Hello all
The Engineering put into this interests me , so I figured I would post videos about it.
Enjoy, Alex
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Thank you Alex, I appreciate the look inside the engine.
Thanks for the video ALEX, along with the education on the inside of the Niagara.
Interesting Alex. Looks like it won't easily retrofit other engines. Thanks for posting. Also the gears look pretty beefy, much better setup than the CC Niagara even with its brass gears.
Pete
@Norton posted:Looks like it won't easily retrofit other engines.
You'd have to have the coding that's in the RCMC to react to the force coupler sensor inputs, so I don't see this being retrofit to anything that doesn't already have that code. 
@gunrunnerjohn posted:You'd have to have the coding that's in the RCMC to react to the force coupler sensor inputs, so I don't see this being retrofit to anything that doesn't already have that code.
The difficult we do right away John, the impossible takes a little longer.
Pete
is that a static-resistant carpet you have all that electronics siting on?
Thanks Alex glad you posted the video of the Niagara especially since I own 2 of them my self !
hopefully I won't ever have that problem. , curious though why did you have to replace the force coupler did the customer damage it ?
Alan
@AlanRail posted:is that a static-resistant carpet you have all that electronics siting on?
It's a towel ! the electronics that are on the towel are blown out. The new electronics as you can see in the both video's are safe in the part bags they arrived in
@Alan Mancus posted:Thanks Alex glad you posted the video of the Niagara especially since I own 2 of them my self !
hopefully I won't ever have that problem. , curious though why did you have to replace the force coupler did the customer damage it ?
Alan
Hi Alan, this engine was worked on by someone i don't know, pretty much everything is blown out or not in working order.
Thanks, Alex
@Norton posted:The difficult we do right away John, the impossible takes a little longer.
Pete
I’ll drink to that,....stock is for sissies,....the harder it is to do, the more we like it,..😉
great tutorial Alex!...now we know how it works, and more importantly,....how to adapt it,...
Pat
jjj and Laz , GRJ ,and Pat it's my pleasure !
Pete, Yes much better set up in this unit. I figured since i had just about the entire engine opened up, why not take a look at the gearbox.
Thanks, Alex
That is some great guts to look at(the engine's of course). I have to admit, when I first saw the title pop up in my notifications, I thought that this was a big fix that somehow someone blew up so bad. I am glad it was just one of the instructional/informational videos/posts that are refreshing to see.
Great explanation. Thanks, as always, Alex, for these insights and the "look inside" features. I don't pretend to understand the electronics, but I have this engine and the force coupler feature WORKS. It didn't appeal to me when I read about it, as opposed to all the smoke, but as it senses load differences, even on curves, it's a great operating feature.
