Slot Car Track Arial View...kinda

[Bill Plude]

What it looks like throug a track builder program called UR3.0 I had a guy do this picture for me then I find out the program is a free d/l. No big deal. It shows how big the track really is.

My layout looks a lot bigger from the "Air"

http://www.75th-meu.com/SlotCars.htm

 

[Lessen]

yeah, that IS pretty dang big.. looks like it'll be a lot of fun Bill!

 

[FastEddy]

We have a slot car center here real close. They are amazingly fast. There are two 6 lane tracks and a drag strip. I have been resisting the temptation for several years.

 

[ZANDOR]

Looking good bill.pretty soon your going to have too rent another house.So you will have a place to sleep LOL...
Any word on a date when the digi system will be out?

 

[Bill Plude]

My RC store guy is saying the 1st week of December. The stuff left Spain by ship a few weeks ago. Some of the December release cars are hitting the shelves in Europe now. I'm sure the Digital won't until it gets here. Then again there have been known to be pirates out there. Watch FleaBay.......

 

[olds97_lss]

That is an insane setup! I think that's the kind of thing I could get into. To bad it takes so much floor space.

 

[Buggyracer28]

Thats a sick track. Nice job. Slot cars look fun, but I've never had any high quality ones that you need to focus on throttle control. It was just... hold the gas and it would do its thing lol

 

[Bill Plude]

I've had HO scale slot cars in the past that would go an insane (and unrealistic) 1500 scale MPH with rewind armatures in them. These go a more realistic 200-250(maybe 300 with higher rpm motors). You really have to let all the way off the controllers to slow for the turns after the long straights. If you try leaving a little juice continuing into the car.....it's off the track, into the foundation or on the concrete floor in my case.

I've added more pictures of my cars to the "Cars" page. I have 50 now and just won 4 more on EBay yesterday afternoon(see attachments). N-Digital is popping up for sale on some sites in Italy.....

http://www.75th-meu.com/MySlots.htm

 

[WoodiE]

86ft is a pretty damn nice track for a slot car! Great looking setup man!



-Michael

 

[Greyryder]

Is your track wired for braking?

I'm still looking into building a small HO track, but I want to want run it at 12volts, instead of 18. I'm also looking more at cars without taction magnets, like Thunderjets.

 

[Bill Plude]

The controllers are wired for braking and the magnets in the cars help. When the Digital gets here and we start running regular weekly races we'll be running a couple "No magnet" classes. One will have to be NASCAR just to get those longer cars sliding in the turns! I've got all of my cars on the page(just now finished) now except for the painted ones waiting for the Dale Jr, Tony Stewart and Rusty Wallace 1/32 scale decals from Australia. And the extra Kasey Kahne.
http://www.75th-meu.com/MySlots.htm

 

[Lessen]

What's a traction magnet?

 

[Bill Plude]

In the 1st picture it the square in the middle rear of the car. It slides forward and back so you can adjust it the way you like the handling. It's also removable. The second and third pictures its the little cicular magnet and it isn't adjustable but it too is removable. Some cars have a bar magnet the goes across the outside rear. There are also different strength magnets available. Using magnets enhances handling and braking but increases drag which in turn reduces top speeds.

 

[Bill Plude]

Traded one of my rc18t for some slot cars today. I've got another guy that wants one and he has 4 nice cars to trade too. I figure I've still got 4 left and my son's never did come around to race them. I'll let 1 more go, maybe 2 and keep the sprint car body ones with the Mambas.

 

[Lessen]

Ahhh, very cool. Thanks!

 

[thekonz]

Holy mess that's a tight setup. I wish i had the room and money for something like that. Nice Job Bill.

 

[Bill Plude]

The 2nd guy just messged me here's the 5 cars I'm getting from him(I'm including an extra 1400mAH battery).brb gotta make them smaller

 

[olds97_lss]

In the 1st picture it the square in the middle rear of the car.

I didn't realize how simplistic those things are! They really just use braided wire for a contact?

I remember when I was a kid, there were little brass/copper (shiny gold things) that would make the contact. They had little soft springs to keep them touching the track. The contacts would get grooves wore in them after a while and the cars wouldn't work anymore. So, we would put a little dab of solder in the groove and sand it flush, then it would work for a while again.

But, the motors were little square flat motors that sat parallel to the rear axle. They didn't use a bevel gear, but rather a straight gear.

 

[Bill Plude]

This is even better. I just swapped the last that I'm getting rid of. Got 5 more coming. I put all the new cars I have coming on 1 page. Here they are

http://www.75th-meu.com/swap.htm