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NO WAY! I thought but there it is,
Somebody on Evilbay is selling a slot car that goes around a track and it's propelled by a hamster exercise wheel fitted into the car!
It came up when I searched Evilbay for Scalextric Pink Mini looking for a joke present for my wife)
Here's a grabbed photo of it...
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OK I realise this is a proprietary track but there are possibilities.
So who is going to be the first to install a hamster or gerbil wheel into a slot car chassis directly driving the wheels?
OK so gearing will need to be debated - maybe the Slot.It and NSR fraternity could help there - maybe different gearing for species or based on leg length or something.
The racing possibilities are endless...
How about Drag racing?
How about chipping the cars and using the chips for lane changing? With Oxigen we could have 20 hamster fields.
Perhaps we could persuade Andy Wallace (Mr SSDC himself) to create a function in SSDC that allows the refuelling option to trigger a hopper in the pits to refuel and water the hamsters in endurance races?
This could go global people (except the motor units would presumably be subject to quarantine laws so you would have to use proxy gerbils in other countries).
You would never have to worry about a power tap to the far reaches of your track. Your kids would think you were the coolest dad on the planet. Alright it would cost you a bit in hamster food but have you seen your electricity bill recently?
You could rout tracks to your heart's content and never have to lay a single braid or tape (unless you went digital of course).
Fit an umbrella to the car and you could race outside in all weathers (Hamsters don't run so fast when damp).
What do you think slot fans?
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Somebody on Evilbay is selling a slot car that goes around a track and it's propelled by a hamster exercise wheel fitted into the car!
It came up when I searched Evilbay for Scalextric Pink Mini looking for a joke present for my wife)
Here's a grabbed photo of it...
OK I realise this is a proprietary track but there are possibilities.
So who is going to be the first to install a hamster or gerbil wheel into a slot car chassis directly driving the wheels?
OK so gearing will need to be debated - maybe the Slot.It and NSR fraternity could help there - maybe different gearing for species or based on leg length or something.
The racing possibilities are endless...
How about Drag racing?
How about chipping the cars and using the chips for lane changing? With Oxigen we could have 20 hamster fields.
Perhaps we could persuade Andy Wallace (Mr SSDC himself) to create a function in SSDC that allows the refuelling option to trigger a hopper in the pits to refuel and water the hamsters in endurance races?
This could go global people (except the motor units would presumably be subject to quarantine laws so you would have to use proxy gerbils in other countries).
You would never have to worry about a power tap to the far reaches of your track. Your kids would think you were the coolest dad on the planet. Alright it would cost you a bit in hamster food but have you seen your electricity bill recently?
You could rout tracks to your heart's content and never have to lay a single braid or tape (unless you went digital of course).
Fit an umbrella to the car and you could race outside in all weathers (Hamsters don't run so fast when damp).
What do you think slot fans?
