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First off Thanks Adrian!

now having been told to almost completely nit pick the car, I have done so these are my findings!

First off, Congratulations on getting the guide to swivel more than 3 degrees without losing contact
However as usual, I have already thought that once the actual guide wears out not the braids and it is in the middle of an endurance race, what are you supposed to do exactly? you cant simply pull it out and replce with braids!! You have to remove the body, faff about with lots of fiddly screws, then unscrew the guide, then faff about putting it back together (I've found a way around this I will tell later! Now, a suggestion, use a guide like Ninco, simple but effective and K.I.S.S!!!

Now, moving onto screw points, the idea of having the guide screwed in is wonderful, congrats again, so maybe merge the ninco guide idea with the screw idea and oh whoops slot.it already have.. but thats for wood! why not do it for plastic tracks? I DARE you!

Now shuffling along, one thing that irritates the hell out of me is having stupidly short screws ie middle screws on CLK DTM scalex make, however the front and mid. screws on TVR are spot on, no need for huge dock off long ones at the back.. make them all the same size so screwing together doesnt involve swearing and going more insane than dancing in a pitch black room waiting for a film to develop (never again shall I do that!) incidentally I was on my own!

oh yes.. remember those mid mounted motors you used to have.. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE go back to those I really wish you would! please mr scalextric! I've had enough of long drive shafts faffing about removing coupling springs and all that polava however at least I havnt managed to pop it out in the flyesq way!!

now rotating along the drive chain, we come the the power to track connection also known as the tyres! very nice and round and round and round oh and sticky too, please dont use sillycones next year please dont! Rubber is much better. also I like the smell of lighter fluid or WD40 on tyres


body work? very nice black is a wonderful colour (attracting all the finger print within a 50 mile radius!) also, please look at Ninco and make your mirrors removeable so that we dont smash them off while racing
would be much appreciated!
Also, movig onto how to get the guide off without unscrewing the body.. see the front part of the bonnet, push it out, now you have access to the guide and improved cooling
yes I did have to have an accident to discover this!
And the rear wing, I cant decide but the writing just doesnt look straight!! not far off but definately not straight!

Braids.. as usual copper please the steel coating wears off or stops them from performing at their maximum.

oh congrats on the solid front axle much appreciated again, but cant we have the sport axles at least?

last but not least, can you stop covering over the gears? it's much easier to oil them with the body on and with a hole where they protrude through the chassis also, whats with the lines on the chassis? cant it be nice and smooth?

Cheers
Rob.

p.s feel free to disagree but this what i found, please post what you think.. and help scalex become better


edit: rr3.9 just reminded me.. wires too stiff, use Fly wires the one good thing about their running gear!
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Lets look at the big picture.

The gain offered by the new guide surely outweighs the pain.

For the club racer and the home racer it is a major improvment.

The endurace racer may have a point but how many of them will be using a Scaley car and how often do guide posts snap?

Unless the implication is of course that Scalextric have great plans for next year to win every endurance race around Europe with a brand new supercar!



Moped
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actually mope, club racers tend to just pull the guide off and fit a new one fast as possible with braids ready prepared! plug in things and into holder and off again takes all of 30 seconds?

Nice idea in theory but still not convinced it's as good as the tried and tested method that Fly use

Inte.
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QUOTE (Intergrali @ 24 Oct 2003, 01:05 PM)However as usual, I have already thought that once the actual guide wears out not the braids and it is in the middle of an endurance race, what are you supposed to do exactly?

actually mope, club racers tend to just pull the guide off and fit a new one fast as possible with braids ready prepared! plug in things and into holder and off again takes all of 30 seconds?
Uhhh....inte, how in the hell are you going to wear out a guide?

And speak for yourself when it comes to brush replacement, as I sure as hell don't do it like that. When I do a brush change it is a big operation, but they last me forever. I use the Ninco Super Racing Braid as it is readily available here and much better than the stuff that comes on the cars. I solder one end of the braid so that it can't break apart and then use this stiffer end to help hold the little eyelet things in much firmer. All of my guides are Ninco spring loaded guides, chopped and drilled so that they are held in by a screw like the new Scalex guide.

I use this setup on the club IROC cars as well, but took it a step further by soldering the eyelets to the braid. Those cars are indestructable as a result. We race these cars hard and for 4 to 5 hours every Monday. It's been two months since I set them up, and we have never had an electrical problem with the cars and the braid still looks great.

I give Scalextric two thumbs up
for their new guide arrangement. I think it is the best arrangement found on a RTR slot car, it has a reasonable range of travel, it has very little play, it has easily replaceable braid, the wires can't come loose, and its held in with a screw. What else could you possibly want? Oh yeah, if only they made it a little deeper...
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I wonder why the TVR has the new guide, but the new L88 that shares the front in-line motor doesn't?

Any insight?
The TVR and the Renault F1 are the first two new cars to have the new guide system. The Stingray just missed the cut-over.

Happy Racing or Collecting,
Adrian Norman
Scalextric Enthusiasts Web Community
Hornby PLC
QUOTE Also, if you dont find flaws, you will never get any better! whats the saying, you learn from your mistakes.....

And Hornby have been learning. I'm quite sure they have been using the popular forums for research and taking it to the drawing board. For this I applaud them.

QUOTE The endurace racer may have a point but how many of them will be using a Scaley car...?

Nobody who wants to win uses 'em!

What does that tell us?

Next year? I doubt anyone will use 'em either. And frankly, I would be very happy to see them pass on taking on the likes of Slot It. The real money for Hornby is in the toy market. This is a company with shareholders, they gotta chase the profit every time.

Braids? I always found steel braids fell apart faster than copper.
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The TVR looks great, but it's not for me.


Image courtesy of www.mre.co.uk

When can we expect this? Is the "Superslot" version already available in the Spanish market?


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Kind regards,

Russell
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well the guide is going to have friction on it and where there is friction there is going to be damage.. it's just when!

OK, that's just the way i put new guides on


Rob.
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