Bonus Fix:
The surprise benefit of swapping out the new/new Chassis with the new/old chassis is that the later has Two Speeds. Not so much a surprise for the Fast speed but the Slow Speed just fixed what I consider to be the other problem with the Sakura Tram....its too fast out of the box for a Tram/Streetcar. The slower speed is probably also helped by the fact the the new/old chassis is a bit heavier than the new/new one. Bonus Fix: the slow speed on the new/old chassis works out much better than the original (see comparison video's below). And, as another bonus...the on/off switch travel for the two speed chassis is the same as the single speed travel of the new/new chassis so there is no need to modify the shell body.
So there you have it...quite surprised at how this all turned out with having to result to some major modifications. Why Plarail opted to use Shinkansen type speed I will never know but I am guessing that they mass produce these new/new chassis and when a new engine is created they just grab one of these chassis from a large been and place it in a new shell without much regard to the speed. I guess my question would be...why not make all the new/new chassis Two Speeds that way they can be generically used on Trams like this and Bullet Trains alike then let the buyer decide which speed works best.
Next Up: When I first opened this Tram and placed a battery in it and turned it on to make sure it worked in my hand...I said to myself “this has got to be the quietest motor I have ever heard”. Well, as you can hear from the video, when running the Tram on the tracks it turned into a popcorn popper. So next up is getting inside the new/new chassis to see how it works.
The surprise benefit of swapping out the new/new Chassis with the new/old chassis is that the later has Two Speeds. Not so much a surprise for the Fast speed but the Slow Speed just fixed what I consider to be the other problem with the Sakura Tram....its too fast out of the box for a Tram/Streetcar. The slower speed is probably also helped by the fact the the new/old chassis is a bit heavier than the new/new one. Bonus Fix: the slow speed on the new/old chassis works out much better than the original (see comparison video's below). And, as another bonus...the on/off switch travel for the two speed chassis is the same as the single speed travel of the new/new chassis so there is no need to modify the shell body.
So there you have it...quite surprised at how this all turned out with having to result to some major modifications. Why Plarail opted to use Shinkansen type speed I will never know but I am guessing that they mass produce these new/new chassis and when a new engine is created they just grab one of these chassis from a large been and place it in a new shell without much regard to the speed. I guess my question would be...why not make all the new/new chassis Two Speeds that way they can be generically used on Trams like this and Bullet Trains alike then let the buyer decide which speed works best.
Next Up: When I first opened this Tram and placed a battery in it and turned it on to make sure it worked in my hand...I said to myself “this has got to be the quietest motor I have ever heard”. Well, as you can hear from the video, when running the Tram on the tracks it turned into a popcorn popper. So next up is getting inside the new/new chassis to see how it works.
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