This site is primarily my personal adventure into building a routed slot car track. The current Falcon Creek Raceway (Scaly) is shown below.



About My Current (non-routed) Track

1) 65 Foot Scalextric Sport 4 Lane - equal distance lanes
2) 8 Turns with a Few Banked Corners
2) Painted Surface with Copper Topped Rails
3) Pyramid Adjustible Power Supply
4) Reversible Direction & Track "Call" Button
5) Infrared Timing & Race Management by TrackMate


Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Tip - Super Simple Driving Stations by AutoRama

This drivers staion is availablke at Autorama Racing for $10.00 each:

Reprinted from:
http://www.geocities.com/autoramaracing/wiring_and_driver_station.html?1138409345140

No... it ain't a Swiss watch but it will get you running quicker than anything.
Wiring so simple even a coon-ass like me can get it done. Forget all that negative, schmegative wiring mumbo-jumbo.
Screw it to the edge of track, hook up three wires and pull the trigger.

The red and black wires are the only wires that go to the track.
Like the picture says, black on the right rail, red on the left. But it doesn't really matter, hook it up backwards and the cars just go the other direction. If the cars don't move the right direction just swap these two wires, only these two. Make track direction changes at the track only.
The red wire is also connected to the negative side of the
power supply. All of the drivers stations will share the same negative wire from the power supply.
The white wire goes to the positve side of the power supply. All of the driver stations will share the same positve wire from the power supply.

Be certain that what ever color wires you have on the rails (left or right, red or black) for a lane, that all the lanes are the same.



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