Can HO cars come off the track?

[racing]

I see the cars coming off the track at a curve a good thing. I don't want cars that are glued on the track. Do the AFX HO sets allow for a good race?

For example, I was looking at this: tomy afx 4-lane super international but if the cars don't have any chance of messing up what fun can it be?

Thanks.

[Green Destiny]

Yes they can come off. With that set you may be able to hook up a power supply to each lane (or be able to buy the dual power terminal track.) You should go plenty fast with 22v per lane.

[Tsooko]

Ho racing sets are like all the other scales in that the cars are fast enough to come off on the corners. They require that you have to "drive the car " to get good results. You tube has many videos that you can watch to get a good idea of what the different manufactures offer and then there are the racers that are blazingly fast.
AFX ( Racemasters ) is raising the bar with cars that look very scale with good track selection for different layouts, scale or plans you can make yourself. The Tri-power pack gives you a choice of voltages to tailor the power the car receives to the skills of the individual.
Magnets help the cars stick to the track but you can buy cars that run without magnets to get sliding effects around corners if that is your thing, or you can remove the magnets from the cars you buy to get the same effect.
The advantage of HO is that you can get a lot of track in a small area. It is a fun scale with aspects for everyone.

Have fun!

Ted

[Z28Racing]

AFX cars are extremely fast, but they will come off the track. This just means that when you are racing the "edge" between running fast and flying off comes at a very high speed due to the magnetic down force. T-Jets "edge" is at much lower speeds due to having no traction magnets, and Magna- or X-Traction is in between due to the single dot traction magnet.

Get the Super International set and, if the speed is too much for you, you can sell the 4 cars for as much as you paid for the set and then buy yourself a group of cars with less magnetic downforce.

[i31u32]

Coming 'off the track' has been attributed to a lack of interest in the hobby. Marshalling the cars over and over gets tedious after awhile. Imagine spending a couple hours getting set up and then placing the controller down for the 20th time just to find that errand car, again. Wheee ??

I see the cars coming off the track at a curve a good thing.

If the track is on the floor, then yeah that might be fun but if its on a table, the last thing i want my latest "collectible" to do is bounce off the concrete floor.

There are chassis out there with enough magnetic downforce to pull up rails in plastic track, a good thing sometimes. However if the motor can't overcome the pull of the mag's then racing isn't as fun.

Like some have said, you could always take the magnets out or shim them. The variable power would help as well. When I was starting out, I ended up with so many different types of cars I had no idea what was what. I really liked the t-jet style of racing with throttle manipulation being the key. After adding a longer straight I wanted more 'pull' to hold the cars down a bit more. There's plenty of options for chassis that add mag's to the traditional non-mag chassis.

Run the cars provided in your set for awhile, then try a couple different set-ups to see what variables are available.

...if the cars don't have any chance of messing up what fun can it be?

side by side with some neo mag LL chassis is a LOT of fun here. Several laps of full throttle back and forth can make for an exciting evening at my house. They'll find a place to de-slot eventually.

Just make sure you can reach the spots they come off.

Good luck whatever way you decide to go.

[mandoman]

Originally Posted by i31u32

If the track is on the floor, then yeah that might be fun but if its on a table, the last thing i want my latest "collectible" to do is bounce off the concrete floor.

That's what good padded walls around the table are for.

[racing]

Originally Posted by i31u32

Coming 'off the track' has been attributed to a lack of interest in the hobby. Marshalling the cars over and over gets tedious after awhile. Imagine spending a couple hours getting set up and then placing the controller down for the 20th time just to find that errand car, again. Wheee ??



If the track is on the floor, then yeah that might be fun but if its on a table, the last thing i want my latest "collectible" to do is bounce off the concrete floor.

There are chassis out there with enough magnetic downforce to pull up rails in plastic track, a good thing sometimes. However if the motor can't overcome the pull of the mag's then racing isn't as fun.

Like some have said, you could always take the magnets out or shim them. The variable power would help as well. When I was starting out, I ended up with so many different types of cars I had no idea what was what. I really liked the t-jet style of racing with throttle manipulation being the key. After adding a longer straight I wanted more 'pull' to hold the cars down a bit more. There's plenty of options for chassis that add mag's to the traditional non-mag chassis.

Run the cars provided in your set for awhile, then try a couple different set-ups to see what variables are available.



side by side with some neo mag LL chassis is a LOT of fun here. Several laps of full throttle back and forth can make for an exciting evening at my house. They'll find a place to de-slot eventually.

Just make sure you can reach the spots they come off.

Good luck whatever way you decide to go.

I think my assumption is that all the cars go the same speed and so you need mishaps in order for it to be a real race.

[Z28Racing]

There are a quite a few different manufacturers of cars, and even a few varieties within manufacturers, that run at different speeds. You are correct that 4 of the same type of cars would be competitive and fun to race. Try the cars in the set and then make a decision if you want more or less down force. Either way just have fun!

[slotking]

rule of thumb!
if the car does not come off the track it is to slow!

My T-jets to my unlimited car all come off the track

[Mickey Garlock]

Especially with Mike driving them, or so I'm told.

[Rawafx]

Racing,
I see you are from Marietta, have you ever been to Homer's(Jeffrey Stillwell)? Also, Mike Vitale(M.E.V.) makes some outstanding cars for T-Jets and he is in Marietta, too.

Bob Weichbrodt
Rawafx
Winston-Salem, NC