Someone selling this controller on FB. That's not the issue.
But how many of us know racers who need that "sensibility" knob?
Controller knobs getting out of hand
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mreibman
, Mar 27 2025 10:54 AM
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Posted 27 March 2025 - 10:54 AM
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Mike Reibman
Alleged amateur racer.
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Alleged amateur racer.
Mostly just play with lots of cars.
Able to maintain slot cars with a single bound.
Faster than a speeding Womp.
More powerful than a 36D.
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Posted 27 March 2025 - 11:00 AM
There's at least one in every club! Sometimes two! ;-)
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Posted 27 March 2025 - 12:48 PM
The way I remember Difalco describing it, sensibility is the first and easiest to adjust and given the wide array of cars I've run, flexi to Hillbilly, I have adjusted it.
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Posted 27 March 2025 - 01:33 PM
The way I remember Difalco describing it, sensibility is the first and easiest to adjust and given the wide array of cars I've run, flexi to Hillbilly, I have adjusted it.
On my Difalco's, and in the documentation, it's a "Sensitivity" adjustment. It's just an example of literally being lost in translation.
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Mike Reibman
Alleged amateur racer.
Mostly just play with lots of cars.
Able to maintain slot cars with a single bound.
Faster than a speeding Womp.
More powerful than a 36D.
Alleged amateur racer.
Mostly just play with lots of cars.
Able to maintain slot cars with a single bound.
Faster than a speeding Womp.
More powerful than a 36D.
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Posted 27 March 2025 - 02:11 PM
Cool name.
A better one, IMO, would be "The Mullet".
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Posted 27 March 2025 - 11:06 PM
Reminds me of the funny “close but no cigar” translations that occurred in the 60’s in the instructions for kits made in Japan.
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Posted 28 March 2025 - 09:36 AM
Who made it? I did notice the re-badged Russkit/Parma handles, but I can't make out what it says? All I see are the letters "M" & "B".
I am not a doctor, but I played one as a child with the girl next door.
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Posted 28 March 2025 - 02:42 PM
Cool name.
A better one, IMO, would be "The Mullet".
Seeing Sensibiilty twice, I actually thought that was the name of the controller, using an intended or accidental malaprop.
I'm now realizing, as already mentioned, it most likely is just a lost in translation thing.
Who made it? I did notice the re-badged Russkit/Parma handles, but I can't make out what it says? All I see are the letters "M" & "B".
IIRC, Brazil or Argentina.
Mike Swiss
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Posted 28 March 2025 - 03:29 PM
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Mike Swiss
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Two-time G7 World Champion (1988, 1990), eight G7 main appearances
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Posted 28 March 2025 - 08:23 PM
I see what looks like a brand identification "MB Slot", an Italian brand.
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Posted 28 March 2025 - 09:26 PM
Yep, the whole controller is Italian and at least 10 years old.
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