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Offline Goofy  
#1 Posted : 28 March 2015 17:41:52(UTC)
Goofy


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I did bought Miba 4/15 today and in the page 75-78 Miba did tested locomotive.
This locomotive do have porr tractive pulling power!
It weighs 281 gram.
It pull only 51 gram in the flat ground.
It has lot of functions.
Min.speed are 3,2 km/h at the first speed step.

In the same magazine there is another locomotive tested and it´s Märklins G 5/5 model.
This locomotive weighs 437 gram.
It pulls 209 grams.
It also do have lot of functions.
Min.speed are 2 km/h at the first speed step.

Results...i prefer to buy Märklin locomotive.
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Offline Hackcell  
#2 Posted : 30 March 2015 15:40:46(UTC)
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next thing is to test a BRAWA Gravita ;-)
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Offline river6109  
#3 Posted : 30 March 2015 16:44:59(UTC)
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Location: On 1965 Märklin Boulevard just around from Roco Square
Anders, the ESU website says it weighs 350g,

The ESU model of the class 261 corresponds with the series production prototype. The large cab windows allow a clear view of the furnished cab interior decorated in several colours. The long hood has separately applied perforated fan grills. The chassis convinces due to its large number of separately applied pipes and armatures. The handrails are made of etched metal.
Besides its aesthetic appeal the class 261 is, of course, also convincing in terms of its comprehensive technical package: Amongst others the locomotive is equipped with a separately switched load dependent smoke generator, sensors for triggering situational sounds in curves and when traversing points, a LokSound V4.0M4 decoder with a large speaker and a power storage unit assuring trouble-free uninterrupted running on dirty tracks or longer sets of points. As is the norm for shunting locomotives automatic shunting couplers are installed at both ends. Due to the close coupler kinematics the modeller may enjoy the prototypical close spacing between the locomotive and the cars on the one hand while being able to uncouple the train at any given point on the layout on the other hand. The ESU coupler is compatible with commercially available loop and hook couplers, the Märklin® close coupler as well as the Roco® universal coupler. Thanks to RailCom Plus® the locomotive automatically registers with suitable command stations (e.g.: ESU ECoS). Complete lighting including cab interior lights, illuminated driver’s consol as well as shunting headlights and illuminated steps round off the technical features.
The chassis and the housing of the model are made of metal and due to the considerable weight of 350 g facilitate prototypical driving power. A powerful ESU coreless motor sits in the metal chassis. Power is tamed by two flywheels and transferred to the three axles via a combined worm gear and helical gear box. The universal electronics with clip-on centre pick-up and universal wheel sets already proven on other ESU models are also installed on the class 261. The LokSound decoder delivers original sounds of the MTU 8V 4000 R 41 diesel engine. The sounds of the 8-cylinder engines are particularly accentuated due to the perforated fan grills in the long hood.


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Offline Goofy  
#4 Posted : 30 March 2015 20:44:52(UTC)
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I have seen this video too.
Strange Brawa didn´t show the lighting effect in the dark room!
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Offline steventrain  
#5 Posted : 30 March 2015 21:31:13(UTC)
steventrain

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Originally Posted by: Goofy Go to Quoted Post
I have seen this video too.
Strange Brawa didn´t show the lighting effect in the dark room!


You mean the Coupling operating? It is bit dark with baseboard was black.
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Offline Marius in Africa  
#6 Posted : 26 May 2015 17:25:54(UTC)
Marius in Africa

South Africa   
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Posts: 419
Location: Boksburg, Gauteng
Originally Posted by: Goofy Go to Quoted Post
I did bought Miba 4/15 today and in the page 75-78 Miba did tested locomotive.
This locomotive do have porr tractive pulling power!
It weighs 281 gram.
It pull only 51 gram in the flat ground.
It has lot of functions.
Min.speed are 3,2 km/h at the first speed step.

In the same magazine there is another locomotive tested and it´s Märklins G 5/5 model.
This locomotive weighs 437 gram.
It pulls 209 grams.
It also do have lot of functions.
Min.speed are 2 km/h at the first speed step.

Results...i prefer to buy Märklin locomotive.


I received my ESU Gravita 10 BB (BR 261) today, haven't had a change to place it on the track yet. The detailing of this model is as usual for ESU VERY good. According to my kitchen scale it weighs in at 280 gram, not even close to the claimed 350 gram! Pity that ESU has decide to lie about the weight. ESU claims "...............due to the considerable weight of 350 g facilitate prototypical driving power....". Only they will know what that means, will see when I place it in the track.

Question. How does Miba test pulling power? I do not buy the Miba magazines, find it too difficult to follow the German language.
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