8440023 Drive for scissor pantograph 2.0 (2/pack)

Description

With the pantograph drives for single-arm and scissors-type pantographs, locomotives can be retrofitted with a sophisticated drive system. The drive is not limited to the familiar single-arm pantographs (8440013), such as on the Ge 4/4 II and Ge 4/4 III. The new drive is designed in such a way that, for the first time, scissor pantographs (8440023) can also be operated. This makes it possible to retrofit the drive e.g. for the Krokodil (2040x) or the Schnüpftrückerli (2045x). And of course, old or defective drives can now also be replaced. A special feature is the pleasantly slow and descriptive speed when raising and lowering the pantographs. Here, they are not opened and closed like a jackknife. And thanks to the integrated spring mechanism, the pantograph can be raised or lowered manually without damaging the mechanism.

For the first time, the pantograph drives are equipped with a DCC decoder, so they can optionally be used autonomously, without control electronics (decoder, pantograph control, etc.). But thanks to the special circuit, the pantograph drives can still be operated on a function output of the decoder via FAx(-), DEC(+) and DEC(-) and thus on almost any commercially available locomotive or function decoder.

As if that were not enough, the extension height of the pantograph drive can now also be set individually via CV programming.

The drive is mounted in the roof with the four screw holes, an adapter plate is included for LGB locomotives with the classic, large drives. Locomotives that do not have a pantograph mount in the roof must be machined accordingly.