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I find it surprising how many axles on stock production cars are not straight. I bet I throw away 70% of the stock axles. It’s odd that a company like Slot.it has these untrue axles on their cars, but their aftermarket axles are straight. NSR probably has the best quality axles on production cars. I am sure that comes from overseeing all of their production in Italy. I will say that their aftermarket axles are even better than the ones on their production cars.
I use the Kolhoza axle checking tool and have had great success with it. I know it might seem expenisive but it’s better than having your cars bounce around on the track without knowing why.
Here are some suggestions for 2026 Series.
El Piloto Series using NSR McLarens in the same colors as the lanes.
RevoSlot GT Series – use old rules – lots of cars to choose from including the previously used Porsche GT2’s. Spec series
NSR GT3 Series – use old rules – lots of cars and livery’s to choose from. Spec series
Slot.it Group C – use old rules – lots of new cars, lots of livery’s, people already know how to set them up. Spec series
NSR Porsche GT spec Series – use the GT rules from the previous GT3 series. Spec series
BRM GT40/Ferrari P3 Series – new series using the same rules as the Group 2 cars – Spec series.
Targa ’70-’73 Rally Series – similar rules to previous series. Unlimited series
Fly BMW M3 E30 Series with spec 3D chassis – Between spec and unlimited series. This could run on the rally track as well.
Scaleauto Hyper Car Series – new series – new rules TBD
Brian,
I love the idea of only one new class per member. They can suggest any previously run class but only one new one that has a rules set that is 90% baked.
Marty
I tried that, but it did not make a difference. I think we need to look at this series like we did the Thunderslot series – as long as there are no visible signs of someone trying to increase the downforce of the motor, the car should be allowed to run as is unless the downforce is drastically outside of the mean. For my car to be at 132grams of downforce and not be allowed to run even though it was completely stock is absolutely ridiculous. True, you can reduce the diameter of the rear tires to increase the downforce but we can police that by looking at the ground clearance of the car.
In light of everyone running a GT40 I have decided to switch to the Lola T70 MkIII.
Still not a Targa livery but not too far off.
Here is the car I am planning to run in the Targa Florio. Not exactly a Targa livery, but I do not have the time currently to do anything with it.
Ary, thanks for helping the club out by putting your custom track up for sale. I will post it to every forum I know of and see if it gets any bites.
Marty
Concerning magnetic downforce: There will be no changes to the rules other than the stipulation that no part of the chassis or motor pod can ever come in contact with the track. This means the rear tires have to be of a certain size to make sure this happens. The smaller the tires the better the magnetic downforce but then you run the risk of contacting the track and having your car disqualified. Just make sure your tires have enough rubber that the chassis will not come in contact with the track before and after the race.
The Magnet Marshall is just a tool to show the relevant magnetic downforce created by the motor and/or magnets as compared to other cars. It’s not necessarily a real world example of the downforce you would get on our track as the braid depth is slightly different but its not meant to be a tool to tell you the exact downforce for our track. It’s a tool that is designed to give you a relative number compared to the other cars you are testing. When used this way it is highly relative.
Brian,
Congratulations. Looks like you have a winner there. A loud winner but a winner none the less. Way to represent!
That is one crazy track. I don’t know how you watch the car when it is in tunnels for as much time as it is.
Marty
Kim,
I wouldn’t worry about putting a grub screw in the plastic front wheels. I have yet to see a wheel come off of a Thunderslot car. Both Ary and I are running the stock wheels with no issues. I would leave the front wheels and work on getting the car set up for the track. Just my opinion.
Mel,
That is an interesting idea. One of my concerns is the placement of the additional magnets so the downforce is at a similar level and in the same location. The other issue is the ability to do this work at home without a Magnet Marshall. I think it might be time consuming to have everyone try to use the Magnet Marshall before a race. We would have to have a deadline by when all the magnet tuning would need to be completed by.
I would like to get input from the club before the next race so if we decide to move forward with magnet tuning to level the playing field we do so before the race so we all know how it will work moving forward .
