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- Sun 31. Mar 2013 19:16
- Forum: Track building
- Topic: Track Thoughts
- Replies: 10
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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...
- 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
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
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- Sat 2. Feb 2013 22:01
- Forum: Lapcounting
- Topic: Wes , what you going to charge for lap counter system?
- Replies: 7
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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...
- 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...