HO Slot Car Drag Racing

[GinaRose123]

do those run on batterys?

[badshelby]

@GinaRose123

Nope,

this was running on a 20A switch mode supply, adjustable from 3-30V

[rodeokel]

both cars did not go at the sam at the tim lo fuck

[Dagg215]

i got the best idea in the world!

supersonic slot cars!!1

[jmjm1000]

dam that looks fast but the fastest is over 900 mph

[TheTyree1234]

sure

[punkrockefeller]

0:47 u sure this is not a road course? that track is crooked.

[badshelby]

yeah, the track tends to bend and buckle a little, the wood its stilling on was just some scrap, and the afx track never goes together 100% straight anyhow. and to top it all off, it lives out side, rain, wind and sun all take their tolls, but it still works...

[7StarsFromTheMoOn]

@badshelby aww sucks you dont take care of it might as well leave the cars outside too

[badshelby]

@7StarsFromTheMoOn

the track was too big to fit in side.

all of the sections were soldered together, so its not like i could just pull it down.

[DeDpeeplearebeter]

was the red one smoking

[badshelby]

Yeah, the car was a bit to heavy for the little HO chassis, 30V probably didnt help either

[combatdigiq]

it looks like a railgun. lol

[dk5293]

i love doing that with my Afx all the way down the corridor. thats a good idea to sit it up on work horses. did you take the guiding pin out on some of those runs?

[badshelby]

Nah, never tried to run any of them with out guide pins. Some of the cars just pop out of the slot.

The track is actually built on a plank of wood, so not quite saw horses, but close enough !

[ladragonaperla1988]

search something that do

[culcun]

The scale 1/4 mile times must be incredible! I can see .75 second 1/4's?!!

[ccrommie20]

slam this tight lil ass =]? Q

[dragraptor660]

what

[patty070070]

cool

those cars are rapid

[METALALALICA]

how doesnt it need a complete track? is it cuz its scalextric?

[dk5293]

na it looks like AFX to me

[LeanderB91]

ok! ;)

[LeanderB91]

DO you even know what scale HO is? most producers of this scale claims its 1/87;)

[badshelby]

Of course I do, in the train world HO is 1:87,in the slot car world its a little different, the HO comes around from the fact that the rail spacing is the same as the HO trains, most of the cars are 64th Scale. Most T-Jets are 72nd scale. The Eldarado at the end is 1:43. Its just a case of what ever goes and what ever fits !

[Twixman12]

OMG a ghost car at the end!!!

[SlotScx01]

pedazo de coxeeeee

[luckystrike5201]

whooo caarrees about this shiiiitt!!!

[juancabocastillo]

k koxe es ese?¿

[Spongebob11223344]

The track seems a bit buckled from the sun's heat.

[dholifann]

woow thats kool

[dazada]

It sounded like those first cars hit the cameraman in the balls. lol

[carmenmom]

I race for pinkslips in drags

[chonch9]

pink slips you punk!!!! ownership papers..the only way on thunder road!!!...lol

[popinoz]

Is this craig and tinas track ?If so hi! from the crazy pommes in the u.k martin ,ginney ,christopher and hello to all that used to go to the race meets.

[badshelby]

No this isn't Craig's track, I've never met Craig, but i have heard of him, from what i know his track was 24th/32nd scale, this is 64th !

[SverkerOttosson]

This movie gives me the inspiration to finish our own scalextric drag project.

We usually drink a lot of bear while racing so after a few hours a drag strip is perfect...

[Plisken1986]

Ok, anyone who dragraces slot cars needs to get a life. That defeats the whole point of racing slot cars, which is throttle control. In drag racing it's just "pedal to the medal."

Oh, what fun.

Maybe drags would be okay for testing, but NOTHING MORE.

[lethepigeonsloose]

Lots of folks say the same thing about racing scale cars period, but I dont care.

[fingerboardnoob]

you shot this vid from great angles

[vettersonic]

lol its not HO

[redSKORPION50]

I think youll find its AFX or simular, and they are HO scale.

[Tatooinedragracer]

How long is that slot car dragstrip track?

Is the equal to a scale 1/4 mile? I need to know because I'm making a scale dragstrip model for a movie.

[badshelby]

it's 64th scale, so its 1/256th of a mile !

[ramawson]

were you get that from?

[badshelby]

Get what from ??

[ramawson]

the track and car

[dp0226]

A store...

[ashim111]

Toatally agree with you VONDUTCH925085...me being one of them.....am just hooked to them. Thanks for reminding that im not the only one.

[MonaroDoorslammer]

I didnt, no, being the poor bloke I am... :P

[BMXnoobi619ulol]

nice

[slurpee27]

Those things really move out...nice job

[senorwolf]

how fast is that?

[badshelby]

Fast! the track is 1/265th mile (real) 1/4mile (64th scale) which is about 6.3m and the track record is about 0.600 of a second so thats about 10m/s for an average speed, which is approaching 40km/h for average speed...

[VONDUTCH92508]

you know it's true that men are just big boys inside and thank God for the simple pleasures like a nice hobby to make life bearable....

[badshelby]

the track is just standard TOMY/AFX track, everything else is built by me

[abolof]

any idea of scale speeds reached?

best i ever did in a real car was 11.24 secs for a 1/4 mile run. something like 115 mph at the finish line.

i's bet the scale speeds are way faster! that thing takes off like a rocket!

[badshelby]

the faster cars are doing the scale 1/4 in about 0.600 seconds, so yeah, scale speed is rediculous ! unfortunately there is no speed trap. Actuall speed of these cars is probably approaching 30mph or more ?

[BMXnoobi619ulol]

dunno but, i got a junior dragster.. runs at perth motorplex 1/8 mile over 105 km/h but my new engine ill be running about maybe 115 to 120 km/h. what car u drive? mine is 3 in inches off the floor lol watch my slideshow of it

[dkcam]

sorry what was the site called again

[dkcam]

o thanks

[dkcam]

what did u use to stop th cars at the end

[badshelby]

there is 3 lenghts of dead track behind the finish line, that is, track that has been shorted so it slows the cars

[shinooijuana]

what happened at the end???

[badshelby]

smoked the motor in the Eldorado

[MonaroDoorslammer]

A rather public blowing up of an Eldorado. I'm embarrassed... :P

[BMXnoobi619ulol]

do u like ben bray?

[MonaroDoorslammer]

Hes okay I suppose. I prefer the better performing Monaro of the lot of course... ;)

[BMXnoobi619ulol]

lol did u go to the winters? in queensland? im gonnna race my junior dragster there next year;)