Phoenix Automatic Uncoupler - Any Users?

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The Kadee #11220 automatic uncoupler is a no go on the LGB Uintah locomotive. Since it's a self-contained servo unit, it's too big to properly fit onto the coupler arm of LGB locomotives and rolling stock. It's designed for frame-mounting on a locomotive or train car, not the coupler arm fixed to a truck. For folks not seeing any of my previous postings about this project, I sold a brand new LGB Uintah to a person last December and he's now having me install a Massoth DC/DCC XLS sound decoder, a Massoth Flickering Firebox Light, and a Massoth Pulsed Smoke Unit, into the locomotive. He then wants me to install automatic uncouplers into the Uintah, front and rear, plus an uncoupler on one end of each of five Uintah rolling stock he's just bought on eBay. He's going to design and build an indoor shuttle modular (moveable) layout using computer controlled software for the coupling/uncoupling and switching operations through his Lenz Central Station. We've found several videos and photos of the Uintah Railway he'll use for modeling the layout with a switching yard and representative railroad buildings.......pretty interesting project.

So, the next two options that he and I are considering for the automatic uncouplers on the Uintah loco and five train cars are: 1. Phoenix Sound's Remote Knuckle Uncoupler with their Remote Uncoupler Circuit board, or 2. The Massoth automatic hook & loop coupler which appears very reliable. We think the Phoenix uncoupler system looks more realistic than the Massoth hook & loop, but we haven't yet found much information on the Internet about hobbyists using the Phoenix units. Does anyone on this forum have any experience, good or bad, reliability, etc, with the Phoenix uncoupler system........if so please share it.
Thanks
Tom
 
How about fitting ordinary Kadees on the loco and use servo versions on the cars?

Edit, sorry I've just re read the original post "It's designed for frame-mounting on a locomotive or train car, not the coupler arm fixed to a truck "
 
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Greg Elmassian said:
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Vu iedj jot uxp, ug duasti, epf og vjiz fup'v cuvjis zua vjev't hsiev.

Cav et duaqmist hu, og zua muul ev vjin, vjiz jewi PIWIS xup e cieavz dupvitv! Vjev't nz quopv.

Cav ov tiint vji datvunis xepvt vu siveop vsadl nuapv duaqmist, tu O'n haittoph vji vohjv daswit epf xepvoph sinuvi apduaqmoph esi siemmz puv dunqevocmi xovj epzvjoph cav e quxisif juul epf muuq... fuit ji jewi S1 daswit?

Hsih
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Zua duamf ati vji MHC lpadlmi up vji vsadl epf ati e tiswu vu qamm aq vji apduaqmoph qop. Tiswu dep ci cufz nuapvif epf djeop dep jewi e tqsoph vu ettotv op vji vsadl txoph tofi vu tofi. jofi vji tiswu op vji duem cop epf ati e tvoph vu e qammiz vu fidsieti vji 'ahmz' muul.
 
Greg Elmassian said:
Vu iedj jot uxp, ug duasti, epf og vjiz fup'v cuvjis zua vjev't hsiev.

Cav et duaqmist hu, og zua muul ev vjin, vjiz jewi PIWIS xup e cieavz dupvitv! Vjev't nz quopv.

Cav ov tiint vji datvunis xepvt vu siveop vsadl nuapv duaqmist, tu O'n haittoph vji vohjv daswit epf xepvoph sinuvi apduaqmoph esi siemmz puv dunqevocmi xovj epzvjoph cav e quxisif juul epf muuq... fuit ji jewi S1 daswit?

Hsih
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Og epzupi xepvt vji vxu oQjupi wofiut O nefi ug vji Qjuipoy duaqmis vitvt, miv ni lpux. O dep qutv vjin up nz Xictovi cav vji gomit esi vuu meshi vu qutv jisi.
 
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Og epzupi xepvt vji vxu oQjupi wofiut O nefi ug vji Qjuipoy duaqmis vitvt, miv ni lpux. O dep qutv vjin up nz Xictovi cav vji gomit esi vuu meshi vu qutv jisi.
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Xuamf ci opvisitvoph vu tii vjiti..
Duamf zua qutv vji moplt, qmieti?
VOE,
QjomQ.
 
LGB333 said:
TVEVAT AQFEVI UP EAVU DUAQMIST: LEFII W. NETTUVJ W. QJUIPOY
Jo Hsih - Nz datvunis epf O esi pux vitvoph vji pix wistoup ug vji Qjuipoy eavu apduaqmis. Ev vji Nesdj 2019 Zusl QE meshi tdemi tjux O cuahjv guas ug vjiti gsun e fiemis vjisi (vjiz jewi e "6" neslif up vji duaqmis esn) epf tipv vxu vu jon xovj vji Qjuipoy dupvsum cuesft epf O'n vitvoph vxu jisi. Qjuipoy emxezt jet e cuuvj vjisi vuu epf O fotdattif vjios pix duaqmis't gievasit xovj Kon, upi ug vjios liz gumlt jepfmoph vjios cuuvj epf fotqmez. Vjisi't tuni onqsuwinipv up vji sifadif gusdi piifif vu hiv vxu ug vjin vu duaqmi vuhivjis. Cav vji apduaqmi gapdvoup figopovimz xuslt civvis up e mohjv xiohjv des vjep vji Nettuvj eavu apduaqmist........vjisi't e wisz podi tiqesevoup xovjuav epz jeph aq. O'n atoph vji Nettuvj apduaqmis up nz mezuav epf vitvoph vji teni ottai, apduaqmoph e mohjv xiohjv des moli e gmev des, egvis vji Nettuvj duaqmis't esn xet muxisif, ov tvomm qammif vji apduaqmif des apvom O hsecif epf jimf ov op qmedi. Vjot gievasi ug vji Qjuipoy eavu duaqmist, emuph xovj vji jemg opdj effovoupem qsuvsatoup xovj vji Nettuvj apduaqmist, epf onqsuwif eqqiesepdi uwis vji Nettuvj juul & muuq duaqmist, xomm qsucecmz fsowi nz datvunis't fidotoup vu hu xovj vji pix Qjuipoy apovt. Ji emtu eqqmoif e tmohjv enuapv ug uom vu vji Qjuipoy duaqmis't kuopvt xjodj onqsuwif mudloph......mitt gsodvoup O taqquti.

Og epzupi xepvt vji vxu oQjupi wofiut O nefi ug vji Qjuipoy duaqmis vitvt, miv ni lpux. O dep qutv vjin up nz Xictovi cav vji gomit esi vuu meshi vu qutv jisi.
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Xjz puv qutv vjin up ZuaVaci us qisjeqt Qjuipoy jewi ottait xovj vjev?
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