform truck, check out my channel :). I suggest you build a small cart and tow it with the locomotive, so you don't have to run alongside it or sit on top of it :).
Narcis Mateescu Thank you, its taken a lot of time, trial and error (plus many cuts and bruises) to get it to where it is, and still lots more to do.
There is plenty of stock which I can sit on at the club, and I usually use the driving trolly seen at the beginning of the video, but the club was closing and everything had been locked away, so at the end of the video I did not have access to the trolley.
I will take a look. Its a very simple and effective way of powering something like this with minimal mechanical linkages and no gearbox, unlike some of the more complex machines which use a much higher level of engineering.
Anton
Great video. Thanks for posting this. Have a nice day.
An outstanding piece of engineering, well done and thanks for these great videos :)
Dear Alan
Thank you so much for your kind words
All the best
Anton
Nice👍 hand made solid working model excellent with safe operating
looks nice! easy way to reverse it is just reverse pos and minus on the motor (being permanent magnet motors) or otherwise iff not, reverse the brush polarity.
Did you ever found the time in your full schedule to finish working on it, and do you still have it?
put a cheap PWM (ebay has a lot of this). Then you will have reverse, neutral and can improve torque at low speeds. I did something similar to an ebike. You can even remove the clutch. Without the cluch you can start the engine with a small battery (and remove the big manual start)
That engine is so cool!
i would love to see an update on this awesome gas-electric loco!
Dearest haugstule
I will be making an update to this video, which I intend to show some of the updates that have been completed
Kind regards
Anton
@@antonr91 I bow down in your dust blinded with happiness and gratitude
you don't know how much this means to me
looking forward for the new footage😁
Hi Antonr91 just wondering if you could list the parts you used to build this as im looking at building one similarly
Cheers,
Mark
How far has it come since this video
What kind of generator are you using? I cannot seem to find one.
That's at quainton, right?
+SomeGuy 1809 - well spotted....Bucks Railway Centre Quainton :)
I like it.
Thank you, there more coming where that came from, and I am hopefully investing in a nice tripod and camera, so better quality videos as well. Have you check out my channel for other engineering pieces? Anton
I also do 5 inch gauge videos and I’m doing a giveaway you may be interested mate
Really nice ! I have a similar propulsion system on my garden tractor and on a platform truck, check out my channel :). I suggest you build a small cart and tow it with the locomotive, so you don't have to run alongside it or sit on top of it :).