Deltang Availability

[David Palmeter]

Lately I have been researching R/C systems and have gotten great advice on several systems. I joined this forum because I want to run 1:24 scale, magnetically steered vehicles on the layout with my 1:24 Kalamazoo, Delton and Hartland trains and discovered Deltang, a supplier who makes exactly what I need. However, I haven't had much luck finding a source that has Deltang in stock. I have been looking particularly for a Tx22 or 24 and an Rx65b. I checked several sources listed on the Deltang web site. Does anyone have suggestions about where Deltang might be available? I have an event coming up in August for which I would like to have at least one locomotive converted.

Thanks.

 

[Tony Walsham]

David.
You might try Andy Rutter at Micron Radio Control.

The Rx-65b is indeed a fantastic combined Rx/ESC but in my humble opinion it is notoriously complicated to program.

 

[Westcountryman]

David.
You might try Andy Rutter at Micron Radio Control.

The Rx-65b is indeed a fantastic combined Rx/ESC but in my humble opinion it is notoriously complicated to program.

Micron were out of stock of the Rx-65b a week or so ago but now have them in again - I bought another one yesterday!

 

[David Palmeter]

Thanks for your comments. My components are ordered from Micron and will hopefully make it to central Indiana soon. I am sure there will be lots of further questions. The Hartland 0-4-0 switcher (shunter?) will be the first conversion. Grandma's cartoon handcars will be the final challenge! Lots of fun ahead.

 

[David Palmeter]

This is what I ordered from Andy Rutter at Micron:

Transmitter

Item# dt_tx22x / 95043 / R1
£60.00 GBP

Receiver/ESC

Item# dt_rx65-2-n / 93158 / WD4 Options:

Variation (22: train with Tx22/Tx24/Tx72)
Throttle Control (center off throttle)
Antenna(wire aerial),
Power/Motor Leads/Connectors (100mm battery & motor leads),
LVC (LVC Enabled), Good idea?
Daughter Board (none)
Options: Heatshrink Cover(heatshrink cover supplied loose)
£35.00 GBP

Even though I just ordered on Tuesday the 10th, Andy has already communicated that he ran out of Tx2 modules and he will work over the weekend to get the orders out on Monday the 16th. I am very impressed with Andy's customer communications and dedication!

I am interested in any comments about what I ordered, particularly the Low Voltage Control. I will be using three Ecogear FX 18650 3000mAh lithium-ion batteries; they have an integrated PCB protection circuit.

I have learned a lot from Rik's Blogspot but I am sure I will have a lot more questions.

Thanks!

(To Tony and others who may also frequent the 'Large Scale Central' board, this post may look familiar. I intended to post it here on the 'G Scale Central' board but old age flipped the switch to the wrong siding. Both are good boards with lots of helpful folk but there is a lot more interest in Deltang here. Cheers!)

 

[PhilP]

Hello David

Google 'Deltang paper clip settings' and turn OFF LVC, as you have protection on your battery pack.

The 'gotcha' with Lipo batteries, and protection settings, is you need your protection boards and chargers to line-up with their settings. - If not, you can have a set of batteries discharged to the 'safe' level of their protection board, and this level be too low for your charger to start charging.

PhilP.

 

[David Palmeter]

Thank you, PhilP. I have had several RC cars and just converted the last one to LiPo batteries so I assumed Lithium Ion batteries required the same external discharge protection. Below is my kludged 'train using a car RC' test. Worked okay but the Duratrax Sprint ESC is designed to run on 8.4 volts max so the train was a bit slow. I was using 7.4 volt LiPo batteries in parallel.

 

[David Palmeter]

I am interested in recommendations for a steam sound card for my 0-4-0 (see Post #4) Deltang conversion. Ease of hookup with the Rx65b is the most important of my criteria - features, sound quality, price and size in that order follow. What say you?

 

[David Palmeter]

The Deltang Tx and Rx arrived today. Somehow our Postal Service decided that the best route from Chicago to Indianapolis is through St Louis. "It got in the wrong bag", said the postman. Regardless, I am anxious to get it working in the simple mode, then add the MyLocoSound steam card from G Scale Graphics. Thanks again to all for your comments and suggestions.

 

[David Palmeter]

Many thanks to all who helped me get my RC switcher going, this is a story I just sent to family and friends:

"What a couple of great days! With a very important visitor due today, yesterday I put my newly upgraded Hartland (made in Indiana) 0-4-0 Frankfort Terminal Railroad steam switcher to work testing the new Deltang direct radio control system. The major job was to put new ballast around the railroad to correct the continual washouts, sags and to re-level the continually shifting track. The battery-powered motor with direct R/C system control was outstanding, no more worries about dirty track and turnout dead spots.

But the real excitement was today's special guest, a 99 year old WWII veteran US Navy pilot! He told his daughter that he wanted to get into the model railroad hobby (!!) so she contacted me through our Indiana Large Scale Railroaders club to see my layout. I ran my newly refurbished 'Frankfort Flyer' passenger train and made up a freight train at the same time in the switch yard. He was very interested and had a lot of excellent questions. He also had great stories about flying Corsairs and PBYs during the war.

I hope he gets his railroad; he did decide that building at ground level may not suit him but thinks Lionel O Scale indoors would be his preference. What a interesting member of the 'Greatest Generation', what a terrific day!!"

 

[PhilP]

Glad you got everything going for your special visitor..

Going back to the original thread title:

The replacement for the Rx65b, would you believe the 'Rx65c' will be available in a couple of weeks..
There is also a new larger-capacity unit, the Rx66a coming on-stream at the same time.

 

[PhilP]

Guess what I got in the post today?..



The new Deltang Rx65c combined receiver/controller..
Testing continues.. .. ..

 

[David Palmeter]

Excellent! Thanks for the note.

 

[David Palmeter]

Thanks to several members of this forum, to Deltang UK, to MyLocoSound (Australia) and others from the world of the radio controlled train hobby, I just had three of my best garden railroad days yet. Having volunteered some months ago to host a garden layout open house for our Indiana Large Scale Railroaders club, I was determined to show off the West End rail yard that I had installed since my last open house:



I knew that no matter how much I cleaned the track, switching with my Hartland 0-4-0 would be difficult through all the LGB turnouts with their sizeable dead spots.

That led to RC research and eventually to the original post in this thread. The Saturday (September 29th) open house was well attended and Frankfort Terminal Railroad Number 7 attracted a lot of attention and performed beyond my fondest hope (particularly considering that I was brand new to the worlds of micro-soldering and transistor lingo).



Because of the great time that was had, and with the weather cooperating at its early fall best, I spent day and night Sunday and all day Monday enjoying operations on the FTRR!!

Thanks to all who helped - now on to converting everything else - this one will be the final challenge: