With the help of Paul from the community, I'm happy to announce the first public alpha release of Drag Race Coordinator. From the name you can probably guess what it is, but just in case, its a drag racing RMS that follows the lines of my other RC software. DragRC is very early in development...

As an older person returning to a boyhood hobby and having sought out my old Tomy AFX slot car set, I have a question for you all out there. I would like to have a variable power supply for the set, to allow me to turn the power down to enable young kids to be able to control the cars better. I...

Looking closely at a new C8516 I noticed a line of four open pin holes at the edge of the PC board that look like they are to accommodate the installation of a four-pin plug. What is the purpose of this feature? Is to support the availability of some unheralded feature, such as the brake...

For a year I have been running slot cars and it appears I'm on a cycle. First the layout, then better cars which led to a better layout which led to even better cars repeated once more. Now I feel I have the cars down pat so it's time for a better (perhaps not?) layout. All of the previous...

My son and I were fanging a couple of Pioneer Mustangs around the track and his began to slow... I opened it up and noticed the pinion gear is hard up against the motor... so much so that I can't get anything in to pull it back out... I have a Slot.It pinion press but there's no way I can get in...