Ince Loco Works chassis and RC kits

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Ince Loco Works chassis and RC kits

Post by 16mm_newbie » Sun Dec 13, 2020 9:58 am

Has anyone got a view on the battery electric chassis and RC kit offered by Ince Loco Works on eBay?
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Garden-Railw ... 3394411363

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Apple-iPhone ... 3379992442

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Re: Ince Loco Works chassis and RC kits

Post by philipy » Sun Dec 13, 2020 10:31 am

No personal experience although I have looked at these myself.
The ebay feedback for both items looks good.
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Re: Ince Loco Works chassis and RC kits

Post by ge_rik » Sun Dec 13, 2020 12:18 pm

The Bluetooth circuitry looks to me like an Arduino Mini (?), with Bluetooth receiver, voltage regulator and a motor driver of some sort. Probably possible to make it for half the price though you'd need to program the Mini

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Re: Ince Loco Works chassis and RC kits

Post by -steves- » Mon Dec 14, 2020 9:43 am

I thought the chassis was a bit over priced and was never a fan of those motor mounts with those enclosed yellow gears, just a personal opinion of course. I bought something similar from eBay quite a while back and that was only £19.99 posted. It came with a "normal" motor and gear set, metal chassis and much better finished wheels, pretty sure they will still be there somewhere.
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Re: Ince Loco Works chassis and RC kits

Post by 16mm_newbie » Mon Dec 14, 2020 10:01 am

Thanks for the replies guys - v. helpful.

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