Links on Building a Midget

[scatman]

Wow, thanks for taking the time with this post. Great info.

[Quickcars]

[Vintage 1/24]

The Hot Laps Racing almost-ready-to-run car looks really cool with the cage detail. That contemporary midget, with the Falcon 7 motor and wide foams will be a missile - kind of like the real midgets are - *very very* fast little cars.

Even with the brass chassis, when you can get traction, the front wheels will pull up and out of the slot when you hit it at the beginning of the straight - It is that quick - so add lead weights just aft of the front axle. The pinion and crown are correct, the rotation sticker was placed incorrectly on many of the Falcons (and no it is NOT the Coriolis effect). It should be happy on a wood track, and drive best with a 4 ohm controller or something in that neighborhood at 12V. Tiger's Milk to clean and condition the foams - lighter fluid to clean them off real good if they are picking up junk off the track.

Looking forward to seeing your builds...

Thanks for all the links and info - very useful to lurkers and builders.

[ourwayband]

That is a nice build!
Thanks for the info shared and pictures!

Rusty

[Vintage 1/24]

The high end adjustable controller is a great way to go.

The motors do work loose sometimes. Cut a horizontal slot in the motor mount tab to add an *additional* grub screw to better mount the motor, or just solder the motor in place. The Sprints Plus is really made for the 16D type motor and does not mount todays crop of hot mini motors exactly right.

[Vintage 1/24]

Some Falcons are *incorrectly marked* and have the arrow pointing in wrong direction. You should be able to find something about this online as you research...

For example, ALL Falcon 7s turn clockwise when looking at the pinion side of the motor. We race these motors in the Reality Modified Tour Series here in the North East (US) - and this issue has come up with the misplaced rotation arrow stickers.

I am not sure which wheels/tires come with the Hot Laps Racing midget, but I added a post recently to my Offy Midget build thread that addresses the tires that I used - part #s etc. - check it out. And yes, I narrowed them for a better "look", and I did use harder foam front runners. The HLR setup looks pretty good - you could probably just narrow them down for a more 'scale' appearance...