Australian Slot Car Racers Association

First up, once again, thanks must go to both James and Wayne for running the 'Event'.

I must admit, I think I was having difficulty taking the evening too seriously,.. ,..although, to be honest, once again, it WAS a very pleasant evenings Slot Car Fun, with some pleasant people.

In Total there were 5 Starters, being Fox, Dale Anderson and Myself, with young Declan and his Dad Guy turning up to have a 'Run' as well.

Dale once again proved the worthiness of his 'typically' consistent driving, by taking the lead from the first bracket onwards, with Fox and myself swapping places in the middle brackets, until Fox's inherent speed and inconsistent driving by myself, sealed the positions, with Dale ending the convincing winner with 335 laps, Fox 2nd with 328 laps, myself 3rd with 319, with Declan on 280 and Guy with 256.

As both Declan and Guy have Really only raced Scalextric, (apart from their Retro appearances), there Was a bit of a Speed/experience difference, But they Both drove well and certainly Seemed to enjoy the event,..I think Both of them 'Enjoying' the Nice 'Handling' these cars offer, compared to magnet Scalextric

From the consistently 'Dwindling' numbers and poor attendances at the more recent 'Rounds', one must have to suggest it does Not 'Bode well' for the healthy continuation of the class.

As can be 'noted' elsewhere, there is Now a 'Revised' Calendar for Aussie Retro, see Here: http://forum.ascra.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=147

Guess we will have to see what 'Evolves' attendance wise from here on.
Perhaps with the 'Revised' schedule, some of the others that occasionally Race Retro's may be able to attend.

Fox took some Pictures, which either He or I will post later on.

Cheers,
Stewart

Hi - here a few shots of this round.

Hi guys. I have a question: Looking at the photos I noticed the crown gear on the right hand side of some cars and on the left hand side of others. Don't the motors all run best the same way? ie clockwise or anti clockwise?
John G.

Hi JohnG,..welcome to the Forum,
Surprisingly, even though, when 'Eye-balling' the Internals, it Looks like there Should be just a wee bit of advance,..it would appear that it Makes 'Nary' a difference at all !!

The arms themselves have No Timing as such, and when 'Run Up' on a Power supply show No Discernible difference !!??

Go Figure.

There Could be arguments given re Torque about the axle etc, for different coners etc,...

I'm just sticking with the direction PlaFit run the Motors in,..as has Dale, Mind you On Mabuchi's site, it suggests they Go the Other way!!?? As Mark Fox has his car setup.

This is Only with the Cheetah!!,..I can Not say for the Other PlaFits as I have No experience with them.

Falcon 7's Are timed and are Marked with a direction of Rotation.

Cheers

Thanks for 'Posting' the Pics Mark,...

Well done guys.
Thanks for posting report Stoo, and photo's Mark.

Good to see Dale's car is still competitive, being the first ever Aussie Retro race winner and all.

What gears do the Coupes run?

Gears ???,...SHOULD there be a Difference ??

Actually, lately, Hutcho, Fox and myself have been running ratios like 8/27,..9/30,.. 9/28 etc.

I thought I had a 'dodgy' pinion at the previous round, especially after trying a few Crowns,..but it seemed to provide a very 'sweet' mesh last round at 8/27,..so I guess the crowns were dodgy,..lol

Personally, I have found with my last chassis, that it Does 'respond' well to running a 9, as it smooths out the corner exits somewhat

Hey Mark, are you sure that Dale's body was painted by Wayne B? It has "Racer X" on the side...
Mikey.

Hey Hi Mikey!!

Somehow I think you are Correct,..I had only recently seen that Myself,..


Ooops,..

Apologies to RacerX,..Great Looking Bod btw !!

PLUS it is on the MR fprum under his name.

Hi All

It seems I may have incorrectly attributed the fine paint detail on Dale's car in the photo caption above.

I have edited the caption - apologies to Racer X.

Thanks Mikey.