Pendle Slot Models
It was a limited edition of 300 with hand written certificate and available through the specialist retailers who were most supportive of the venture – MRE, Scale Models, Pendle Slot Racing and Professor Motor. It received rave reviews in the press and sold out in a fairly short space of time.
Pendle Slot Racing are proud to present the latest addition to our very own ever-expanding range of Slot Car Kits, Wheels, Tyres and Parts. We are now venturing into the exciting world of 3D printing. Using our 26 years of experience in the slot car business we have designed and developed our very own range of 3D printed slot car chassis. Pendle Slot Racing (39) Penelope Pitlane (14) Pioneer (5) Revell-Monogram (1) RUSC (27) Scaleauto (2) Scalextric (1) SRC (7) Starfighter Decals (10) Team Slot (16) Top Slot (1) Product Type. Self-Adhesive (42). Page 5 of 6 - PENDLE HAVE JGTC CARS!!! - posted in The Pit Lane: I got my Calsonic Scaley Skyline today, just to confirm.It is 100% Scalextric, not Takara in any way and it takes a standard Saloon car digi chip.It is also very very nice.Personally I think the Takaras, though very nice, look a little too small, especially when sat next to rivals from Ninco, but this Skyline looks spot on I. Plastic Model Kits. Static model kits of full-size cars to assemble. Ideal for decoration around the track or to convert into slot cars.
Analogue Hand Controllers
This is the only thing that connects you to your car and it makes a critical difference to your enjoyment of the hobby. If your controller is not properly matched to your cars you will not have optimal control and won’t be able to turn consistently fast lap times.
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Unfortunately the controllers that come in most manufacturers' race sets are primarily designed to be as cheap to produce as possible. They are of poor quality and most don’t even have braking functions so are far from the ideal solution.
If you intend to use your cars properly then you will need to upgrade to aftermarket controllers.
Resistor controllers vs electronic
Resistor controllers are the ones supplied in sets and are basically 19th century technology. Electronic controllers are cutting edge, vastly superior but a lot more expensive.
On all controllers, when the trigger is in the 'off' position the circuit to your car is broken and the car receives no power. As you pull back or release the trigger it varies the speed of your car by letting a greater or smaller portion of the available track power reach the motor. A resistor controller does this by converting a varying portion of the track power to heat. They get very warm in use and eventually the resistor will burn out. An electronic controller uses advanced circuitry to accomplish the same purpose but without the heat and will rarely break. When the trigger is pulled all the way back, the controller completes a direct circuit that gives the car all the available track power for maximum acceleration and speed.
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With resistor controllers, such as those supplied in race sets and the aftermarket versions, the resistance value, measured in ohms, needs to match the demands of the car's motor and magnet combination. The hotter the motor and the more powerful the magnet the more current the motor will draw and the lower the required resistance for optimum control. If your controller has too little resistance the car will take off at full speed when the trigger is pulled only part way back. If the resistance is too high you will have to pull the trigger some way back before the car moves at all. Either way you have only a small proportion of the trigger's travel over which to vary the speed of the car and you don't have full control. If you drive a variety of cars with widely differing resistance requirements you will need several different controllers to cover all of them properly. No adjustment is possible with a resistor controller.
The great advantage of electronic controllers is that one controller will allow you to drive cars with differing motor and magnet setups with equal effectiveness. They all have a variable sensitivity adjustment and you can usually adjust other parameters such as the amount of braking and the rate of acceleration.
Resistor Controllers
If you intend to run only box standard Scalextric type cars on your home track and cost is a major factor then an aftermarket resistor controller of 25 or 45 ohms will do the job at around £30/£40. They will not be ideally matched to all your cars but will give adequate, if not perfect, control. Parma and DS Racing Products make good quality resistor controllers that come wired with the necessary plugs for all the currently available track systems although Parma ones are in short supply at the time of writing.
Electronic Controllers
If you run a variety of motors and/or want to be able to adjust controls to your liking then electronic controllers are highly recommended and probably essential if you want to be competitive at your local club. Truspeed, Professor Motor and Slot.It are popular choices and start around the £90/£100 mark. It is perfectly possible to spend three times as much for top of the range models with all the bells and whistles but unless you are involved in top flight competition at national level it is unlikely you will gain any real benefit from these.
Wireless
A recent innovation has been the appearance on the market of wireless electronic controllers. Scorpius has been available for some while but other manufacturers have versions under development. They are more expensive but very handy if you don’t want to be restricted to one control position.