09-11-2015, 09:56 PM
If your track-work is perfect, unsprung locos will perform adequately, but a few bumps may introduce loss of electrical pick-up and tractive effort.
I would build the beast per instructions, then if it's not up to your standards, make some mods.
This is probably more than you want to know about the subject;
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.clag.org.uk/41-0rev.html">http://www.clag.org.uk/41-0rev.html</a><!-- m --> (The principles of model locomotive suspension)
These guys have taken this to a whole other level.
Read up and choose how far you want to go.
Dan M.
I would build the beast per instructions, then if it's not up to your standards, make some mods.
This is probably more than you want to know about the subject;
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.clag.org.uk/41-0rev.html">http://www.clag.org.uk/41-0rev.html</a><!-- m --> (The principles of model locomotive suspension)
These guys have taken this to a whole other level.
Read up and choose how far you want to go.
Dan M.