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Is id4u the timing system?

Good idea!
Looking forward to see it in action

I have been in contact with the new owners and got this answer: we are very much intending to carry on with the magnetic racing cars. They plan to make new stock of the cars in January, so that is good news! :-) They make some great looking slot car tracks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDj_Xd4Ji6g

Hi, I have just read on the Magnetic Racing site, that Magnetic Racing have been sold, anyone who knows how this will affect the development of the Magnetic Racing cars? or will the focus now 100% be on the laser cut buildings? Text from website: Magnetic Racing is now part of ThinkScalextricEvents....

My first test run, without lane changing.. I need to make some changes to my servo setup. That's next on the to do list. I stopped using Lipo batteries and I am now using rechargeable Ni-MH Batteries. More child safe and have enough power for realistic speed. https://youtu.be/GkDFFoGSFY8 For 1/32, I...

Update.. almost finished with the layout..

kiklo wrote: ↑Sat 22. Feb 2020 11:35 I agree: any radius smaller than 25 cm spells trouble.

Ned wrote: ↑Sat 22. Feb 2020 00:57 That one corner looks awfully tight. What is the minimum radius that you intend to use?

Thank you for the feedback

So more than 25 cm, I hope I have space enough

Another photo, the ambulance is in the pit lane

kiklo wrote: ↑Fri 21. Feb 2020 14:29 Hmm. Interesting. Which program ?

Designing it as a circuit ?

DesignSpark Mechanical
https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/m ... l-software
it's free
Using black tape to test the layout

Update on my progress... almost finished with the MDF boards. I have not yet mounted the boards, I will make one at a time and use the plaster method. IMG_20200220_233710883_HDR.jpg I am designing my layout in DesignSpark and I think it will take me a week to get it finished, better do it right the ...