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Escrito originalmente por Guest gose en 24 de Enero del 2007
Hi Lewi,
another SCX Digital user from out of Spain.
In my country (the Netherlands) there is also very little info about SCX Digital. Some articles in magazines and some on Dutch websites who tested the system are very positive about it anyway.
I owned Superslot (Scalextric from UK) and Ninco both normal analoge systems and switched to SCX Digital when i saw their first promo video. It was the first digital system on the market and i couldn't wait for Superslot or Ninco anymore. I loved my SCX Digital from the begin and still love it!
Always waited to expand my track to see how other manufacturers (Ninco) would go digital but i think there's to much i like on SCX to switch back.
I also believe it's not the most compatible system but the most user friendly system (think about the accessoires, racing with kids, lights in the cars, the easy way to connect trackparts).
Let's see what the German toyfair will bring us .
If you can reed German check out www.freeslotter.de

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Escrito originalmente por Guest lewi en 25 de Enero del 2007

Hi Lewi,another SCX Digital user from out of Spain.
In my country (the Netherlands) there is also very little info about SCX Digital. Some articles in magazines and some on Dutch websites who tested the system are very positive about it anyway.
I owned Superslot (Scalextric from UK) and Ninco both normal analoge systems and switched to SCX Digital when i saw their first promo video. It was the first digital system on the market and i couldn't wait for Superslot or Ninco anymore. I loved my SCX Digital from the begin and still love it!
Always waited to expand my track to see how other manufacturers (Ninco) would go digital but i think there's to much i like on SCX to switch back.
I also believe it's not the most compatible system but the most user friendly system (think about the accessoires, racing with kids, lights in the cars, the easy way to connect trackparts).
Let's see what the German toyfair will bring us .
If you can reed German check out www.freeslotter.de

Hi Gose,
I've had my SCX Digital for a little over 2 years. I think this year's toy fair is going to be outstanding - F1's, digital console, and hopefully starting lights and other digital track components. (I would like to see a LeMans start, with time penalties - especially when racing 6 cars.) I understand that SCX will be releasing a 1:43 scale race system. If it is digital it should help defer the development cost of the chips for the F1's. I think it is a smart move.
I have been on the German website you mention and like the fact that they seem so well informed. The SCX Digital distributor seems to be on the ball and appears to supply a lot of pertinent information. The live internet interview with a spokesman for SCX Digital was very informative.
I also follow the SlotForum from England, but get frustrated because they are so pro-Hornby Scalextric that sometimes it seems like their information about SCX Digital is deliberately misleading. Everything seems to be slanted toward the Hornby Scalextric system.
The guys here in Spain seem very nice, but I often have trouble with the translation. I look forward to more discussion of possible future products.
I am semi-retired and have started a small business laser cutting and spin casting in pewter for HO Model Railroading. My website is www.memorylanestudios.us. I have built a couple of prototype structures in 1:32 scale, but they are so large compared to HO scale! They consume so much material.
My grandparents were from Bavaria, and I understand a little German. I'm not sure if it is High German or Low German.
To get back on topic, I think SCX is off to a great start and has tremendous future potential. The possibilities for future enhancements are limited only by their imaginations.

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Escrito originalmente por Guest potato en 25 de Enero del 2007

In the early 60s, around 1962, the first slot cars in HO scale were not designed for racing. They were designed to run on layouts and move at scale speeds. The concept was to create a hobby like model railroading. In fact, Aurora called the system Model Motoring. The controllers were table mounted with a steering wheel that set the speed of the car. The cars didn't have electric motors in them. They had a solenoid that had an attached arm that moved up and down. On the down stroke the arm would engage a wide gear that was attached to the rear axle of the car. These cars were called "vibrators". It didn't take long for Aurora and other companies to see that people were racing with the cars. So, in about 1964, the design was changed to incorporate electric motors. These were vertically mounted (sort of like a spinning top). The power was transmitted through a series of 5 gears to the rear axle. These cars were called " T-Jets". The controllers changed to a hand controller with a push button on top of the controller. You used your thumb to control the speed of the car. After about 15 minutes of racing your thumb would be sore. In 1969, the cars changed once again. They became larger (about 1:64 scale) and the configuration is that which is used in today's slot cars.

thanks a lot!! I didn't know nothing about that, but looks like the origin was the same of the HO trucks I told you up there, isn't it?
1/64 is the scale Scalextric (Hornby) uses for its microscalextric, I think it was the scale of micromachines, too...?

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Escrito originalmente por Guest lewi en 25 de Enero del 2007

thanks a lot!! I didn't know nothing about that, but looks like the origin was the same of the HO trucks I told you up there, isn't it?1/64 is the scale Scalextric (Hornby) uses for its microscalextric, I think it was the scale of micromachines, too...?

Hi
The HO tractor-trailers didn't come into being until the early 70's. There were always small trucks, like tow trucks, but the large ones weren't available until around 1971. By that time I was out of slot cars and in the Navy. I've only gotten back into slot cars since the SCX Digital came out. One of the things I really like about SCX Digital is that every time you buy a new car you are getting all new electronics. I feel there may be problems with the other manufacturers because of the durability of the solenoid in the tracks. With SCX Digital you have the easy solution of dropping a new chip into the car.