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I think the slinky effect is primarily an effect of cars being lighter than they could be. Otherwise I just don't understand why some people seem to have different results than I do....
I think the slinky effect is primarily an effect of cars being lighter than they could be. Otherwise I just don't understand why some people seem to have different results than I do.
Resonance occurs when a system is able to store and easily transfer energy between two or more different storage modes (such as kinetic energy and potential energy in the case of a pendulum). However, there are some losses from cycle to cycle, called damping. When damping is small, the resonant frequency is approximately equal to the natural frequency of the system, which is a frequency of unforced vibrations. Some systems have multiple, distinct, resonant frequencies.
Thank you, Ed. Someone had to tell it like it is.
I also run mostly Z-scale couplers, and their "slop" is much less than regular ol' N-gauge couplers.
However, it's not that way for me, so that's the way it is too.
1015s do not, as when you are pulling on them, the spring does not compress, where the 1023/1025 and truck mounted ones, have the spring behind the center post, so as the train is being pulled, the spring is compressed, causing the slinky.So in theory, if you have a train of all 1015s, you could have a train with no slinky.
All I can say is...hurry up DKS!
Ben, ummm, do you have hills and grades and curves on your layout? I do...
(What are your curves? Maybe tight curves play a role here?)
Also, the only time the slinky MT ever has bothered me is when I have them between locomotives, which I no longer have except for the single instance of between the B units on an IMR FT ABBA. I've been meaning to upgrade those to Red Caboose dummies.
I'm on it, believe me. But I'm not in a rush, because something this critical cannot be rushed--not without taking an enormous risk.Soon I will have a blog up and running for the coupler project, where I will share (what I can) about the project as it moves through each stage of development and production.A very important step will be beta-testing, and it is here where I anticipate the most variability in production time, as it all hangs on how many iterations the design cycles through before the final product is ready.If I cannot live up to all of my advertising promises--no slink, no blowups, best cosmetics, etc.--then it won't get released. However, I am confident that the design will meet these criteria. My patent attorney feels I have a good shot at this--he has been a tremendous source of encouragement.