Why 4 wheels front inspection car

I'm waiting to hear, too.  I also wonder if they can be removed and the car still run.

Because it is less likely to derail.

Jon

The prototype...

Cool pic Keith!

Better tracking on curves with pivoting wheelset up front. Good explanation with diagram here:

https://ogrforum.com/d...17#12552510938211317

Thanks all...that is a sweet pic Keith. Makes me think back then if the boss wanted to run his car on the tack you used your skills and knowledge and common sense and built something to make it so. Bit more rules and reg these days to do that type of spontaneous stuff. 

sometime back - if I have time I'll search and find it, I posted pictures: you can remove the double axle and substitute a single fixed front axle like on a superstreets behcile and the thing makes a nice little 'streets car - is a scale '38 Buick.

The double axle is required in order to make the front axles 'steer' or pivot into a curve - which reduce rolling friction versus one fixed one. 

I'm having problems with the TMCC stalling on some switches, I am thinking of adding a brush similar to slot cars to the front end to get another positive feed pick up to the motor. No room for another roller pick up. The inspection car is really cool but I'd like to be able to drive it a bit slower through switches and crossovers. Should work. My LHS is big on slot cars so I should be able to find what I need to rig it up. 

I converted mine with a front axle from a Superstreets vehicle and run it on 'Streets roads.   I've given up ever expecting the track inspection cars or 'Streets vehicles to run smoothly, slowly.  Without a flywheel and with only four tiny (or six) wheels and just two center pickups, all rather close together, they just don't run that smoothly.