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Thank you. Like everything else life gets in the way and I just happened to wipe it down last week just to run a few laps after a very long hiatus. I just can't get down there. I haven't even posted a video. I miss it.

Obviously the cut could have been better but you work with what ya got. 🙂

Sorry I don't understand. What are G and M pieces?

Appreciate it man.

Thanks Parry!

It's really not a question of speed believe it or not. It's about adjust ability. I did a write up years ago comparing different motors I use and included the stock 18V motor for comparison. Turning down the 12V motors and running the 18V motor at 100%, the 18V motor was running close to the 12V motor times. However......There was no room to make the cars faster. With the 12V motors I run my track at a 17V constant to keep the electronics happy, but the cars are run at 10% to 40% power setting at the CU depending on the motor. That also means that with those power settings I can make the cars run faster if need be. I try to adjust my cars to run close to the same times on the track for when visitors come over they can run semi close together.

Thanks Dave@@dw5555

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Glad I could help explain it.

It's really worked out well.

Open to anyone who wants to drop by Mid Michigan..

By the way, love your boat. 👍

Thanks. I can't wait for summer@@dw5555

😀 Still around, I'm about video'ed out though. Don't know what else to do a video on. All the basics have been covered.🤔

I’m very new to hobby so thanks for your help. I saw/read somewhere about cutting bottom of carrera track so you can bend it for inclines and declines. Any comment about this? I’d like to try it.

Nothing should have been changed at all with the gear mesh. Just double check where the axle bolts into the pod. Maybe its cocked in there somehow. Thats the only place where there is gear mesh.

Ok, thank you. @@dw5555

Thanks, I got that from my bro in law. I showed it in one of my landscape videos. He doesn't remember where he got it but he had it for years. His office was decorated in miniature auto memorabilia. Fits perfect on that spot. You can get a better look at it in my pit lane videos.

I don't understand why your braids are popping out. Is your guide moving around or popping out and hitting the braid? I have had that happen before and I replaced the guide with a Frankenslot guide and that solved that issue. Putting the braid thru the guide holes seems kinda drastic but I do want to thank you, you've just given me a new video idea about the braids. 😀

​@dw5555 haha, hsppy to have inspired content! Yeah, I've 4 cars cuz I bought 2 od same sets, so I will try to make a bit of a photo study for you. What happens nearly every spin out, is the factory guide pops out, usually stays in place but not always. Sometimes it's completely out on the track. If it didn't pop completely out, I need to just press it back in, then check the contacts. Sometimes it's just straighten em out, but at the very least every couple or three spins it actually pulls one or both ends completely or partially out. I can press them back in maybe once or twice at most, before they need to completely removed, spead the little spring contact out again, and get it in proper shape to be reinserted. This happens often. Can't get more than half a dozen laps in with any kind of aggression at all. Yeah, I need to need to learn how to drive without spin outs, but until the. This is a real pain. I've modified on rocker, didn't have any official braid, but I did have some solder wick so I used that lol. Working well actually for the braid part of this. I also have the frankenslots coming when Santa gets here lol. Meanwhile maybe I just have to dial the speed down to ensure fewer spin outs.

Sorry for typos, using phone at the moment and my old fat thumbs mess up.

Buy some Frankenslot guide blades. They are a really tight fit and won't pop out.

I feel your pain Brother. New people buy a set and pieces of track without knowing what they have, want or can use. This is where it helps to research and know what you are looking at without being told what it is. I've actually tried to correct people on eBay/Facebook with what they have is not what they were advertising. NOT 1 ever changed their ad or thanked me for the info. Back to you, even at 2/3rds the price I'm not sure I would even go that high. Maybe 1/2 but that's me.

The software was written by Bruce Yingling many years ago. It is apparently still available. I think most people prefer to use the Carrera App just because everyone has a phone. Here is most of the info on it. You might have to copy and paste. You will need a special computer cable to hook into the Carrera track. Dave www.hrwforum.com/forum/hrw-all-scales/club-home-connection/carrera-digital-north-america/4472-hssrms-thread-home-for-faq-discussion-on-bruce-y-s-pc-based-carrera-digital-t-s

Tommy, you are at the mercy of the CU as to the speed. Whatever it is it is. However, if you are running races and using the position tower your car WILL NOT count laps if you are out of fuel. Kinda make you stop and get fuel. I'm not sure if it's in the Carrera App to let you adjust speed.

@@dw5555Yeah we couldn’t find anywhere to change it in the app, but we didn’t understand that the laps were not counting because we were out of fuel. That makes a lot of sense now! Thanks for a quick reply and for explaining!☺️

I'm at a loss brother. I can only assume that you have a wire connected wrong or the wrong dead strip pin pulled. If there are dead strips that indicates no voltage, I would contact Digital Racing Solutions and see what they say.

