NEW MRC wireless RC control systems: locos, lighting, turnouts

All this (especially BPRC) is exciting to me, I feel the train community is finally catching up with the times.

I've been running BPRC (battery-powered, remote-control), using RCS/Deltang gear, since May of 2015 and so far have had ZERO failures.

The big issue for us O-scalers is finding the space for a battery large enough to give us the run time we're looking for.  I've been using 2000 and 2200 Mah battery packs and getting 2+ hours run time on them.  If you don't mind having to recharge them more often, there's no reason a pack with smaller Mah couldn't be used.  A smaller Mah (for the most part) means a smaller size pack that would fit in more locos.

Looks pretty decent to me.  the tech is straight forward.  I don't particularly like the actual remote in use, but that is a personal preference of ascetics.  I look forward to seeing more about these products as they are released.  

Thanks for sharing, Ken, as I would not normally find myself looking at MRC products.  

JGL

Hi Folks,

Wow, looks like more competition for the existing command control systems.  Here's the video from Model Rectifier's site:

Things are opening up.

Take care, Joe.

P.S.   Ken, thanks for calling this to our attention!  J.

It will be interesting to see if the N and HO scale versions directly plug into the DCC ports on existing locos.  For O gauge AC three rail, installation of the receiver will be one of the issues--how easy?  If layout control is inexpensive and easy, would be a good addition to a LionChief/LionChief+ layout as mentioned.  May lead to Lionel making LC/LC+ receivers available as separate sale if the market is there.  No question but 2.4 GHz R/C is a good, reliable, inexpensive communication system.