What do people think of this video? Helpful or not?
Home plastic tracks are often a gateway to commercial track racing, so hopefully, this addresses that audience.
Slot car beginner video?
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, Nov 12 2024 11:15 PM
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Posted 12 November 2024 - 11:15 PM
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That's thirty minutes away. I'll be there in ten.
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Anyone other than a complete newbie will find it a total waste of time. It may have value, if you know nothing and have NO interest in racing at a commercial raceway,
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I haven't had a local commercial track since 2010. This video doesn't convince me that a digital home set ends my miseries. If someone wanted to find out about the digital home sets, this video has some information. But I doubt if anyone with a digital home set is going to be interested in the nearest commercial raceway. Their digital cars and controllers aren't used there.
I saw this video last night when I was looking for something on YouTube and I skipped over it. I'm not sorry I did. Maybe the book "Slot Cars for Dummies" will be better.
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Posted Yesterday, 11:01 AM
I'd like to see a video like this aimed at commercial track racing, explaining the various classes and such.
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Here's a video that we did on Flexis, made about 10 years ago. Could be better if done today, but it was the first video I had ever done.
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What do people think of this video? Helpful or not?
Home plastic tracks are often a gateway to commercial track racing, so hopefully, this addresses that audience.
I found this video entertaining and informative for the digital slot car track universe. As already mentioned, many potential racers do not live near a commercial slot car track. Many more do not have the room to put in even a small wood routed track in their home or outdoor patio. I think this would be a great video for the youngsters to get a start in slot car racing. Perhaps someday, they will graduate to the commercial wood routed tracks. Lord knows, the sport needs more participants at all levels.
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Posted Today, 03:57 PM
My observation is that anything that can promote interest in slot car racing is a plus for our hobby' whether analog or digital!
Look at what happened when brushless motors were introduced and capable of being employed on commercial tracks.
It brought new interest to the hobby as I've seen newly created classes using brushless motors (especially in other countries) - exciting to say the least, from my perspective.
Thanks for posting the video MG!
It's appreciated.
Ernie
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