Hi
I posed a question on the NewRailwayModellers forum as follows:
New Railway Modellers Forums - Model Railway Discussion Forum For Beginners • View topic - Electronic inertia
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As you know there are often moments when your loco loses power momentarily and results in less than smooth running.
Some locos have a flywheel fitted to help with this, but these are, as far as I can tell, practically impossible to retro-fit to locos.
So I've been thinking for a while. Surely there is an electronic solution to this with the fitting of capacitor circuits within the loco. As the loco travels, the capacitor charges. If, for example, the loco finds a momentary deadspot on some points, the capacitor discharges through the motor to continue the travel.
I would imagine this would require electrolytic capacitors which are polarity sensitive, so if you need both forwards and backwards smoothness, then some proper circuitry would be involved.
I also think that because I cant find any mention of this idea online, then there are inherent problems, or I'm not using the right language in my searches.
Any thoughts?
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I've had a less than promising result, but I havent been convinced it cant be done.
The problem of polarity switching could surely be resolved using diodes, even if you use 2 capacitors for the different directions of travel.
Now I'm not particularly electronic savvy, although I have in the past created some sophisticated circuits, my basic knowledge is all gone. For me, electronics is not like riding a bicycle.
Any thoughts anybody?
I posed a question on the NewRailwayModellers forum as follows:
New Railway Modellers Forums - Model Railway Discussion Forum For Beginners • View topic - Electronic inertia
"
As you know there are often moments when your loco loses power momentarily and results in less than smooth running.
Some locos have a flywheel fitted to help with this, but these are, as far as I can tell, practically impossible to retro-fit to locos.
So I've been thinking for a while. Surely there is an electronic solution to this with the fitting of capacitor circuits within the loco. As the loco travels, the capacitor charges. If, for example, the loco finds a momentary deadspot on some points, the capacitor discharges through the motor to continue the travel.
I would imagine this would require electrolytic capacitors which are polarity sensitive, so if you need both forwards and backwards smoothness, then some proper circuitry would be involved.
I also think that because I cant find any mention of this idea online, then there are inherent problems, or I'm not using the right language in my searches.
Any thoughts?
"
I've had a less than promising result, but I havent been convinced it cant be done.
The problem of polarity switching could surely be resolved using diodes, even if you use 2 capacitors for the different directions of travel.
Now I'm not particularly electronic savvy, although I have in the past created some sophisticated circuits, my basic knowledge is all gone. For me, electronics is not like riding a bicycle.
Any thoughts anybody?