Just finished moving the electronics from the engine to the tender for better range. In the engine it would loose the connection after about 20 feet or moving to the next room. In the tender under its plastic coal load is at least two orders of magnitude better. Two floors up and back at least 30 feet it still connects and I have control. Conclusion, don’t install it in a diecast steam engine. Plastic diesels should be fine.
I didn’t see any way to add an antenna to this. Maybe if that was possible then engine install might work.
As for the chuff sounds I discovered it has at least nine options. Light, medium, and heavy with three choices for each. Then you can add reverb to each one. Main volume and individual volumes available. I am set at about 50% and its every bit as loud as any Lionel engine with just its single driver.
Someone wanting to build their own Vision engine could do it with this board. I am only using two of the six programable function outputs for coupler and smoke plus have three unused wires in the MTH ten wire tether. Whistle steam, swinging bell, blowdown steam, fireman shoveling coal could all be added by adding the required hardware. And for a fraction of the cost of using Legacy components.
Pete
