Hello to all and a happy new year.
I am hoping to build an oval very similar, in fact as close as possible, to Harry's Show Me speedway.
My reason is that I would like to produce something that will give similar performance and lap times to Harry's, that way I can kind of relate to some of your events several thousand miles away, here in the UK. And also, I just think it's a great looking track :).
Now I do realise that I will never get something identical, of course the distance of the lanes will be different, elevation changes, surface friction, power supply and many other things will differ........but it would be like having a little bit of HRW in my home here in the UK..
I don't think I will be too long before I start the track build and Harry's Show Me build post is perfect.
I have a question on the controller, I have an unused Parma Turbo sitting in it's box, a gift from many years ago. This has a 4 Ohm resistor which is not usable on my small Scalextric sets. I have noticed that only 60 Ohm resistors are now available in the uk, having read that I can change to these resistors, I'm not too worried about that. But before I buy one of these, I suddenly wondered if the 4 Ohm would be useable for the Show Me size oval? Or what size range should I use for the bigger track. I'm not sure about the power supply yet but I think I might start out using a car battery for the first months (if that is possible?).
One other question for Harry if possible, would you be able to give me the approx. oval width between the one of the slot lanes side to side and the length between the same lane maximum radius to the opposite turn, just to help me get a similar lane distance. I have the lane spacing from your really helpful build thread.
Thank you all for making such a brilliant group.