Building a batterie loco

Andreas

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Hello all,
I need some help. I would like to build a locomotive with battery and radio remote control. I have never done anything like this before.
Who can recommend components? I want to use 4 S lithium ion batteries, then I need a control board, a receiver with transmitter and a motor controller. The drive I'm using is from LGB, that's why I need 4 cells so I can get over 12 V. Otherwise the locomotive is too slow.
So now I ask you for tips.I found the radio control from Piko, but the transmitter only has buttons, and the receivers from RC Trains can only be operated with 3S batteries, which doesn't seem very powerful for my LGB motor.
The whole system is supposed to be simple. I want to drive and not program a lot.

Thanks
 
Hello Andreas,

Which LGB loco are you thinking of?
There are ways of goi going beyond the published limits of the Deltang components.

I will PM you tomorrow, with some details

PhilP
phil@rctrains.co.uk
 
I have a few LGB locos powered by 3S batteries and they are fast enough, though I am considering converting my Annie to 4S.
 
Andreas said:
Who can recommend components? I want to use 4 S lithium ion batteries, then I need a control board, a receiver with transmitter and a motor controller.
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I have several locos with 4S Li Ion batteries and a variety of motor blocks (Piko, Hartland, Essel, USAT.) The remote control is one of RCS' DSM2-compatible handhelds - the DSM2 gives you access to many different (cheap) receivers. The receiver plugs in to the ESC (electronic speed control,) which manages the motor block.

I usually complicate things with sound as well - I use Mylocosound boards. The wiring is simple though there is lots of it and you have to be methodical. Here's a couple of LSC threads on my locos.

Large Scale Central - Advanced Forum Detail Topic - Just another Boxcab saga

Large Scale Central - Advanced Forum Detail Topic - LGB 20140 Sound and battery install
 
Andreas said:
Hello all,
I need some help. I would like to build a locomotive with battery and radio remote control. I have never done anything like this before.
Who can recommend components? I want to use 4 S lithium ion batteries, then I need a control board, a receiver with transmitter and a motor controller. The drive I'm using is from LGB, that's why I need 4 cells so I can get over 12 V. Otherwise the locomotive is too slow.
So now I ask you for tips.I found the radio control from Piko, but the transmitter only has buttons, and the receivers from RC Trains can only be operated with 3S batteries, which doesn't seem very powerful for my LGB motor.
The whole system is supposed to be simple. I want to drive and not program a lot.

Thanks
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I suggest that you talk to Fosworks at Fosworks web site. Their radio control has a small transmitter with knobs, handles voltages up to 28v and requires no programming.. They can also add sound if you want it.

Regards
Peter Lucas
MyLocoSound
 
Hi,
here the link to the loco KLICK
 
Andreas said:
Hello all,
I need some help. I would like to build a locomotive with battery and radio remote control. I have never done anything like this before.
Who can recommend components? I want to use 4 S lithium ion batteries, then I need a control board, a receiver with transmitter and a motor controller. The drive I'm using is from LGB, that's why I need 4 cells so I can get over 12 V. Otherwise the locomotive is too slow.
So now I ask you for tips.I found the radio control from Piko, but the transmitter only has buttons, and the receivers from RC Trains can only be operated with 3S batteries, which doesn't seem very powerful for my LGB motor.
The whole system is supposed to be simple. I want to drive and not program a lot.

Thanks
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I should mention that my other battery loco with a 4S battery pack has a Crest/Revolution control system. While it is proprietary, everything is on 1 board in the loco, and it is easy to set it up and run. Sound is an option on the loco board.

If you search the USA forums like Mylargescale and Largescalecentral, you'll find fervent fans of Airwire, NCE, RailPro, and other systems.
 
I recently posted a step-by-step set of instructions as to how to convert a Bachmann "Big Hauler" 4-6-0 steam locomotive to a combination of switch select-able
battery/track power and wireless revolution remote control with sound. The documents are available at the link below.

-Keith.

www.gscalecentral.net

Converstion of a Bachmann 4-6-0 "Big Hauler" to an Anniversary Chassis with Revolution Sound and Remote Control

The attached PDF files describe how I have converted a "standard" Bachmann 4-6-0 "Big Hauler" locomotive to an Anniversary Chassis with Revolution Sound and Remote Control. The single PDF is ~20MB, which appears to be too large for the server, so I have "printed" the individual pages to PDFs...
www.gscalecentral.net www.gscalecentral.net
 
Hello,
Thanks for your tips - I have decided to go for RC and will use a Fosworks controller.
I will report further in the construction report.
Thanks
 
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