by BARC 1 » Fri Nov 10, 2017 3:56 pm
You have to drive into the corners. If you don't the car will do a 360 and start heading back at you. IMO this is better then Magracing. When the car is in a slot it behaves like a slot car, which when you are talking about a tight a closed road course is mandatory. I have tried small scale RC, and it just doesn't work on anything that has a narrow defined road surface.
What I did not know before I bought this was that the cars can be made to work on a regular slot car track. On a four lane track these cars would have 4 different racing lines available to the driver to chose as he is heading into a corner. Most people would probably choose the 2nd lane, and these cars allow you to do that. You don't need to run them on the plastic track with its 11 slots. The 11 slots just make the lane changing less pronounced. However as there is no braid the track actually looks OK even with all the slots.
I really do hope the ship hasn't sank with this technology. I can see a hybrid where you have a slot car with regular braids supplying power to the motor, with an add on IR device for sending signals to work this patented guide system. Unlike magracing, the technology used here could easily be used on existing tracks.
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The issue I see right now is timing. Right now, as far as I know there is no transponder type system for these cars. We all know that if you can't time a lap that is a big drawback, really big.