Wheelslip

[Staalby]

Hi,

Has anyone encountered any wheelslip or wheelspin?

Even on frozen, wet or leafy tracks. I have never experienced it.

Any of you have?

Best,

[GeneralGeldenhuys]

Looking at the acceleration and deceleration in YouTube videos, I assume not. Wouldn't even be suprised if DTG never implemented it. The wheelslip mechanics in TS is wonky at best anyway.

[SteakOplomb]

No, and I have been wondering if sanding was actually of any use, as I didn't notice any improvement in traction power during rainy/snowy conditions..

However, if you press the "spotter" buttons, you will most likely have instant wheel slip. So I guess there is a traction control preventing wheel slip, which I find pretty surprising considering the age of these locos.

[Staalby]

Why have sanding. Buttons, warnings and bleeps if its all for nothing?

[BumbleGrum]

Trye the snow scenario! You'll soon experience wheel slip! And you'll also find out that you HAVE to use sand to get going!

[Staalby]

Originally posted by Bumbles:

Trye the snow scenario! You'll soon experience wheel slip! And you'll also find out that you HAVE to use sand to get going!

Oooh! Nice. Thank you. :)

[BumbleGrum]

np! And if you figure out how to switch the elctronic points please comment!

Forgot to mention also in that scenario, you'll also occasionally find the train sliding backwards when trying to take off on an incline.

[GeneralGeldenhuys]

If the train do wheelslip, does it wheelslip on the tractive effort or on the number of wagons it pulls?

TS wheelslip mechanics are broken and the trains doesn't wheelslip on tractive effort as it should. Instead, the more wagons you add to the locomotive, the easier it wheelslip.

Some 3rd-party creators added their own script of wheelslip to fix this issue.

[Carcharoth]

Start Powering America part 2 or other scanario with heavy train with AC4400CW and go full power. You will see that AMP is fluctuating. If you press sanding button it stop. So yes, you have wheelslip but on AC locomotives computers take care of it.

[Staalby]

I tried to back the AC4400 up to a building and gave it full power. No wheelslip

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=887865002

[wato]

Even the SD40 has a traction control, so one should see it working on the amp meter.
http://www.kirara.co.uk/info/SD40%20-%20Operator's%20Manual/
Search for "wheel slip control system".

[Carcharoth]

Originally posted by Staalby:

I tried to back the AC4400 up to a building and gave it full power. No wheelslip

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=887865002

This is AC loco so there wont be phisical wheelslip becuase it has AC asyn-motors and also computer.

[AnimeDubs]

If you watch Jeff Favignano's video "First Look" he gets wheelslip pretty easily, I tried doing it myself but couldn't get it and I tried all the locos and Powering America Part 2

[SaMa]

It seems the friction behaviour is still chaotic.I tried the class 08 and was still not able to get it to wheelslip on wet and raining service with 5 carriages. First trial was to run the train with full power on 1% upward gradient, the result was that the train moved like a bus on perfect asphalt road. Second trial was to apply full train brakes and then apply maximum power, this time the wheels didn't move at all at first but when I decreased the throttle back to zero the wheels started spinning like 300 rpm for a short moment. I believe the class 08 doesn't have that sophisticated traction control to counter that kind of behaviour. This is what should happen more often:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-x6WvkoULY