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#1 Ken Lenz

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Posted 21 May 2024 - 04:13 PM

https://www.facebook...6344573816852/?

 

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Posted 21 May 2024 - 06:17 PM

Gentleman, what is the point? :unknw:

 

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Posted 21 May 2024 - 07:01 PM

Gyro?


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Posted 28 May 2024 - 02:52 PM

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Posted 01 June 2024 - 12:08 PM

Interesting.


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Posted 02 June 2024 - 07:07 AM

Yeah,this caught my eye on Facebook as well.

 

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Posted 02 June 2024 - 08:57 AM

Sooo, now we need a rule to limit a slot car to 1 motor?  Because if 2 motors, even with 1 not driving the axle, is "possibly" better, why not 3 or 5 or 10 really tiny ones placed around the car to improve it? Why use a flywheel when cans can be changed in size and weight and diameter?  What if 2 dummy motors are connected together to change the gyroscopic effect? Then why not 3 or... Or one motor turning a flywheel one direction and another turning a flywheel another direction?  Or like an old governor have moving arms and springs where it changes diameter?

 

The quest for speed is what destroyed wing cars...

 

Lots of old boxes in the corner of garages & back of closets because people got tired of the insanity when they simply wanted to race a slot car.

 

Seems like a great way to drive people to run a HO or Scalextric.  We need rules to retain people not drive them away.

 

I have raced karts for a long time. I have a saying... I didn't quit karting, karting quit me...

 

Do we really want to go down this road?


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Posted 02 June 2024 - 09:58 AM

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