faller car system

[henrydes]

Hi Everyone
I am really considering installing this on to my layout. Just wondering what anyone thought of this.:confused:

[johnmay]

Im new to all this train stuff, whats a faller system ???.

[Flashbang]

Im new to all this train stuff, whats a faller system ???.

Quick Google shows this as the first item..... Faller Car System link (http://www.midlandred.info/faller.shtml)

[jayeastanglia]

I saw this being demonstrated at a railway exhibition a few weeks ago and was pretty impressed by how it works.But I have noticed they dont do many UK vehicles but wouldnt be difficult to just buy a chassis and make your own body to fit..

[frame69]

Hi Everyone
I am really considering installing this on to my layout. Just wondering what anyone thought of this.:confused:


It looks to be a great system but Im a little concerned with the un-realistic speed from what I've seen.
YouTube - Faller Car System

There may well be a way of correcting this.


Frame.

[transit]

The Faller system is a brilliant way to get movement to most road vehicles on your layout !
The Faller Starter set is all you need , and you can strip the body off the vehicle supplied , and then refit / adapt the chassis and motor into another vehicle body of your choice , ie buses , cars, lorries ect.
The only down side to the system is the cost - approx £50 to motorize each vehicle ! Now if only someone could make a cheaper alternative !??..........;)

[Jolley69]

This product is also on my list to read up on and see how good/reliable it is. If anyone has found some nice review a link would be great.

Wonder how it works out which way it goes when it comes to a intersection.

[Tricky Dicky]

Switching at intersections is similar to points except you have a small pivoted piece of steel buried in the roadway that is flicked between one guide wire to another usually by the wire in tube method as some use for turnouts. To stop the vehicles at points in the road each vehicle has a reed switch fitted and as it passes over an electro-magnet or even a plain magnet that can be moved away the switch breaks the current to the motor. Stopping like speed can be a little unrealistic with the vehicle coming to a dead stop rather than slowing down. There are a few youtube videos out there showing construction techniques just put Faller Road system in your search.

Richard

[Hamilton]

I picked up on this system a while ago. The clever bit seems to be that the front wheels actually steer the vehicles. I think the downside was that the vehicles are internal dry battery driven.
Jim.