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Great work! I can understand why scalextric did not make the sensor curved, as stated above, if the car is swinging out as it reaches the sensor, the led will not line up so well, thus reducing reliability (certainly in mass produced and distributed situations)

I hope you are not finding such reliability issues.

 

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Soren - in a great many ways, very true! However, If scalextric had made such a sensor part, I hope this would NOT have been the customer services reply to customer complaints on the issue!!!!

 

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darainbow - the system may detect when more current is demanded than available, and uses this to trigger a warning and system shut down