Manx Slot Car Club - Saturday Scalextric Club Test - 30th November 2024 - **ONE MAGNET IN MOST OF THESE OUT-OF-THE-BOX SCALEXTRIC CARS!* - track set at 12V --------------------------------------------------- 2:35 - let's talk cars - Ninco BMW V12 LMP for a proxy next year. 3:40 - Scalextric Jaguar XKRS (with magnet) and NSR red tyres. I'm talking about tuning the magnetic effect on the track. 6:52 - let's get the Jag on the track and see how it goes...I wasn't sure how the car would handle with the magnet as it's not something we use in our cars. However it went better than expected and here I'm trying different thickness steel shims stuck under the magnet to see what the various magnetic effect changes do to car handling. I found you can't push the car as much as a weighted non-mag car with glued & trued and treated tyres as the grip on those doesn't vary as the rear end moves sideways, but this lightweight mag car definitely suffers in corners if driven at higher speeds. You might think a mag car like this wouldn't require throttle control, I was pleasantly surprised that I had to 'drive' it like a non-mag car as the magnetic effect on the track is insignificant compared to driving on plastic track with steel rails. 10:02 - our mag checker. 14:44 - time for some more track action...I'm actually really enjoying driving this car, for such little car 'prep' (loose body screws, replace the tyres) it's a real eye opener! Contrary to what might be thought about racing with a magnet, this car is more prone to deslot than if I'd set it up for non-mag racing (ballast, glued & trued tyres, racing guide, lightweight interior). 16:37 - Let's drive that Ninco BMW V12...ooh it's lovely to drive in comparison to those other two, 'round' tyres, nice balance in corners...I can see this one getting raced for years after next years proxy, in fact I have another one of these and might set it up for our club racing. 20:49 - a close-up of the Ninco BMW V12 and observations. 22:29 - clean the tyres and some more track time with the BMW. 23:56 - my 'racers black book' 26:45 - The Fly Panoz wheels have a 'flangy thing'...plus a better look at the car in general. 30:04 - Fly Panoz LMP with a front motor with a sprung driveshaft extension to the rear axle has disaster written all over it and never going to compete in the real world...but I love the weird looks of these cars. Same changes as the Scaley Jag, NSR red tyres and the kit magnet, this car has a button magnet....some laps with the Panoz...it's not as nice a car to drive as the Jag, is very noisy...but I love it! 34:04 - a close-up of the Fly Panoz LMP and observations. 35:09 - track time for the Panoz, get those gears run-in. 36:25 - Panoz on the track observations. 37:00 - What exactly is magnetic effect on the track? 39:28 - more miles for the Panoz... 40:14 - sounds like Brian's turned up...quick hide! 40:25 - catchup with what Andy & myself found earlier. 47:06 - Brian having a go with the Jag (when he got home he bought two on eBay so he must have liked this one). 47:36 - Brian likes it...a big smile on his face. 48:34 - OK, let's race them both. 57:52 - time to have a go of the cars Brian set up for the Saturday Scalextric Club. He bought five cars for this and has set each one up with ballast and glued/trued tyres. 1:03:00 - Brian's going to go remove the lead from one car and fit a magnet we found in the club car box. Meanwhile I'll drive the Jag for a while then help him as getting a magnet in wasn't an easy job with the build-up of superglue in the pocket where the magnet sits. 1:17:17 - Drive the Jag again whilst I'm waiting. 1:27:03 - drive the Panoz and realise the brakes are way too strong so let's back that setting right off...below zero in fact! 1:31:48 - Brian's ready to test drive a Porsche with a magnet instead of all that lead ballast... 1:35:18 - he likes it! 1:35:31 - Scaley Porsche vs Scaley Jag XKRS...the Porsche doesn't have an interior as it has blacked out winder...super resistant I think they call it. 1:53:45 - final look at the Jag XKRS...it's fair to say todays test was a success!
Manx Slot Car Club - Saturday Scalextric Club Test - 30th November 2024 -
**ONE MAGNET IN MOST OF THESE OUT-OF-THE-BOX SCALEXTRIC CARS!* - track set at 12V
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2:35 - let's talk cars - Ninco BMW V12 LMP for a proxy next year.
3:40 - Scalextric Jaguar XKRS (with magnet) and NSR red tyres. I'm talking about tuning the magnetic effect on the track.
6:52 - let's get the Jag on the track and see how it goes...I wasn't sure how the car would handle with the magnet as it's not something we use in our cars. However it went better than expected and here I'm trying different thickness steel shims stuck under the magnet to see what the various magnetic effect changes do to car handling. I found you can't push the car as much as a weighted non-mag car with glued & trued and treated tyres as the grip on those doesn't vary as the rear end moves sideways, but this lightweight mag car definitely suffers in corners if driven at higher speeds.
You might think a mag car like this wouldn't require throttle control, I was pleasantly surprised that I had to 'drive' it like a non-mag car as the magnetic effect on the track is insignificant compared to driving on plastic track with steel rails.
10:02 - our mag checker.
14:44 - time for some more track action...I'm actually really enjoying driving this car, for such little car 'prep' (loose body screws, replace the tyres) it's a real eye opener! Contrary to what might be thought about racing with a magnet, this car is more prone to deslot than if I'd set it up for non-mag racing (ballast, glued & trued tyres, racing guide, lightweight interior).
16:37 - Let's drive that Ninco BMW V12...ooh it's lovely to drive in comparison to those other two, 'round' tyres, nice balance in corners...I can see this one getting raced for years after next years proxy, in fact I have another one of these and might set it up for our club racing.
20:49 - a close-up of the Ninco BMW V12 and observations.
22:29 - clean the tyres and some more track time with the BMW.
23:56 - my 'racers black book'
26:45 - The Fly Panoz wheels have a 'flangy thing'...plus a better look at the car in general.
30:04 - Fly Panoz LMP with a front motor with a sprung driveshaft extension to the rear axle has disaster written all over it and never going to compete in the real world...but I love the weird looks of these cars. Same changes as the Scaley Jag, NSR red tyres and the kit magnet, this car has a button magnet....some laps with the Panoz...it's not as nice a car to drive as the Jag, is very noisy...but I love it!
34:04 - a close-up of the Fly Panoz LMP and observations.
35:09 - track time for the Panoz, get those gears run-in.
36:25 - Panoz on the track observations.
37:00 - What exactly is magnetic effect on the track?
39:28 - more miles for the Panoz...
40:14 - sounds like Brian's turned up...quick hide!
40:25 - catchup with what Andy & myself found earlier.
47:06 - Brian having a go with the Jag (when he got home he bought two on eBay so he must have liked this one).
47:36 - Brian likes it...a big smile on his face.
48:34 - OK, let's race them both.
57:52 - time to have a go of the cars Brian set up for the Saturday Scalextric Club. He bought five cars for this and has set each one up with ballast and glued/trued tyres.
1:03:00 - Brian's going to go remove the lead from one car and fit a magnet we found in the club car box. Meanwhile I'll drive the Jag for a while then help him as getting a magnet in wasn't an easy job with the build-up of superglue in the pocket where the magnet sits.
1:17:17 - Drive the Jag again whilst I'm waiting.
1:27:03 - drive the Panoz and realise the brakes are way too strong so let's back that setting right off...below zero in fact!
1:31:48 - Brian's ready to test drive a Porsche with a magnet instead of all that lead ballast...
1:35:18 - he likes it!
1:35:31 - Scaley Porsche vs Scaley Jag XKRS...the Porsche doesn't have an interior as it has blacked out winder...super resistant I think they call it.
1:53:45 - final look at the Jag XKRS...it's fair to say todays test was a success!