Hello dr vanski....when I saw your username I thought something was up....and it was.
Welcome back to the game.
Cheers
munter
Welcome back to the game.
Cheers
munter
ARC Pro Rug Racing
Hi fellow slotheads. A Toronto based rug racer here. I've been racing and tuning non-mag slots for a few years now. I took a six year hiatus from the hobby and decided upon returning to jump into the SSD pool. I used to have a four lane analogue track setup that I later sold (and now regret doing so). After doing some research - and a local retailer had a big sale - I bought the ARC Pro Platinum GT set. Here's my first setup using the set plus some extra track, borders, and LCs:
![Train Wood Flooring Floor Hardwood]()
I'm pretty impressed with the Scalextric app, wireless controllers, variable power and throttle curves, ease of chipping cars, and how much fun the pit stops can be. A two lane track really cuts down on the footprint size as well as the amount of track and borders I need to have vs. my old four lane setup. Down the road I'm looking to build larger temporary circuits in my condo's party room and host slot racing nights for friends so I've got some more track, borders, and guardrails incoming. Eventually, I'd like to chip my Sideways and Slot.it cars to run on this setup too - all non-mag of course. While I'm not new to slots and tuning, I am new to digital so thanks in advance for answering any newb questions I may have. Any observations or tips on SSD racing - particularly non-mag cars - are more than welcome. See you at the races!
I'm pretty impressed with the Scalextric app, wireless controllers, variable power and throttle curves, ease of chipping cars, and how much fun the pit stops can be. A two lane track really cuts down on the footprint size as well as the amount of track and borders I need to have vs. my old four lane setup. Down the road I'm looking to build larger temporary circuits in my condo's party room and host slot racing nights for friends so I've got some more track, borders, and guardrails incoming. Eventually, I'd like to chip my Sideways and Slot.it cars to run on this setup too - all non-mag of course. While I'm not new to slots and tuning, I am new to digital so thanks in advance for answering any newb questions I may have. Any observations or tips on SSD racing - particularly non-mag cars - are more than welcome. See you at the races!
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I busted out the fantastic plastic today. I had spent time de-maggng and tire truing my set cars plus a few others and wanted to see how they ran and how the LCs worked without mags.
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I ordered a bunch more track and accessories so modified my track accordingly.
![Wood Automotive tire Flooring Floor Track]()
![Tire Automotive tire Flooring Wood Floor]()
At first the app wasn't counting laps, but I eventually figured out that I needed to flip the orientation of the power base. Once I got that figured out everything worked great...well...almost everything. Unfortunately, the left side pit entry I ordered was dead out of the box. I tried cycling the power on the track, reconnecting the piece, and various cars all to no avail. All LCs and my right side pit entry worked fine. Is it fairly common for these to be DOA out of the box? I haven't had that problem with any of my LCs. Just wondering....
I picked up some SCX brdge supports that I found as new old stock at an online store in Ohio, USA. In my opinion these are the best pylons for temporary circuits as they are the correct size for Sport track, are sturdy, and can be adjusted for width to include borders. I couldn't find Scalextric guardrails for the bridge in my online travels so I ordered a few sets of Ninco guardrails which did the job.
![Wood Flooring Engineering Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Track]()
I used the ubiquitous Dunlop bridge to get my cables over the track (rather than creating a bump by running cables under it).
![Circuit component Networking cables Musical instrument accessory Electronic engineering Hardware programmer]()
And Ninco's finest catch fencing was used to contain deslotting cars at the end of the straight.
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The more I use the Scalextric app, the more I like it. The variable power is a game changer. Does anyone know what voltage the power base puts out at 100% power? I tried Magic but I couldn't get it to handshake with my power base. For now the Scaley app does everything I want it to do. I even spent some time driving some of my analog cars around and figured out how to vary the power in that mode too. Have any of you used the tournament mode in the Scalextric app? Thanks for stopping by to take a look. I'm enjoying my set having fun racing and testing both digital and analog cars. I'm looking forward to the day I get everything sorted out and have a big group of racers over to play.
I ordered a bunch more track and accessories so modified my track accordingly.
At first the app wasn't counting laps, but I eventually figured out that I needed to flip the orientation of the power base. Once I got that figured out everything worked great...well...almost everything. Unfortunately, the left side pit entry I ordered was dead out of the box. I tried cycling the power on the track, reconnecting the piece, and various cars all to no avail. All LCs and my right side pit entry worked fine. Is it fairly common for these to be DOA out of the box? I haven't had that problem with any of my LCs. Just wondering....
I picked up some SCX brdge supports that I found as new old stock at an online store in Ohio, USA. In my opinion these are the best pylons for temporary circuits as they are the correct size for Sport track, are sturdy, and can be adjusted for width to include borders. I couldn't find Scalextric guardrails for the bridge in my online travels so I ordered a few sets of Ninco guardrails which did the job.
I used the ubiquitous Dunlop bridge to get my cables over the track (rather than creating a bump by running cables under it).
And Ninco's finest catch fencing was used to contain deslotting cars at the end of the straight.
The more I use the Scalextric app, the more I like it. The variable power is a game changer. Does anyone know what voltage the power base puts out at 100% power? I tried Magic but I couldn't get it to handshake with my power base. For now the Scaley app does everything I want it to do. I even spent some time driving some of my analog cars around and figured out how to vary the power in that mode too. Have any of you used the tournament mode in the Scalextric app? Thanks for stopping by to take a look. I'm enjoying my set having fun racing and testing both digital and analog cars. I'm looking forward to the day I get everything sorted out and have a big group of racers over to play.
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