Test Track #1
This track is composed of mostly Scalextric Sport, but has one piece of SCX track (the straight crossover). It is a single lane course (notice the odd number of crossovers) and so it takes two circuits of the course to complete a lap. It uses a variable 1.5 amp 12 volt power supply with a 45 ohm Parma controller. The purpose of the track is to test a cars ability to handle both vertical and horizontal transitions. It only tests handling and not straightline speed. The two ends actually match well because of the way the vertical elevation was done. The timing is handled by Trakmate or SRM2. The lap is recorded through a photosensor at the top. The computer is a 200 MHZ Pentium running Freedos as an OS.
Track #2
The Ninco Skidpad
This track is a small oval which uses Ninco's inner curve at the apex of the turn. Timing is done with Ninco's pole position timer which has been tested against Trakmate and are in sync with each other. The power supply is the Standard Ninco PS. The electrical connections are very good and there is no discernable speedup from one part of the track to another. I hope to either solder each joint or add power taps to insure that this is a constant.
This is a temporary track set up in the basement. The main straight is about 18' feet long. A good lap is under 7.8 seconds without magnets the lap record is 7.187 seconds.