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Ban Scalextric F1?

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ok, at our club the f1 class has just turned into destruction derby, you need a new car every 3 weeks, a complete rebuild every week... now the ninco cars arent causing many problems.. the odd crash here and there, but any scalex models no matter what is done to them theyre just so un predictable they are considering banning scalextric cars.. i can see why, because i have one of the offending f1 cars, but if it does go off pieces go everywhere ive had the car for 3 weeks now the body is completely destroyed, and im on my 3rd chassis. so the question remains: should the scalex cars be banned or not? id like to hear the opinions of other people
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No need to censor it. If you break cars when you hit a wall then you clearly aren't good enough to keep it out of the wall. Practise a bit, then when you can keep it on the track then you will notice that it'll stop breaking...

"EDIT and on this Ninco track sagging/waviness/uneveness thing it is something that Slotforum member Intergrale acknowledges does happen as we have had private discusions about the issue, so don't say that it does not please. There is simply not enough reinforcement ribbing underneath for heavy magnet cars taking into account the plastic compound used and the thickness of plastic used. It is something that Ninco need to look at if they are thinking of entering the heavy magnet digital world."

Hmm.. well Hitler and Gerbals agreed that the holocaust was the right thing to do... doesn't mean they were right, does it?

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Moped: I will pay for your petrol money to come down to Eastcote (to my knowledge the biggest permanent Ninco track in the country).

You can test all of your heavy magnet cars for as long as you want and I'll even lend you a digital camera to take pics of the track for all to see... Hell, I'll give you the camera if you can prove that this crazy phenomenon exists... because it doesn't.

So if you want a free trip down to Eastcote and the chance of a free digital camera (unlikely...) then drop me a PM.

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Excellent point Tropi.... I can't believe no-one thought of this before...

There's every chance that it could be copper instead of magnatec braid, which would mean that the cars cause destruction even when coming off at comparitively low speeds....



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I remember you saying that actually, now you mention it...

I also remember thinking that it would be highly dangerous too....

Fast, heavy, metal objects... sound like a recipe for blindness to kids standing at track level....

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You're right Jonny, it's what they deserve... If they don't like cars in their face then they can just grow a bit, eh?

I am intrigued by this still... What kind of process do you go through? Will it be as simple as taking a mould of the plastic one and filling it with molten pewter?

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I say ban all dogs... it makes for very embaressing conversation after a drunken night out...



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The whizz comes from the meshing of gears, nothing else. Sidewinders whizz more than inlines, and heavy magnet cars also whizz more (don't know why... possibly because the downforce pulls everything straight
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Don't know what others have found but, we have found no difference between the Sport and the regular, some were faster some were slower.

And personally, I don't see a big advantage to brass bearings... I have replaced a few of mine with plastic (for an undisclosed reason
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