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by WesR
Sun 31. Mar 2013 19:16
Forum: Track building
Topic: Track Thoughts
Replies: 10
Views: 22255

Re: Track Thoughts

Thanks Bryan, The various Targa road circuits were famous, as most people know, for hills, hairpin corners, narrow village streets, etc., not to mention the chickens, goats jan13 040 (640x480).jpg and donkeys! From a serious model racing standpoint, these features mean plenty of accidents. Even with...
by WesR
Thu 28. Mar 2013 18:14
Forum: Track building
Topic: Track Thoughts
Replies: 10
Views: 22255

Re: Track Thoughts

Thanks Bryan, RE. Targa tracks, I just remembered the old
airbrushed pics of my Targa digital track which I had lost
but found on another site. These show how a Magracing
Targa track could look
by WesR
Wed 27. Mar 2013 23:34
Forum: Car building
Topic: Tire Testing
Replies: 7
Views: 16493

Re: Tire Testing

We too have obtained some black masking tape and tonight had 3 cars racing with excellent results. Only tape on the rear though, not sure of the point of tapeing the fronts. One thing for sure, it is vital to have a simple, cheap, standardised tyre finish on all cars and at the moment masking tape l...
by WesR
Wed 27. Mar 2013 13:11
Forum: Track building
Topic: Track Thoughts
Replies: 10
Views: 22255

Re: Track Thoughts

The magnets have been fitted to the chassis to enable the car to be steered in reverse. Whereas the steering castor helped to straighten the wheels when free running forward i.e. off the wire, in reverse the castor tends to push the front wheels to full lock. Unfortunately full lock positions the tw...
by WesR
Tue 26. Mar 2013 22:23
Forum: Track building
Topic: Track Thoughts
Replies: 10
Views: 22255

Re: Track Thoughts

Hopefully here is a reduced Targa photo
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by WesR
Tue 26. Mar 2013 21:57
Forum: Track building
Topic: Track Thoughts
Replies: 10
Views: 22255

Track Thoughts

Somewhere on the forums I have seen a couple of questions I might be able to help with. One concerns the possibility of a Targa Florio type track. I see no problems with gradients. The main problem I would suggest is that Targa type roads were very narrow with little run off space in the event of a ...
by WesR
Wed 6. Feb 2013 20:28
Forum: Track building
Topic: Thickness of the wire!
Replies: 5
Views: 12191

Re: Thickness of the wire!

Hi Lasp, Our two tracks have different wire thickness. One has 18swg=.91mm and the other has 20swg =.71mm. The thicker wire will give more steering grip to the magnet but it means the cars are more likely to spin out rather than oversteer off i.e. run straight on. The thinner wire, I think, gives a ...
by WesR
Tue 5. Feb 2013 19:56
Forum: Word is free
Topic: What is all the good reason to join MAGracing
Replies: 7
Views: 17597

Re: What is all the good reason to join MAGracing

In reply to bwolfsons queries, the magnet must be adjusted to just clear the wire/track surface. If the magnet is too high, steering will be lost and the car will leave the track. If the magnet is too low, it will of course catch on the wire/track at some points and slow the car. This is why it is i...
by WesR
Sat 2. Feb 2013 22:01
Forum: Lapcounting
Topic: Wes , what you going to charge for lap counter system?
Replies: 7
Views: 27599

Re: Wes , what you going to charge for lap counter system?

Our lap counter, after 12 months development, is 99% reliable. I am assured by our electronics boffin that he will get it right! But he's allways busy. The problem price wise is that production tooling will cost me around $2000, from my pension fund. We really need to sell a few more cars and get so...
by WesR
Sat 2. Feb 2013 21:48
Forum: Track building
Topic: Race Line and running Line!
Replies: 10
Views: 22002

Re: Race Line and running Line!

All our tracks have always had two lanes as slot racing with sufficient width for cars to pass. This way it is always possible to overtake anywhere on the track. The first thing I say to novice drivers is ' Do some laps in one lane to get used to the speed control and then think about steering'. Ini...