Dan Thorn has put together his idea of the ultimate nightmare F1 circuit.  

"what if you took the worst aspects of circuits on the current F1 calendar and mashed them together to create a track that nobody in their right mind would wish existed?" 

https://wtf1.com/post/we-combined-the-wo...1-circuit/

I'm not sure I agree about Baku, but each to their own I suppose.

[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)]Part one of building a 1/32 scale Morgan slot car with a brass chassis.[/color]

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[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)]John[/color]

Please do not argue about whether or Formula E is motorsport or the advantages/disadvantages of electric cars in general.

In this case a racing driver essentially breached his contract and was fired. From a legal standpoint I totally get it.

I don't think he cheated.
I don't think he intended harm.
I simply think that he had a contractual obligation to do the race and he didn't.
Still, losing him leaves a bad taste behind..

But I think this piece covers it well:

https://katyfairman.com/2020/05/26/my-ho...la-e-exit/

I have actually met Daniel Abt and he really is one of the nicest racing drivers I have ever met.

I really think this will have other repercussions...

Hello everyone!

Obviously I'm new here and wanted to first say Hi and let you know why I'm here.

I've been working on a simple analogue track RMS using a Raspberry Pi and a lot of trial and error. This is the result:

https://github.com/philm400/Raspberry-Pi...ce-Web-App


The set up I have is a simple analogue track using a C8217 Scalextric Sport base that I have modified to have 2 small Reed sensors underneath (similar to the magnetic sensors you get on your doors/windows connected to a house alarm).

The magnets in the cars trigger the reed sensors when they pass over each lap. The sensors are connected to input pins on the Raspberry Pi, when the car passes over and triggers the sensor it completes a 3.3v circuit that the Raspberry Pi picks up and sends an 'event' to the code I have written that a lap has completed on the associated lane.

I've written a whole bunch of other bits to build a basic analogue track RMS you access from a web browser on any device connected to your home network, there's a race timer, shows lap times per lane, and fastest lap etc... you can set basic things like number off race laps, starting lights and driver names etc...

I'm now looking to broaden my ambition and see how I can use other power bases and Bluetooth (BLE) connections they offer

I do have an ARC One power base, which I don't use as I wasn't a fan of the app at the time (it was very buggy and often dropped connection) and decided to build my own RMS setup above.

However, I now understand the BLE protocol is publicly available for enthusiasts to use in their own projects. I'm hoping that it will offer me similar simple lap triggering functionality per lane and that it can easily connect to the Raspberry Pi via Bluetooth and I can intercept the data packets sent from the ARC One base when a lap is triggered and ditch the hard wired sensors.

If this works, then I'll probably go all-in and invest in an ARC Pro base, finally go 'Digital' and continue to develop my RMS in the public domain for the community to use

Thanks

I have the following magazines going spare if anybody wants them:
GSR (Guia Slot Racing) #30,31 and 33 from 2002/3. Dual language Spanish/English publication.

Model Car Racing by Robert Schleicher #1,2,3,4 and 5

Free to a good home, just cover the postage.

Great news...........copper kills the virus. LINK
Those of us with copper taped wooden tracks now have the perfect excuse for playing with our cars............."I'm staying safe in here dear till the thing is over."

Hi all, had slots cars for a while, no track set up for a while though, recently sold off my Scalextric digital track pieces
and also have some Scalextric sport track to sell as I am changing over to Carrera, I also have some 1/16 RC tanks.

regards john

Hi All, This all may end up on EBay but thought I’d list here first. I have unopened packs of Ninco snow track. I am looking for £120 for the lot plus postage or collection from Slinfold, West Sussex. 

3 x packs (2 per packs) 40cm snow straights - 10161 
3 x packs (2 per pack) standard R2 curve - 10162

So my 15 year-old surround sound receiver gave up the electronic ghost over the weekend with a pop, whistle, smoke and squeal...

Now I was thoroughly happy with the system.
It was a 6.1 system (look it up) that handled all my favorite sound formats.

It had a phono input for the two times per year I listen to vinyl and all the other digital and analog inputs I needed.


Great sounds through Canton speakers.

Thanks to little add-ons it was even Bluetooth enabled!

Now I want the new system to be plug and play as much as possible.

When you try to google ANYTHING related to surround systems I discover I am in the realm of "I understand every word on this page but I still have no idea what it says".

After 30 minutes of finding NOTHING and I mean NOTHING I twigged and called the place I bought  it from all those years ago.

Their store is closed for some pandemic or something but luckily they have a decent website.
I literally went to the specials page, sorted by price, and clicked on the receivers looking for a phono connection and BAM... found one.

Did a double check that it works with my TV (which is over 10 years old at this point) and went ahead and bought it.

The point it is, there was a time in the early 2000s you could start with a search engine and actually FIND something other than just noise.

While I was at it I thought about my BluRay player getting up there.... My favorite brand was Philips as they could be unlocked to play American DVDs ... I can't even find out if  they make BluRay players anymore!

When you google "does philips still make bluray players" you don't get anything that really answers that

From what I can tell they make a 4K UHD BluRay player in 2018 so likely they have stopped. But do I know that for sure?!

So while we can get access to "stuff" we really get no knowledge or closure.

Kudos to the shop I am buying from though. Once I figured out what model I wanted they were on every price search that popped up. Sure they cost more than ama-zon but there is fun about picking things up on your own.


My son wants a PC for his birthday and I am dreading that as the last PC I bought was 2007 from Aldi and the last one I built was 2004 or 2005. I have no idea where to start and google is of course no help whatsoever..

Wisdom is a burden to others sometimes I guess...

Please join me as the completed Cobra Daytona Coupe and Ferrari 250 GTO are tested on our track:


Any and all comments are more than welcomed!

Thanks

John