Can You Do This With DCC?

[CarlyWaarly]

Have done this with DCC with a long train of carriages it tends to hold the train back on its own until some momentum pulls them along.

[pyronathanpyro]

i saw a guy who made a custom dcc wheelslip setup he had 2 motors one for the loco and one in the tender acting as a brake when the function was turned on the breaks where applied causing it to stay put and the wheels to slip :)

[username5515]

yes! i can do that on DCC!!!

[GrahamDAH]

CV 63 controls the volume. Range being 01 (quietest) - 64 (loudest).

[leeham991]

I love that wheel spin :D

[ourmanroy]

Very Nice little Video..!

[gtacrusher123]

did you hold one of the carridges ??

[Pugragger]

done it with dcc

[thing2liv]

Epic wheel slep.

[piemanlarger]

yes, you can and it can have sound so time to come out of the silent era!

You really need to join rmweb Rob.

[robmcg567]

Yes it could be impressive with DCC sound. I have some sound diesels but no steam as yet.

Cheers, Rob

[piemanlarger]

richard at dcc concepts builds a wheelslip sound into his decoders, search u tube there are some good clips of it on here and join rmweb.

[robmcg567]

Yes thanks I joined rmweb today with name robmcg and wrote message in products Hornby T9 tender thread.

[leeham991]

@piemanlarger

Is there any way to adjust the volume? All of the sound DCC I've seen at shows have the scale racket of standing next to a 747. The noise puts me off.

[DandamanV]

YES, you can do that with DCC. All you need to do is add small weights into the last few carriages and fang it every time you leave a station. Simple. =D

[ShaurntheSheep]

engine at the back or you hand on the back

[MrTrains1]

yes i got DCC and if you triple head it its really funny:)

[Forevagrey]

Sliping only ocurs when you open the regulator to much or with a heavy load so you can do it on DCC cause you also over load the train

[FLEXIBLETRACK]

very nice, but how much better it would be with sound,which you can do with DCC.

[robmcg567]

thankyou, I'm working on it.

cheers

rob

[WrongRoadRailways]

You can get sound for 12v DC, but it's hard to find.

[ejcmoorhouse]

@WrongRoadRailways from what i heard you can use any sound loco on 12v dc just you can't control it as much

[gingerkin]

sweeeeet i want to try it on my railway

[philxbx]

Nice video, and yes, I do, do this with DCC!

[JohnPW22]

Great vid! I've posted my latest video as a response to this - not DCC but showing some serious 00 steam locos slipping for those who love such things!

[ay76]

Yes as it was shown on Model Rails DCC DVD.

[robmcg567]

Well, I could have held the train by hand, but didn't.

Can you explain how the DVD suggests it?

Can an engine be programmed to run at a set speed regardless of slippage?

Best,

Rob

[robmcg567]

Hi Adam, how would you program a DCC loco to slip in the manner shown? I agree thant DCC has uses you describe, but still cannot imagine what values might achieve a slip-of-drivers with some realism.

[thehumanhamster]

you can do this with Dcc No Problems, slippage is mechanical, dcc is electrical. basically a dcc decoder puts power to the motor of your locomotive like your analouge controller does. except it does in pulses of power with varying lengths. and you can address do all the other bumf, like choosing what loco in a line of locos without flicking banks of switches(how i remember my loco dept) and all the other lights sound. ect. cv just changes the locos acceleration/ deacelleration rates- Adam

[dieselmanmike]

excellent, at first i thought he's holding it, then i saw the load on her and realised it was genuine slip!!

[robmcg567]

hi dieselmanmike, the train is not held for 'slip', it's part of most trains I recall in the 50s but we didn't slip as much as British train did, and do... all adhesive weight and sanding really. I saw Mick Balfour accelerate Ka 935 with 14-total behind with 626 from Palm Nth and he had over 30mph on by platform end!

[yortonjunction]

excellent rob,

my layout id dc hammant and morgan, and the only concession to modern technology is an old gaugemaster pulse-width controller.

camborner has a good point, you can turn the wick up on dc and dcc pretty quickly to get "slip" but i like the old fashioned analogue way.

well done,

YJ

[robmcg567]

Thanks, this is with an analogue 12v DC 'Spectrum' controller, I still don't know how you could program DCC to slip in the manner shown, unless you restrained the train by physical means, or put oil on the track!

[robmcg567]

Ah. I wasn't sure how to program an engine for slipping upon starting, but confess no knowledge. Would not a program with bursts of speed cause unrealistic surging?

[Camborner15]

To answer the question, yes, you CAN do this with DCC-why did you think you can't?