Do a google search for “ho scale magnetic air hoses”. There are a few video reviews out there. The magnets auto find each other due to the magnetic forces when the cars couple. Does anyone know what kind of couplers he is using on his railroad in the video? They look like Sergents, anyone know for sure?
what uncouples the coupler when there isn’t the hanging down part from the knuckle
Here is the people that sell them and their video demo.http://www.pwrs.ca/view_product.php?ProductID=213983
Here is a review of the air hoses, skip to 6:28 to see how easy it works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv7AbCzuJmg.
They are available in N-scale from PWRS. I have a set.
Don’t you think were getting a little carried away with this.
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“Making the air” should be shown. Reaching across a large yard to couple tiny magnets will be a hard trick.
Are they in hobby shops too?
Hello Everybody, I think this is a really marvelous product, it adds an exciting level of realism. I for one have to try adding these to my rolling stock. Pelle’s installation tips encouraged me to do so and seeing these in action is the icing on the cake. I can’t wait to see these in action in a coach yard!
-Dave in Roselle, IL.
how nice…How do the magnetic couplers work wit this action.
Since so many people seem to be confused as to how both the couplers and airlines work, allow me to explain:
The couplers that Pelle is using are Sergent Engineering couplers. They are exact scale couplers that do not use magnetic trip pins. (Before you get your hopes up, they are not compatible with anything other than themselves and Glatzl dummy couplers.) SE makes a special uncoupling wand that is used to lift the ball bearing that locks the couplers closed and allow the couplers to separate. The wand probably isn’t shown in this video because Pelle pulled the slack out of the couplers and opened one of the knuckles a tad before making the shot. The airlines are entirely automatic and will snap together via magnetic force once they get close enough; there is no need to manually make the air, provided that the lines are installed correctly. The lines are incompatible with track magnet uncouplers because the magnets would interfere with their operation, as would the magnetic trip pins on most knuckle couplers. If you plan to use these with couplers with trip pins, you have to remove them first.