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When the motor is warm, it revs higher. Do you think you checked motor RPM while the motor was warm and wheel RPM with a cold motor?
If no, I would test motor RPM again and check to see if it dropped from the original 21.4K.
If no, you probably have a motor with very little torque.
Like Marty (porsche917) said, it would be best if you could come by the club. This Saturday we have a race around 11am, we should be done by noon – good time to stop by.
I used to race what you probably know as slot cars: 1/24 scale with metal chassis and lexan bodies, normally raced on a highly banked track sprayed with traction enhancers. Well, things have changed; 1/32 plastic chassis & body cars are the new thing, these are “almost perfect” 1/32 replicas of real cars, sometimes with working lights and, nowadays, able to change lanes (know as digital slot racing). The new tracks followed suit, the large banked tracks aimed for speed have given way to “slower”racing, more real life accurate tracks, loaded with scenery.
I would say that you need to dust-off your trigger finger and get the slot car juices flowing before anything else. Come by the track and we will give you a full tour.
Regarding racers showing up: with a good track and a well though-off set of classes & rules, I believe this will not be a problem.
Ary.
At this point I have finished 3 of 7 (maybe 8) videos showing how to setup a Slot.it car for our track. All the videos will be available at the club’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/AustinSlotCarClub.
Here are the first 3 parts:
Pt #1:
Pt #2:
Pt #3:
Brandon,
I normally replace the Scaley gears with Slot.it parts. The rear plastic wheels also come out.
I’m having the same problem with my new 300SL, tires basically slip on the rim. My vote would in favor of gluing tires, in any series.
“Are we keeping the track in the air conditioned part of Kings and moving the models to the back?
I tought about a track like that for a larger event, we would need to rent a venue for it.
Btw, the track does not need to have 8 lanes, you can order as many lanes as you want.
