Link to listening options: Talking Utter Slot Podcast: Ep 23

Scott has gone rally mad ahead of his trip to Wales for the Abergavenny Rally Slot Car Club summer event. His excitement is palpable. Expect Manta banter, news of Nissans and mention of Mitsubishis to come.

Pedro's fondness for rally cars is more muted, despite confessing to owning several SCX Seat Cordobas, so he throws in an impersonation of a much loved regional retailer to cheer himself up.

Also, how warm English beer is not the best thing to strip the paint off (of) a Stratos, a scarily long list of Pedro's W.I.P and some scenic daydreaming triggered by Magnetic Racing's most excellent wares.

There is some schooling on GT classes at the upcoming Le Mans 24hrs, but as it is right at the end most folk won't have to listen to it.

This post triggered by a post on slotforum.   
Apologies for the font and sizingi in this post. 
Copying and pasting made a mess. 
https://www.slotforum.com/threads/anyone...st-2598976

Lots of discussion on crowns, nsr crowns and sizing (slot.it vs nsr axles) 

Many wrong assumptions are being made, primarily because the 8689 is hard to buy in the UK
However, 2 racing buddies , known for their "need of the new" , have these cars on import. 

Up close, the transmission is perplexing. 
The motor mount is not identical to the 8689 which is quite a surprise. 

   

The motor position is further forward in the car 
Why?
Can't be to mimic the hourglass rear end of the hybrid f1 cars. 
Nsr f22 is still fat and ugly at the rear. 
So, the motor has been moved forward to maintain the front to rear balance of the 8689. 
I suspect that this will make the car tail end happy, especially with the larger diameter rear wheels.
The NSR promo vid seems to confirm this. 
How have nsr achieved this motor position?
A custom pinion 09 10 and 11 are available.
(Pic from evotecshop.com)
   

The pinion is longer and appears to have a motor spindle extender integral to the design.
The motor spindle extender is made of  brass and appears to be machined as a part of the pinion.

So, a brass spindle extender into a notoriously fragile crown boss?
Intuitively, I suspect that these spindle extenders will wear and fail. 

Additionally, a regular pinion puller will not work on this transmission. 
There is no access to the end of the motor spindle for a regular puller to push against so a regular pinion puller just won't work. 

To tackle this, nsr have created a custom pinion puller for the nsr f22

A special puller just for one car? 

The nsr f22 puller appears to be designed to pull the pinion by pressing against the end of of the motor can. 
Unless I've misunderstood this, the operation of this puller will 
- Press hard on the internal armature spacer 
- risk damaging the spacer and end bearing.
- risk pulling the motor spindle out of the armature stack.

In summary, the nsr f22 transmission is new and an unknown quantity and requires special tools.

If anyone has real life test experience of the f22, please post in this thread. 
AlanW
Link to nsr f22 promo video
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kCKJRmR_C0k

Hello,

RaceCoordinator query


Last night we had some sort of fault where one car was calculated as having travelled more than the existing race record (Distance travelled in 2 minute heat) This was triple what it should have been - Showed 61 plus laps when it should have been only 20 plus laps)

I tried using Edit/laps to alter it, but I couldn't get the figure set correctly. Tried taking -4000 sections off, but it didn't work as expected.

The Wrong Race Record Score still shows on that race screen.

In the end I went for the nuclear option and deleted all the results from last night by deleting from the Stats, however that didn't work, I still have the wrong Record showing on the race screen.

Is there any way I can delete this record or will I have to delete the class from the race set up and substitute an 'new' class and start again with the records?

Hope that makes sense.

Gerry

Hi

Does anyone have a SCX motor pod magnet and cover going spare?

The bit missing from this pic 

   

Cheers Rob

I just read the article featured in Digest 22 regarding the Mulsanne Straight at Le Mans...a fascinating read.

Great choice.

I've been somewhat quiet the last little while. But I did find time to paint a few HO bodies recently. I may have gone a bit overboard. What else do you do while at the mental cottage rental?

Cheers,
Ken

   
   

       What is the thin green circuit board on top of the motor for, on the Slot.it GT40? Is it some new type of ferrite man?