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Ary,
Since I’m not running the BRM 1/24th class, count me in for the El Piloto series. I have set aside the $40. I really don’t care about trophys, but whatever the club wants to do.
Jim J.
I have not driven it yet, I need a few items left.
wire it up, and 2 controllers, maybe I ll buy 3 at once, but two – one for me, one for my son. I might get a parama 25ohm one for now to see how it all goes 🙄
I have found 2 more breaks in my taping, so I will solder those up tonight, and go over again with a fine tooth comb, I’ve been testing with a 9v battery just to test the circuits.
I’m hoping, I’m hoping after this weekend, all the ‘bugs’ will be fixed on the taping/track
then work on wiring next weekend I have very little time after work, I cook, take kids to bed, etc then I want to unwind and watch some motorin on TV (HD Network on Directv – channel 181, I love it!)
then its bedtime 😆
Ary,
I would say by the way the rules currently are written for Modern F1, this mod would be legal. You are still using the Scaley wheel and are not gluing on the F22’s, only modifying the rim to accept Slot.It tires. Am I correct in my assumptions?
Also, what size and how many o-rings did you have to install on the rims to make the ridge wide enough? I think I still have a square edged o-ring belt taken from an old movie projector. You could cut a length of o-ring to wrap around each edge of the rim and carefully glue it in place with Walthers Goo. If I can find the belt, I’m sure there is enough material to do as many as 8 rims. Once the glue dries, sand the square o-ring to match the wheel ridge height.
I’ve had a tough time truing F22’s. They are almost as bad as F15’s as far as graining goes, and I do go very slow with the sanding process. When I tried to round the corners, it just led to more issues with the tire, no matter what grit of sandpaper I tried.
Jim J.
Racers,
FYI, I just checked with Rudy at Kings. He has not contacted Super Tires yet about stocking Yellow Dog tires, but was going to try to fit them onto his plate today.
F1 Tires: Sunday, I was working on prepping my F1 Scaley car for testing and evaluation. I had purchased some Slot.It F1 tires to try, but because of the narrow raised band on the Scaley rear wheels, the Slot.It tires do not fit very well. When installed, they take on a concave tread profile, tend to move around on the wheel, and are difficult to true. Russell had suggested maybe we could add an o-ring to each side of the wheel raised center area prior to installing the Slot.It tire, and possibly they would cure the loose fit issue. I went ahead and trued the stock tires and installed them for now.
Not having used Yellow Dog tires before, does anyone know if they fit the Scaley wheel better than Slot.It F1 tires do?
Jim J.
Bellator wrote:Very nice!
Are the main sections 4 feet deep?
yes, 4 feet, 16 feet long on main, and the L portion 4 feet by 5 feet long (so total on that end is 9 feet “ish”)
I havent measured the track runs yet.. really dont care
as requested
I’m good with this except 1 thing. Modern F1 needs to be run at 10V at well. I think 12 volts is too hot for the FF050 motors that are in those cars.
Sorry its been a while
life *Shrug* but… I’ve painted, coppered my track (now soldering the breaks)
I’ve found a cheap power supply, a Pyramid PS52KX – I got it for cheap. I mean cheap. (and locally)
so I m gonna hope this will work for me, I m hoping next weekend I will be wiring up the track, as I have my kids’ basketball games this week/weekend from that darn snow day, back in Minnesota – we laughed at this 🙂 and Im sadly part of it.
*grin* Thanks for the tips etc:
My Thursday availability is less than spotty. I wouldn’t pay for a series that I might only get 1 or 2 races in. I’m out due to my business travel.
-Shawn
Ary,
Thank you for the adapter. I decided against taking it apart and I’m using the alligator clips to adapter method. As mentioned before, I am more than willing to pay you for it. I guess it would be a good idea to keep the Difalco stock in the event I go somewhere else to run and they don’t have the XLR setup.
After re-reading your first post and your latest response, I now understand what you meant by the track being dirty, only after you removed the plastic and all the captured roof debris fell on the track. Thank you for spending your time cleaning up the mess.
Shawn, I was not aware the owner’s son leaves his cars at the track. Next time I’ll know, and not be so concerned.
See you guys tonite,
Jim J.
Jim,
Thanks for letting us know where that went off to. For future reference, Rudy is great but not his responsibility to keep up with that. Just post this to the forum to let everyone know.
The Audi R10 and Viper are the owner’s son’s cars. They just leave them there. Up to them to keep track of them.
-Shawn
Ary,
I took the XLR to alligator clip adapter. I will buy it from you as I need it for my new Difalco controller. I told Rudy I was taking it, so to not think I was stealing it. I am only going to use the XLR connector and pigtails. I will give you back the barrel assy to make a replacement adapter. If you want the whole thing back, let me know and I’ll make a trip to Radio Shack and pick up another male XLR plug.
I vacuumed the track Saturday after everyone left. I also gave Rudy 2 cars that apparently were left under the bench as I didn’t want them to disappear. One was a Scalextric Audi R10(?)and the other was a Dodge Viper.
Jim J.
