MAGracing Forum

Welcome to the forum. Are you planning an indoor track or an outdoor track?

If the track is not permanently left outside or it's not fastened down to some surface, I agree that no allowance needs to be made for expansion and contraction due to changes in track surface temperature. If it is located outside year round, then provisions for expansion and contraction might need ...

If your track will be in intense direct sunlight at any time, plan for expansion and contraction of the track. You may need to plan for the expansion and contraction of the wire also.

What is the optimal clearance between the bottom of the steering magnet and your track surface? I understand that the optimal clearance might be different for different tracks. In your case, if a car (with the clearance already adjusted for optimal performance on your track), is placed on top of a s...

Re: clipping panels together to make a nice flat joint You might embed neodymium magnets of the correct size and strength, on each side of a joint and near each edge of the track. (Disk magnets .025" thick and .500" in diameter should be more than adequate, depending on the weight of the p...

Which charger works best with unprotected 10440 batteries?

What kind of tape do you have on your tires?

Should the battery be removed from the transmitter and also the car, when not in use?

I bought 4 UltaFire 10440 3.6V 500mAh Li-Ion rechargeable batteries from BatteryJunction.com . For all 4 batteries the the attractive force between the magnet on my battery removal tool and the steel case is much stronger than the force to the positive terminal. None of these batteries would stay pu...

Thanks John.