OK this from the Bmann website regarding the Mallet turning radius:
Dear All,
It appears that the new loco will run on R2 radius, and with a minor modification it will go around R1. I want to see a production model before I detail the discussed modification, however.
Have fun!
the Bach-man
wonder who will find and fix all the needs with this one?
I was hoping you would Cale!
Iâd really like to have one, although I wonât have the clearance probs you may encounter! btw I watched your utube vids of the layout the other dayâŚit looking good (and FUN)
Without Dave Goodson checking it out first; Iâd never purchase one, if it even was of interest to meâŚ
Dave is the only one that actually got âDown and Dirtyâ with anything he did a review onâŚmost reviewers are little more than âOut of the box-onto the track typesâ.
In any case there isnât any locomotive or rolling stock that Iâm interested in. I have more than Iâll ever need already.
Fred, Just wait till the âundergroundâ gets ahold of one, only to install R/C for a customer of course, nothing else, and he just âhappensâ to encounter some various issues that he feels he should âfixâ on behalf of his client, and just happens to tell us all what he found and just let us know how he fixed it here online, outside of any âofficialâ capacity of course, just one hobbiest offering advice to other hobbiests.
Since TOC has never had an âofficialâ position with Bachmann, I really donât think much will change. Bachmann neither provided Dave with advanced samples nor did they have any formal arrangement to get test results and information back to Bachmann.
As Victor wrote, Dave will get one, do his usual thorough examination, testing and problem solving, then let the rest of us know the results. Of course Bâmann will also get those results via forums such as this one.
The main change I have seen is in folks asking for problem solutions over on the Bachmann forum. Questions that Dave would put to rest in a few hours go unanswered, or are answered by some of the enthusiastic children who post back to every post. Cale Nelson and perhaps a couple of others do often refer folks to Dave for real help.
Happy RRing,
Jerry
And then maybe the TOC will not do the investigation job and figuare out all the repairs and fixes and tell you all or do them for you! Maybe, instead he will tell to to pound sand or better go see Stanley! Who can fix all! And if you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you, it is even a toll bridge!
Have fun!! But is that not what this hobby is all about??
Paul
I have it in print that they (Bochmann) have moved everything âin-houseâ and will handle it.
Therefore, there shall be no problems.
As the EPA (E Paul Austin) says, theyâve got Stanley to sort it out.
Can you imagine a fixed rear-engine Mallet on R-1?
The smokebox overhang will certainly clear a path for you.
Of course, Howard says theyâve never made a product with a problem, so there you have it.
Could it possible be, uh, meeting our wildest dreams, that Bâmann has yielded to the idea of actually testing a product BEFORE packaging it and sending it out to the plebians.
What? Wishful thinking? Ah, yes, a second reading from TOC indicating they have âmoved everything in-houseâ does not clearly mean âeverythingâ includes through pre-shipment testing.
No matter, we have our own âin-houseâ program. Granted, our testing program requires at least one of us to make the sacrifice of purchase and then either consumer test it or send the yet-to-be-inspected loco to TOC for evaluation.
Meanwhile, the anxious will make their purchases before discovery. Letâs hope there will be far less pre-test purchases this round â otherwise, we continue to reinforce we are Bachmannâs âbetaâ tester and consumer combined at precisely the same moment.
Any further insight?
Wendell
Jerry Bowers said:I love it !
... or are answered by some of the enthusiastic children who post back to every post. Jerry
âCan you imagine a fixed rear-engine Mallet on R-1?â Yeah I did, so I did nât. Thisâll give you some idea of the overhang with a pivotted rear block and this is on a 4ft radius. Pilot to cab is 22.5 inches
(http://www.smegworld.org.uk/spaf/mallet/log/images/tanks3.jpg)
