Class 455 optimised
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:53 am
Hi,
I've done my share of 'moaning' of late, justifiably in my opinion, but now its time to give deserved credit. The optimised 455 is a pleasurable experience to drive. I've just played the Sunday Shuttle on Portsmouth Direct and changed the weather conditions to wet. The wipers work fine, you get a bit of sway over pointwork, and a bit of bounce on changes in gradient. The motor sounds are good and all in all it's a good'un! The only thing I did wrong was forget to turn off the wipers when I changed ends at Guildford so on the return leg I had 'double wiper sounds'!
Not a moan, but is there any way you can pull back the cab view a bit so you can see more of the controls?
Anyway, well done RS.com/ThomsonInteractive.
Geoff
I've done my share of 'moaning' of late, justifiably in my opinion, but now its time to give deserved credit. The optimised 455 is a pleasurable experience to drive. I've just played the Sunday Shuttle on Portsmouth Direct and changed the weather conditions to wet. The wipers work fine, you get a bit of sway over pointwork, and a bit of bounce on changes in gradient. The motor sounds are good and all in all it's a good'un! The only thing I did wrong was forget to turn off the wipers when I changed ends at Guildford so on the return leg I had 'double wiper sounds'!
Not a moan, but is there any way you can pull back the cab view a bit so you can see more of the controls?
Anyway, well done RS.com/ThomsonInteractive.
Geoff
. Ignoring losses the real thing has 250hp per carriage ( about 186kW ), you can't expect them to be rocketships. I'm experimenting with setting the DTSOs to 0 power and leaving the MSO powered, seems to be working ok atm.
