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Hi All,
When my brother said look what scalextric can do now I just about lost my iceream. He's the one with the system Im the one that made it work being an electronic geek from way back. Going back into the 70s and 80s We had 24 hour races with teams of 4. 1 racing 1 to pick up 2 getting a break. The track was original that gave way to routed slot, the cars were I guess originally Scalleys but everything esle was built from the ground up. Track sensors for laps speed control and handicapping plus fuel emulation. All long gone, as was the driving days..given way to marriage and jobs etc. But here we find oursleves again and wow they have stepped up to the plate.
So ma bro is not the most electronic savy and I just have limited time but Im getting up to speed with the SSD stuff.
He was or has purchased the platinum set, I suspect Ill get a call to come over and set it up soon..and then Im sure he will want lap times n such on monitors and of course more track.
Speaking of Has anyone spliced scalley track in and out of routered track? Just a thought. I do believe we still have one or maybe two of the (what was to be but never finished) 8x4 sheets with some already routered bits. They lie in the depths of the shed under 20 years of other junk.
So having read lots Im not somewhat brain dead, overloaded and trying to sort out what works with the APB6 and whats the next step we should take.
Also very open to anyone local who has it all happening and wouldnt mind sharing a beer(on us
and a looksee of thiers.
Lots to play with so little time to play
When my brother said look what scalextric can do now I just about lost my iceream. He's the one with the system Im the one that made it work being an electronic geek from way back. Going back into the 70s and 80s We had 24 hour races with teams of 4. 1 racing 1 to pick up 2 getting a break. The track was original that gave way to routed slot, the cars were I guess originally Scalleys but everything esle was built from the ground up. Track sensors for laps speed control and handicapping plus fuel emulation. All long gone, as was the driving days..given way to marriage and jobs etc. But here we find oursleves again and wow they have stepped up to the plate.
So ma bro is not the most electronic savy and I just have limited time but Im getting up to speed with the SSD stuff.
He was or has purchased the platinum set, I suspect Ill get a call to come over and set it up soon..and then Im sure he will want lap times n such on monitors and of course more track.
Speaking of Has anyone spliced scalley track in and out of routered track? Just a thought. I do believe we still have one or maybe two of the (what was to be but never finished) 8x4 sheets with some already routered bits. They lie in the depths of the shed under 20 years of other junk.
So having read lots Im not somewhat brain dead, overloaded and trying to sort out what works with the APB6 and whats the next step we should take.
Also very open to anyone local who has it all happening and wouldnt mind sharing a beer(on us
Lots to play with so little time to play
