Accucraft Leader RC?

[steves]

Hi all

I have an Accucraft Leader and am comtemplating putting RC into it. I have not long since finished RC'ing my Ragleth which was a nice easy job with the RC bay, a switch hole already cut and a nice big side tank with holes under to mount a servo.

The leader on the other hand, has no such RC bay, no switch hole and no big side tank to hide a servo.

Does anyone have one that already has an RC conversion that they could take pictures of and give me some ideas to work to. Ideally I would like it 2 channel RC, one for reversor and one for the regulator, same as my Ragleth, but if one channel is all the can be achieved with out major modification, then one channel it will be.

Can you help with pictures or advice?

Thanks in advance

 

[New Haven Neil 2]

Hi Steve

You can fit a hitec HS82MG in the right bunker for the reverser - You need to drill holes to mount it, and I cut a slot in the footplate to allow a Turnigy 555 thin wing servo to be fitted underneath, for the regulator. This involves stripping the boiler off to work on cutting the slot, so if you don't feel competent to do that...... but it's not rocket science, Tag's book gives good guidance on this if you need.

 

[steves]

Hi Steve

You can fit a hitec HS82MG in the right bunker for the reverser - You need to drill holes to mount it, and I cut a slot in the footplate to allow a Turnigy 555 thin wing servo to be fitted underneath, for the regulator. This involves stripping the boiler off to work on cutting the slot, so if you don't feel competent to do that...... but it's not rocket science, Tag's book gives good guidance on this if you need.

I dont suppose you have any pictures or if they have already been put up on a site somewhere?

Tag's book gives good guidance on this if you need.

Tag's book?????

 

[New Haven Neil 2]

Live Steam Workshop by Tag Gorton - out of print recently I think.

Sorry I don't have any photos that would help.

 

[steves]

Anyone else got any pictures by any chance ?? Pretty please

 

[steves]

Right, well the deed hs been done now as follows:

A hitec HS-82MG hiding on the right hand side at the front of the bunker tucked away where no one can see it, a new reversor linkage made and servo mount made. This required one new hole to be drilled and a nut and bolt in it as I used an existing hole for the other point for the servo mount.

A HS-125MG slim wing servo for the regulator, this was mount under the cab using the 2 flat mounts it came with, they were packed out with a drilled piece of wood for support. The linkage for this required a slot to be cut in the cab floor which was done without much removal of anything and only the cab bodywork was removed throughout the entire process.

The battery was chosen for its size and I used a square AAA 800MAh pack, tucked away at the other side of the front of the cab infront of the gas box. This is held in place with industrial velcro which is less affected by heat and it fits so well that it cant really go far anyway.

The RX is again mounted with industrial velcro under the cab floor, just behind the regulator servo, again, a pretty tight fit so it can't go far anyway. This was an "Orange" 6 channel RX from HobbyKing and the casing was removed and replaced with large heatshrink for a case to keep the size as small as possible. These RX's are only about £4 each!

The switch was a stanard charge harness type switch and was mounted using a bit of tin from a bean can on the back inside of the cab, this required 2 x 2mm drill holes and 2 x 2mm nuts and bolts to hold the switch mount in place, the switch was also held in place with its bolts through another 2 x 2mm drilled holes.

Finished off with a little bit of black satin paint where the brass was cut and the switch mount was put in.

Works absolutely fantastic and can barely be seen, very pleased indeed. If I get chance I will post up some pictures later. Runs like a dream, very "chuffed"

Steve

 

[steves]

OK, here are a couple of pics, not the best shots in the wolrd, but it gives an idea of what is where and how, though most of it is quite well hidden away as intended.