You didn't say where the dead spot was is comparison to the 2nd lane gate. I will say this, it is VERY EASY to mess up which tab to pull out to create the dead spot when your looking at it upside down. (Of course making sure your connections are correct when you hooked up the lane gate itself) With a dead spot you obviously have no power so IF you did not pull the wrong tab out of the track, check and make sure your track connections else ware are ok. Since I messed up putting a couple of mine in (Pulling out the wrong tabs mainly) I would install the gate and before putting the track all back together I would leave the track disconnected at the dead strip end and check the function. The track will still function not connected..

I tryed a few different things. First time track was dead all the way between the two changers. 1st changer is one lane . 2nd changer is 2 lane. I pulled both pins on double changer . Pins meaning pin that connect the two track peices together. One time i put jumper wire to the dead track. That mad the 2nd not change lanes. My first question would be, do you have to do anything different on the second changer like useing power jumper? If not then the first one worked so the mistake should be on the 2nd changer? Do i pull both pins on the piece leading into the piece before the changer so it sees the car one piece before changer. Thats what i did.i pulled it apart and bouble checked every thing. So does one hook up same whether you run 2 or 3 anti changers ? Sorry for long text. I thank you

It's all here Kilo Bear. Take a look at my channel. I might have other items of interest. ua-cam.com/video/UoQP76Jifs4/v-deo.html

Long story. This started about eight years or so ago when I bought my first 1/24 car. Since the 124 cars are 18 volt motors I changed it to the 12-volt 132 motor so I could run it with the 1/32 cars I already had and I. wouldn't have to change the power supply. I didn't plan on running 1/24 cars but changed the motors after adding a few more and fell in love with the 1/24s. The 12v motors offer more flexibility as you can get them in any configuration you want. The 18v motors you're limited to just a couple of options.

@@dw5555 I'm getting a 124 set that comes with the 18 volt power supply. Is it possible to adjust the controllers to lower the speed and be able to run some 132 cars on my set?

You will love the 1/24 cars. They drive totally different than the 1/32 cars. They are NOT pocket rockets. They drive more realistically. I ended up selling all my 1/32 cars and I strictly run 1/24's now. But in answer to you question, Yes you can use the 18v PS with the 1/32 cars. Just turn down the speed with the control unit. Have fun!!!

I don't show the whole conversion but this gives you an idea of what's involved for a motor swap. ua-cam.com/video/WHA5qxaxLb4/v-deo.html

Yes they do.

Thanks@@dw5555

Yes PG tires are the best. Thanks for the compliment on the layout. What I did was I knew there were three specific things that I wanted on the track. I put those on the floor 1st where I wanted them on the layout and then just used track to connect the sections. I then built the table around the track.

@@dw5555 thanks for the info. That is what we were considering as well. Nice to know it will work!

No you can see the difference just slipping them on you don't have to true the tires. However that being said you will notice a difference if you do true the tires.

Thank you sir!!

Not sure what you're asking Tom. This is a single lane changer. Any Pro-X lane changer will function the same way on a D132 track. As soon as the car drives over the sensor the lane changer will open without pressing the lane changer button so the next car behind it will change lanes.

@@dw5555 Please disregard my question. I confused myself. I was more focused on the function and application rather than the track section you were demonstrating. When I wrote the question I was think Pit Lane changer. 6 of one 1/2 dozen of the other. Thanks for your reply.

No problemo Glad it was informative. One of the easier things to do to make a car handle better.

Thanks, I use 10P on everything regardless of the motor I put in.

@@dw5555 any brand or specific size?

@@grussello09 I usually take the pinion off the stock motor and reuse it. That being said I know I have used other pinions but I don't recall which ones. I would have to measure the pinions and find which one was closest in size.

@@dw5555 No worries. If I can reuse the stock one it is fine

I think it's right at 100'. I doesn't seem like a lot for such a large area but I've had the put as much track as you can into an area, but this time I wanted to spread it out a little bit.

@@dw5555 it looks just right to me and the wife! Nice layout

I used a panel cutting blade (80T I believe) for the straight track and put the blade on reversed.

@@dw5555 thank you! Love the layout by the way

Eugene in my experience Carrera 1/24 cars run better with the fronts running on the track. I tried with a couple of cars setting them up with the tri-pod experience and they didn't run as well. Plus the weight of the cars caused the braid to wear out prematurely just running on the guide.

Jay I am using an adjustable power supply and I always run my track at 17v and leave it there for exactly that reason. Sometimes the electronics don't work reliably at the lower voltages. I always use the CU to adjust the motor speed. I have a couple of those RMS motors and they are beasts. At 17v track voltage I think I run at 15-20% CU setting.