Resistance is futile - unless you know how to fix your slot car controller

Excuse the StarTrek reference, I just couldn't resist! This is the second video in a series of videos showing how to maintain your hand controller and fix common problems.
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Slot Car Controller playlist - • Slot Car Hand Controllers
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[@johnwakamatsu3391]

I have a controller that does not use a wiper arm and you have many more bands but it is impossible to clean it. I use several controllers and most use the wiper arm. I thank you for posting slot car videos.

[@victoryfirst2878]

What you described is not a "BEEP" it is a "TONE" sound. Now that I got that off my chest. I have to thank you for showing me how to clean up and check my controller electrical value for slot car racing. Keep up the great videos too.

[@CleaveTech]

Thank you for setting the record straight and thanks for watching. 🙏

[@slotcarfun7058]

🖖Star Trek Trift Slotracing , super Intro 🖖 das Video wie alle von dir immer sehr informativ

[@brucewarren5248]

In the early 1990s, I played with 1/24 scale cars. Our controllers were one ohm or less and they got very hot. I'm now playing with 1/32 and my old top-of-the-line controller is too sensitive to keep my car on the track. It seems that modern controllers for 1/32 are 30 ohm and up. Why the difference in resistance? Thanks

[@CleaveTech]

It really depends on the type of motor. If the 1/32 cars you are talking about are things like NSR and Slot.It cars then the motors are very mild and have many turns of very thin gauge wiring. This means that the equivalent of a higher ohm controller will be needed. The 1/24 cars you raced many years ago probably had fewer turns of thicker gauge wire hence a lower ohm controller was needed.
These days at the top level, everyone uses electronic controllers which are adjustable.