02-15-2011, 05:00 PM
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http://www.discoverychannel.ca/article.aspx?aid=30669
Well worth a look...not bad coverage yesterday live, today the net!
Enjoy!
Godd day, eh!
02-15-2011, 10:04 PM
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Not bad...
Lots of work there... where did he get an AC motor for his FLY 908/3?
02-16-2011, 07:36 AM
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Quote:
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Lots of work there... where did he get an AC motor for his FLY 908/3?
1/32 scale car sets run on AC.. that's what the tracks run on.. Check your track's transformer output and read.
02-16-2011, 07:49 AM
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Quote:
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evh
1/32 scale car sets run on AC.. that's what the tracks run on.. Check your track's transformer output and read.
Which ones? None of mine run on AC. They all have DC motors.
02-16-2011, 07:58 AM
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Yes but, doesn't the track section the AC transformer plugs into convert the AC to DC?
02-16-2011, 08:13 AM
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Scalextric does the AC to DC converstion at the track. All the other brands take AC from the wall and convert to DC at the walwart.
02-16-2011, 08:18 AM
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White Lake F1 Ring is an AC2Car track. Kind of a half step to Digital. AC2Car does infact run on AC
02-16-2011, 10:43 AM
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You learn something new every day...
Interesting concept:
http://ac2car.org/?page_id=6 I didn't know how it worked before.
The cars still have DC motors.
Just like the old 2-wire Scalextric, the cars have no brakes...
02-16-2011, 10:59 AM
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You can see the diode wired in to his motor on the 908/3 they have apart. I know the producer of this item and sent him a big 'thank-you'. Really worth a look. Thanks for pointing this out, Marek.
06-27-2012, 01:16 AM
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06-27-2012, 08:07 AM
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Looks like a fun system. I hadn't seen those top three videos, but the While Lake Formula One Ring is famous.
06-29-2012, 09:04 AM
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