F1 inspired slot car track design

[savagefan04]

looks great! how did you break the Ferrari?

 

[cbrrmike]

1. talladega
2. indy
3.
4.
5.
6. martinsville
7. bristol

 

[Lessen]

The F1 cars have working steering... the wheels turn as the slot turns with the turns. I ran it off the track right where it was very close to a chair leg... snap! broke a steering hub. Fortunately, just the chassis sets are availble for a fair price, about $6, so we're not out a $40 car.

1. talladega
2. indy
3.
4.
5.
6. martinsville
7. bristol

Nice work. 5 is easy, 3 you kinda have to look at a few times and 4 can just about go 2 ways, although the arc of the turns makes it only slightly more similar to one. I'll give you a hint... www.nascar.com

 

[Lessen]

Ok, so the lowdown is like this. We have 6 cars total. 2 touring, 2 stock and 2 F1. The stock cars are by far the worst handling, they have a lot of body roll and just about anytime they go off track it's because they "push". The touring cars are the most forgiving and entertaining. They will sling aroung tight corners and handle high speed turns as well as the stockers do, at least from what I can tell so far, I havn't built Dega yet because it won't fit in that room. LOL! The F1 cars are handsdown the most difficult to drive. They have a longer wheelbase than the stock cars (stock cars have a longer WB than TC's) but they are significantly narrower. They need to be finesseded through the really tight stuff more than TC's but they REALLY shine in medium arc turns. Obviously, they look great on a track like this as well, as do the TC's. The onething I like about the F1 cars is how they will spin out so easilly rather than push off the track on corner exit. TC's will spin too but are much more forgiving than formula cars. It's a lot of fun really, when a TC get loose out of a turn many times they will simply catch and zoom off whereas a formula cars will sometims actually fishtail back and forth before it finds all of it's grip. I thnk that is due to the working steering. Anyways, this slot car stuff is a blast and I encourage anybody to pick up a set if you're looking for something different to do this winter.

short vid from my phone
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[MGT8.0owner]

1.talledega
2.indy
3.texas
4.new hampshire
5.atlanta
6.martinsville
7.bristol
I didn't use nascar.com

 

[Rolex]

ROW 3, pic 1...

LMFAO!!

 

[slowngreen]

thats really sweet lesson!!! looks really fun, those cars zip right around there...

 

[Lessen]

Just a couple more creations I've done the past couple weekends.

Did this one last weekend. Fast with an emphasis on momentum.

This one is this morning.. this is after a few minor adjustments because it didn't flow very well at first. But this one is slower than last week's but more difficult. Focus is getting back in the throttle.

 

[slowngreen]

sweet designs man!!! sure is fun huh? i used mine for about a week but all my cars are broken now lol, they fly off the track to damn easy...

 

[Lessen]

they fly off the track to damn easy...

you know the saying... slower is faster.

I love having this SCX stuff because I can make up my own design and then go to the website and lay it out on their track builder, then print it out for future reference.

I just ran that 2nd track in clockwise fasion instead of counterclockwise like I designed it... waaaaay harder that way.