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Track size

PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 8:42 am
by Czar
Reading the post about re-motoring NSR's and Slot.it's I started thinking about track size and what size tracks people generally race on. Track size and configuration is the key to finding good gear ratios and proper motors, if you are so inclined. So, I have put together a poll to see if there is some way to define (for general purposes) what a "home track" is, compared to a club track or a commercial track. If you have a home track and also race elsewhere, please only vote based on the track where you do most of your racing. I have set the poll to allow three votes per person. But, only vote once for length, once for venue and once for type of track. Any comments about your track and/or table would also be helpful. Thanks for your help.

Re: Track size

PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 10:17 am
by MikeyAutobahn
Currently rug racing at home on painted Carrera track. I own three Slot.it Classics that perform wonderfully, and have more than enough power.

No straights longer than 5".

They also will be racing on commercial tracks, notably RacingCenter Hamburg and others in my area.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 10:26 am
by dw5555
94' painted Carrera.. :music-rockout:

Dave

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 10:40 am
by RazorJon
175' 4 lane carrera

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 11:37 am
by Czar
Need to add my own stats. I have a painted Carrera digital track. The longest straight (of two) is 8 ft. Overall track length is right around 50 feet.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 11:45 am
by borninthe50s
I just finished a digital 65' digital/routed home track with the scalextric powerbase and lane changers embedded into the mdf. 50s

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 11:58 am
by gsmea
I have a permanent scaley classic track. Copper taped the slots no power taps, lane length is 47 feet with two longest straights at 7,5 feet each. The cars are a mix of scaley, ninco, spirit, fly, pro slot, slot it and nsr.

The nsr and slot it are two fast for the track. The best performers for the lay out is ninco 1, slow but with almost no deslots.
Gavin

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 2:52 pm
by Xr4ti
62 running feet of Scalextric 'Classic', Sport & SCX 2 lane 13' longest straight, Paper Clip.

The most interesting Poll I've seen in a while. Thanks for posting it.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 3:29 pm
by ming charlie
My track is 67' with the longest straight being 18'. 2 lane Carrera. Run mostly Scaley, Slot-it and Carrera cars.
Charlie

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 4:12 pm
by oldtymer
2 lane Carrera Digital Road Course..1/14ft and 1/8ft straightaway ...81ft of track
Fred :auto-checkeredflag:

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 4:51 pm
by Doubleshots
2 lane Strombecker/Revell/Riggen road course, variable voltage, 2 power taps

Copper taped and latex painted. Outside lane = 42.41 ft, inside lane = 40.58 ft

10 foot is the long, back straight.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 7:41 pm
by chappyman66
40 ft routed wood, copper tape, 3 lane road course. Oh, and longest straight is about 14 ft.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 8:35 pm
by Tycosaur
My road course has about 8' for longest straight. My current routed build which started out as a tri oval, but turned out as a D oval. The table top is around 23' X 6' with the edge of the D at 7', lane 4 is 51' 9" and each lane dropping in length by about 2'. The longest straight is 14' 8", but I had two 2' sections of MDF from each end that I will route and tape to add another two more feet to the track, putting the straight section at 16' 8". Whew...that's was a thought full.

Re: Track size

PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 10:40 pm
by buspor63
My track is routed for Carrera D1XX, about 55' plus feet. My longest straight, at about 12', is not straight though. It has a hump and breaks to the left. The well tuned cars handle it with ease, the clown cars, well, they're clown cars... I have another straight, it's about 7' and has a parallel working pit lane.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 11:23 pm
by docdoom
75' scaley sport digital track that is painted in sections to look like well worn in concrete with a working pit lane. run rsc64 on a 32" tv. back straight is 9 into a r4 short shoot into another r4 r3 turn onto the main 15" front straight before having to to back the cars down for infield section of the track. it is also lights. run n both magless and magnet cars . run mostly magless.