Meaning... Yeah cars gotta be tuned.. But it's nuttin to do with too-fast cars.
My own fault. All about my own ignorance and a bad case of Skin-Flint disease. I thought...
Why buy new ones when these Tomy stockers are still working?? I went kick'n and screamin into the purchase of a pair of high ohm controllers.
So in the beginning, when performance was starting to matter and the cars seemed like they were all wrong... First I bought the Parma Econo's. Okay they had a better feel in my hand, but the actual performance at 45 or 60 ohms (don't remember exactly) was really not much better than the set controllers. I was like dang... I spent the dough and everything... so how much do I gotta spend??... Well, if I bought the right ones to begin with everything would have worked out much faster.
Still being cheap, I then swapped in a pair of 120 ohm resistors. btw... I am an underachiever with electronics and even I found it pretty easy. Saved money but learned something....
What a difference... The jerky hopping cars I was once cursing were now much smoother. No more on/off switch performance either. My "
A-HA ! moment" was realized that day. NOT all the cars' fault afterall.
So then I went totally out of character and bought another even smoother pair of BRP 95 ohm'ers. The results on my (small 36"x80") home Tomy track were even better. Then I shot the lock off my wallet completely and I even went on to get a Tomy Tri-Power pack and THAT iced the cake. Very much more user friendly and adjustable to more types of cars. I sent the older 120 ohmers to JoeZ and I believe he still uses them for tjets on his routed track today. That just goes to show you that regardless if you're running a routed or sectional track... the right controller for the right car makes a BIG difference. Power supply matters too. If you are struggling with set components on certain cars you gotta try a controller made for what you are running. You may even find that you start to like the ones that are giving you so much grief. Do the homework and find out about what you have and what you want to run on. It can save
you the money I blew.... trying to save money. nd
BTW: Here is a link to basic controllers sold at just one place (NJ Nostalgia Hobby, but there are many sellers). It gives you a look at a small selection and the cars that each is best suited for. Not really break the bank stuff here if you choose the right one to begin with.
http://www.geocities.com/njhobby/con...ntrollers.html
I met the enemy... and he was me ! !
