ERS Aligator - Digital gets real

[Meisterschnorrer]

Hi Folks...

A few months ago, I showed this to you:

ERS aligator rot weiß by Meisterschnorrer, auf Flickr

Time went by, bricks were ordered and now I´m able to show you the ready built locomotive.

Just to remind you:

This locomotive was made by efferman and me.

Efferman made the complete drive (thank you) and parts of the body.

I made the rest of this loco...

It has 2 L motors, 8 axles and all wheel drive.

About 1300 parts were built in this MOC.

My Aligator is 64 studs long and 10 studs wide (the roof).

Let me show you some pictures:

DSC_1321 by Meisterschnorrer, auf Flickr

DSC_1319 by Meisterschnorrer, auf Flickr

DSC_1316 by Meisterschnorrer, auf Flickr

And to show the scale, I put the 3677 locomotive to my Aligator.

DSC_1314 by Meisterschnorrer, auf Flickr

And last but not least, the video:

Best regards....

René

Edited May 9, 2016 by Meisterschnorrer

[KlodsBrik]

That is looking really good in real life.

Great job putting this into a reality both of you !

[ALCO]

Nice work!

[JonnyRainbow]

Nice the striping is really nice

[Meisterschnorrer]

Thank you all for your comments.

[THERIZE]

Awesome! The colour combination looks great.

[Man with a hat]

That's very impressive.

[dr_spock]

Very nice. Is that safe to have tall antennas on the roof with the pantographs?

[Meisterschnorrer]

Very nice. Is that safe to have tall antennas on the roof with the pantographs?

Thanks...

Hmmm....is it safe?

In Lego I will say: yes...

For real.....absolutely NO!!!

:D

Best regards

René

[marook]

What a beauty!

[HiFish]

It looks real great, even running around the sharp lego rail curves!

[Meisterschnorrer]

Thank you very much....

In a few Days, I will pull my Uaai with this baby...

Complete length about 2m.

Stay tuned for the Video.

Best regards René

[Meisterschnorrer]

Hi

Here is now the video of the stress test.

Take a look:

Best regards

René

Edited May 14, 2016 by Meisterschnorrer

[Nemo57]

Phenomenally. The corresponding locomotive - the wagons. It is a pity that the rail has remained practically on the wheel, and then something else out of the wagons or platforms to fit. Excellent work.

Edited May 14, 2016 by Nemo57

[Meisterschnorrer]

Thanks...

In an few weeks, there is a convention, where we want to try, if my ERS is able to pull 50 Maersk trailers with cargo...

We will see, if this gonna happen.

René

[Patgeo]

Very nice built of yours! I couldn't believe that it could pull that much weight..!

edit: Good luck with your goal!

Edited May 17, 2016 by Patgeo

[3D LEGO]

Meisterschnorrer,

Together, you and Efferman have designed and built a truly magnificent electric locomotive. But its not all show as it proves itself equally strong in pulling power as well. (This answers my inquiry about that from a while back.) Watching it creep along, no matter the load is a testament to its well thought out mechanical design. I could see this very locomotive making its way up the Gotthardbahn (Gotthard line|route.) pulling something like you have depicted past the SBB Be 6/8 or maybe... even the SBB Ae 6/6. Okay, that is a stretch as the crocodiles were not known for speed. But this has me thinking: how does it handle gradients?

As far as tractive effort goes, I think lack of significant weight may prove a problem when pulling really long trains or even up gradients.

It does seem to shake a bit but that appears to be a result of LEGO track and the geometry you used. Or is there another reason that you could elaborate on?

3D LEGO

[Meisterschnorrer]

Hi

The convention is over and a few days past away...

We have tested how strong this Aligator is.

And unfortunately I have to sy: 50 Maersk wagons were the goal...but I missed this goal.

The ERS pulled 35 Maersk wagons including cargo. But hey. about 10meters of train and round about 10kg of weight to pull is not that bad.

Well by putting th 36th wagon to the train, the wheels of my ERS slipped.

I think with a little more weight on the locomotive, there will be a chance to pull more wagons.

We had 54 Maersk wagons there (11 by me, 43 from UST60).

@3D Lego:

Sorry, I did not understand everything in your post, but the shaking may have more reasons.

One is the Lego geometry and another ist the cable going from the receiver to the motor.

There is only a little space to get the cable from the motor, to the receiver and the cable is directly on a gear, and this makes it wiggeling....I hope you understand what I mean...

Unfortunately there was no one to film my try :(

Best regards

René

[3D LEGO]

Meisterschnorrer,

35 wagons is nothing to be ashamed of. Even given extra weight there is an eventual limit any locomotive will reach.

Regarding my two questions, the first was how well it climbs hills. Were you able to test that all all? If so, by how much was your pulling power reduced?

The other question about the shaking exhibited by the model: my thought was that it may be caused by a combination of the low weight on the front/rear drive trains and forces from the drive train. But from what you have shown and have described, it handles large loads quite well.

3D LEGO