The original 'Fascinating Invention'!
In Stock: Systems available at £199.00 - (Less than many a new a Loco!)
email me philwill73@gmail.com
A Model Railway Controller with Record & Playback. Patented
Revive your old DC Kit - You'll love it!
"Well, I never expected something better than DCC!" - Beatlefan67
" You have done an absolutely fantastic job " - Hornby
" Very Impressive " - Peco
" Ideal for DC " - Charlie Bishop
No Laptop, Easy Retrofit, No Soldering, No Cutting Tracks, no diodes.
Peter and I would like to thank the excellent Phil Roe of Hexham for his valuable help testing,
suggesting improvements and videos.
The Co-Pilot System allows you to manually operate your DC Layout while recording the speed, direction, waiting times, points and signals.
Stop wait and reverse wherever you like. Afterwards you can playback the routine once or on perpetual repeat.
Ideal for the film maker as exactly the same routine can be filmed from different angles with one camera.
Create Storylines - so much more realistic than simple end to end shuttle or just going round and round.
Simple fit All you have to do is fit a small magnet under any loco and one or more checkpoints between the rails that the magnet can pass over and generate reference points.
The Checkpoints are invisible so as not to impact on the appearance of your layout, ballast etc.
On playback the checkpoint signals correct any slippage so that the playback matches the recording with outstanding accuracy.
No complicated wiring, no cutting tracks, no fitting of diodes in fact no soldering is required.
Installation is simple and easy to retro-fit on an existing DC Layout.Short Circuit Protection. E-Stop.
Suitable for O, OO, TT120 and N Gauges.
YouTube Clips:-
1) Phil Roe's experience using the Beta version
https://youtu.be/BI154Bcn6WA?si=9X4JBhHn-5dAs6WM
2) Phil Roe's Slow running demo
https://youtu.be/5452mani6z4?si=oLwHN1aAsPbIrIvR
3) Phil Roe's 'Country 'n Western' automation demo
https://youtu.be/-qlaMXdW5fk?si=chuZ5dyxsJtgCBO0
4) Simple demo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fgWfkE2asw
5) YouTube clip of Peter Jones more Elaborate layout showing playback of a more complex routine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liTzJtae-Lo
Download the Quickstart guide 400Kb and full manual (1.54Mb) from the Support page.
DC or DCC
| DC Co-Pilot |
DCC |
| Startup price £199 |
Startup price £468 plus a Laptop |
| Excellent slow speed |
Excellent slow speed |
| Very simple set up |
Very complex Setup |
| No sound |
Sound |
| Record and Playback |
No Record and Playback |
| Any Loco, no decoder |
DCC ready locos only, Decoders £25+ |
| One loco at a time |
1 or more locos |
| No cuts or block detection |
Very complex wiring |
| Infinitely variable routines |
Fixed routines |
| Very cheap to expand |
Very expensive to expand |
| Satisfying! |
Frustrating! |