by mattb » Sun Dec 03, 2017 1:43 pm
Agree with the above, the Carrera banked tracks are useless. The flat curves can be banked a little, I would guess 8-10 degrees. That is about what I do with mine. I run 1/24, no magnets or phony handling, just whatever the chassis design allows. I find even that little bit of banking makes a big difference, but you still have to drive thru the corner, no wide open throttle. There is an issue with banking the flat tracks, though. The more you bank them, the more the tight fit goes away and the tracks want to pull apart. Several ways to bank a section and the best is for a 180 curve. Mount the whole curve to thin plywood or fibre board, then lift the center of the curve and just let the track be raised a little at the center of the curve and not a bowl shaped bank all the way around. That makes the corner a little easier to get around, but not a perfect bank. It does keep your track joints tight, though. If you try to do a bowl shaped banked turn with flat track. you will have open track joints the more you try to bank it. Your track will still work ok, it will just have some joints that aren't tight.
If I get a chance, I will take some pictures of my banked and raised turns tomorrow to show you. I run non-mag 1/24 cars with 60's style engineering, no flexi's, no hinges, no vac bodies, just solid chassis with hard bodies and silicone tires.
mb