Eastlands Park Routed Digital...

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Ade

Discussion Starter · Aug 29, 2011 (Edited by Moderator)

Hi
Have been thinking about a routed track for a while now and as the current setup is now starting to become a little boring now seems a good time to start.

The table size I have to play with is 12ftx6ft and it will all be done on a single level,the only thing decided so far as regards to track design is that the pit area will have to be along the back straight and it must be long as I wish to have plenty of garage space.

The cars will only be scalextric and running mag free is a added bonus of going copper tape route as with them throttle control is none existent,so need to find a suitable paint for the tyres to have some sort of grip as they will be kept standard.

The track will be digital and it is my intention to sink the digital track sections into the mdf,including the pb..

I have had a quick look for layouts based on my available track size and drew a blank,so if anyone knows of any on here a link to some pics would be great.

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MrFlippant

· #17 · Oct 3, 2011

Why not cut away more plastic? When I do my digital test track (someday), I'm planning to cut away as much plastic from the original LC as I can, leaving only what is necessary to hold the flipper, the solenoids, and the sensors, possibly not even the plastic around the sensors. That way, I have complete control over the shape of the slot leading all the way to, and away from the flipper.

MrFlippant

· #27 · Jan 16, 2012

Looking great! Can't wait to see the tape all laid and video of your cars flying around it.

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MrFlippant

· #36 · Jan 23, 2012

Looks good. Have you done the 9v battery driving to see how smooth the cars run?

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MrFlippant

· #38 · Jan 24, 2012

pushing a car around should help find places where the guide might get stuck. using a 9v will help find places that the car itself actually has a hard time getting around. From your pics so far, though, I doubt there are any of those. Do you have anything remotely tight as an R1 turn?

MrFlippant

· #108 · Apr 21, 2013

Very cool. A dream of a race track and room.

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MrFlippant

· #144 · Dec 1, 2013

Very cool video. I loved seeing the race with the track calls and the lights and all. Excellent.

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MrFlippant

· #226 · Sep 29, 2014

It's great to see the guys racing in the video. I can imagine the more intense racing Greg mentioned. Thanks very much for sharing the video, Ade!

Were you using stock tires, or something else?

MrFlippant

· #229 · Sep 29, 2014

Ah, urethanes. Nice. 50 shore is (I believe) fairly hard, though I've not felt or tested their tires. I wonder if the shore ratings for urethane are different than for rubber? Or maybe a harder urethane is as good as a softer rubber? For that matter, I'm not even sure what the shore rating for the urethanes I HAVE used are. Does anyone know what shore YellowDog or Paul Gage are? I should probably figure that out so I know what to expect should I want to try R1R tires in the future.

Thanks for the answer.

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MrFlippant

· #239 · Oct 18, 2014

Other than the relatively simpler installation, what's the difference between the live flipper from LP, versus the live flipper from Keith's mod?

MrFlippant

· #243 · Oct 19, 2014

Thanks, Ade. I'd never done a live flipper mod so wasn't aware of those idiosyncrasies.

MrFlippant

· #266 · Nov 30, 2014

Moto GP? That will be fun. I love mine, but all the rest of my group hates them with a passion.

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MrFlippant

· #347 · Apr 21, 2015

It would appear that you're using a secondary monitor with ONLY the Leaderboard showing. The rest of the race control stuff is on another monitor. Is that correct, Ade?

MrFlippant

· #379 · Jul 19, 2015

Love it!

Was the change in SSDC that the track call sound had been replaced with Murray Walker commentary?

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· #390 · Sep 6, 2015

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MrFlippant

· #454 · Dec 1, 2015

Fantastic! Thank you very much for sharing the videos.

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MrFlippant

· #549 · Apr 3, 2016

Love the videos! Thanks for sharing.

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MrFlippant

· #561 · May 29, 2016

And if you flip the magnets on one side, it won't be possible to stick it on backward.

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MrFlippant

· #569 · Jun 12, 2016 (Edited by Moderator)

Love seeing the good times.

Your digital group is really coming together.

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MrFlippant

· #581 · Jul 17, 2016

Going pure Scorpius then? Should be interesting.

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MrFlippant

· #589 · Jul 18, 2016 (Edited by Moderator)

Yes, Scorpius Hybrid.

What I meant was that, with this change, you will no longer be running any Scalextric hardware than their lane changers (and cars). Only Scorpius chipped cars, controlled by Scorpius controllers, will be run on this track from now on, correct? Or, I've misunderstood the photos and what you meant when you said "so long for the c7042apb".

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