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This a quick reminder that the Slot.it Group C Build and Preparation clinic is happing this Saturday the 10th of December at 1pm. The clinic is being held at the club’s headquarters at 8222 Jamestown Dr., Austin, TX 78758, Suite E2. The agenda for the approximately two-hour clinic will go over every step needed to take your Slot.it Group C car from the box to the podium and everything in between.
If you are planning on attending, please bring your Slot.it Group C car, if you already have one, a note pad and a desire to have fun and learn.
Looking forward to seeing everyone this Saturday. Don’t hesitate to reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns.
Mark,
That is an amazing-looking flat track. Is it actually up and running? Does Tom offer any open practice sessions? It would be nice to try out the track first and see how it is and then have a conversation with Tom about doing something.
Personally, I have zero interest in wing cars but I would love to get a Scaleauto or BRM on that track. There is something really fun about getting the 1/24 scale hardbody cars on a big track like that.
The Slot.it Group C Build Clinic will be held on Saturday the 10th starting at 1pm. Looking forward to working with everyone to make this the best Group C series yet.
More information is on the home page story about the clinic.
Brian – Good luck with the older tires. I have never had much luck with them. I would true them down to get a new surface on them and put lighter fluid on them but they were never as good as new tires so I stopped putting in the effort to try to resurrect them.
Marty
More information about using NSR tires on Slot.it/Policar wheels
I noticed that NSR produces a special rear tire to work on Slot.it wheels – #5262Black. Once I noticed they produced a unique tire for Slot.it wheels I looked a little deeper at the differences between NSR and Slot.it wheels and discovered there is a 0.10mm difference between the center rib on the wheels. All Slot.it wheels use a center rib that is 5.1mm wide while all the NSR wheels use a center rib that is 5.0mm wide.
Discovering this I thought there would be an issue in using NSR tires on Slot.it wheels. Then I measured the NSR tires and discovered that the center rib on the tires measures anywhere from 5.1mm to 5.25mm so I don’t think mounting NSR tires to Slot.it wheels will be an issue.
Having said that, I would definitely make sure the tires were properly glued to the wheels. At 12 volts you don’t want the tires coming off of the wheels.
I will be running the Ford Capri RS2600 from the 1973 Nurburgring 6 hour race. The car was driven by K. Fritzinger (D) and H. Heyer (D).
I hope to be running the NART Ferrari P412 #25 from the 1967 Le Mans with Pedro Rodriguez and Giancarlo Baghetti at the wheel.
All Policar Ferrari 412P’s are legal. See the chart below for the four models.
Note – it’s my understanding that only the CAR06c comes with the aluminum rear wheels under the base in the packaging. Let me know if there are more models that come with the spare aluminum wheels.
More information about using NSR tires on Slot.it wheels
I noticed that NSR produces a special rear tire to work on Slot.it wheels – #5262Black. Once I noticed they produced a unique tire for Slot.it wheels I looked a little deeper at the differences between NSR and Slot.it wheels and discovered there is a 0.10mm difference between the center rib on the wheels. All Slot.it wheels use a center rib that is 5.1mm wide while all the NSR wheels use a center rib that is 5.0mm wide.
Discovering this I thought there would be an issue in using NSR tires on Slot.it wheels. Then I measured the NSR tires and discovered that the center rib on the tires measures anywhere from 5.1mm to 5.25mm so I don’t think mounting NSR tires to Slot.it wheels will be an issue.
Having said that, I would definitely make sure the tires were properly glued to the wheels. At 12.5 volts you don’t want the tires coming off of the wheels.
I agree that 40 is a real test. I think it also gives you some extra laps to claw back some time if you need to. I say keep it at 40.
David – John is the race manager.
Datto – the stock front tires are legal, they are considered 10mm.
Datto – Yes, you can shape the guide. Rounding the corners or putting a finer point on the front, sanding down the sharp edges, sanding the rear of the guide so it does not catch on the chassis – all legal just as long as you are using a Slot.it guide.
