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Re: 1/24 Talbot-LagoMagracer

Posted: Wed 24. Feb 2016 19:31
by Ned
I like it! Is top speed about the same? How about run-time on a fully charged battery?

Re: 1/24 Talbot-LagoMagracer

Posted: Wed 24. Feb 2016 20:12
by WesR
Ned, With the gears used I would say that acceleration is a bit down (as it should be!), and top speed at least equal to the 1/32 cars. It certainly dosen't need a bigger motor. Haven't flattened a battery yet but I guess run time would be a bit less.
Plenty of grip from the standard plastic wheels. I'm looking forward to building the Alfa!

Re: 1/24 Talbot-LagoMagracer

Posted: Thu 25. Feb 2016 17:21
by Keld
Know about these kits

1950 Alfa Romeo 158
1956 Connaught
1956 Cooper 500
1956 BRM
1949 Lago Talbot
1956 Lancia-Ferrari
1956 Maserati 250F
1955 Mercedes W196
1956 Vanwall
1956 Aston Martin DB3S
1955 Lotus XI
1954 Jaguar D type

There should be enough for a full track ;)

Re: 1/24 Talbot-LagoMagracer

Posted: Fri 26. Feb 2016 20:16
by WesR
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Yes Keld, I believe they were all made by Merit originally and now by SMER. Only the Talbot and the 'Alfetta' seem to be available now and these are in short supply.
My Alfa just arrived today. This was one of the most successful Grand Prix cars ever, with 47 wins in 54 races .

Re: 1/24 Talbot-LagoMagracer

Posted: Sat 27. Feb 2016 16:53
by kiklo
So nice to see goodlooking racers.
By moving the receiverboard on top of the you have 'ruined' use of lapcounting ? :-)

I think you should advice on an alternate laptiming pacement led.
And may be supply a laptiming led 'off' the printboard.
I'm thinking - just cutting the led of the board and the solder on one on a short wire would do it ?

And for secondary placement of timing-led I would think dead center would be the most usefull?
Not many cars can get away without having that as an optional placement.
As for a generic option - how about making room for it(the led) in the steering setup somewhere.

Dead center drawback : You have to cut your wire. Not a big one i think.
Pros : You can do timing both ways - (and get false recording running opposite way around.)

Re: 1/24 Talbot-LagoMagracer

Posted: Sat 27. Feb 2016 19:28
by Jeee
kiklo wrote:So nice to see goodlooking racers.
By moving the receiverboard on top of the you have 'ruined' use of lapcounting ? :-)
good point =)
kiklo wrote: Pros : You can do timing both ways - (and get false recording running opposite way around.)
what about placing 2 leds behind eachother? then you can determine direction based on which one gets triggered first.

Re: 1/24 Talbot-LagoMagracer

Posted: Sat 27. Feb 2016 19:37
by kiklo
Jeee wrote:
kiklo wrote:So nice to see goodlooking racers.
By moving the receiverboard on top of the you have 'ruined' use of lapcounting ? :-)
good point =)
kiklo wrote: Pros : You can do timing both ways - (and get false recording running opposite way around.)
what about placing 2 leds behind eachother? then you can determine direction based on which one gets triggered first.
Probably not worth the effort. Would require lots of extra programming and HW for a very small problem.

Re: 1/24 Talbot-LagoMagracer

Posted: Sat 27. Feb 2016 22:27
by Jeee
When you have multiple sections it also needs to detect the sections in order and that way knows if one needs to be counted or not.

Re: 1/24 Talbot-LagoMagracer

Posted: Wed 9. Mar 2016 06:16
by rex craemer
hi all, i was so impressed from this what wes did here, so i have to built it too. alfa and talbot are here, mercedes is on the way from england.

Re: 1/24 Talbot-LagoMagracer

Posted: Wed 9. Mar 2016 06:16
by rex craemer
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