3,626 Reply by wb0s

(3 replies, posted in Cars)

Interesting info on magnets! In the early eighties when the "rare earth" magnets first hit the slot car scene we were racing HO cars. A couple of use did a lot of experimenting and also visited a business that specialized in magnets. At the time it was located on southeast 52nd. When we talked with them and showed them what we were working on they were also very interested. They introduced us to the newest hottest thing just coming out - neodymium magnets! At that time we were experimenting with them as traction magnets on HO cars. It was crazy! Anyway I experimented with them as motor magnets. Back then I was rewinding a lot of armatures for HO cars, and experimenting with different "winds". Through experiments I found a basic rule of thumb applied in regards to the ratio between a motors magnetic field and the number of laminations on the armature. If I increased the motor's magnetic field they seemed to perform better if I increased the number of laminations on the armature's plate stack, regardless of what "wind" I put on them.

As for your F1 car, for me the F1 cars are the hardest to set up and to drive! I don't know all of what Goose does, but he IS the F1 MAN........or "GOOSE"...........whichever..............

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3,627 Reply by wb0s

(3 replies, posted in Cars)

Nice job on the 930! That is a good one to pit against Monte! He LOVES yellow cars! Paint looks really good on this one!

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3,628 Reply by wb0s

(9 replies, posted in Cars)

I've used striping tape before to hide the bleed where I've taped off lines. I've always had mixed results with my masking jobs too! I do like the choice of color on that car!

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3,629 Reply by wb0s

(2,172 replies, posted in NASTE)

I will probably bring the Jeep. Let me know if you are going to bring the brake drum so I can leave my rear seat at home to make room for the drum!

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3,630 Reply by wb0s

(2,172 replies, posted in NASTE)

Sure thing Dan, that would be great! If you want you can just bring it to the next race at my place. Either way is fine, whichever works best for you.

Thanks!   ======Bill

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3,631 Reply by wb0s

(306 replies, posted in NASTE)

Update from our Crew Chief/Designer/Builder/Driver:

GRAVITY RACING UPDATE

Gravity Racers hit the road on Tuesday with a short trial run.  The car is fast and responsive.  Horn, warning lights, back-up camera system, steering and brakes all function as planned. Front quarter panels, hood and final paint job and livery are all that remain.  Planning a run down Scappoose/Vernonia HWY ( 45 mph +) SOON..

5 shares @ $ 10 each remain.  Be part of History and share in the glory at the upcoming race on August 20th.

Will advise on S/V trial run date.  Probably on a Sunday morning (fewer cops and less traffic). All are invited to witness and celebrate at the local pub following.

Valeria Victrix !

- Dennis

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3,632 Reply by wb0s

(306 replies, posted in NASTE)

Crew Member/Engineer Evil Jimmy tries the car on for size!

http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_2519.jpg

It is a tight fit for Crew Chief/Builder/Driver Dennis Hart!

http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_2521.jpg

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3,633 Reply by wb0s

(306 replies, posted in NASTE)

Here's some more pictures from work session #3

http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_2516.jpg

Here's the steering system. This cable setup is straight off the current U.S. Soap Box Derby Cars
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_2517.jpg

NO, the rollbar is NOT made out of an old person's walker!!!
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_2518.jpg

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3,634 Reply by wb0s

(306 replies, posted in NASTE)

Today was the third work session on the NASTE Gravity Racer, or the Hawksbill Flyer as we like to call it. Al and Jimmy worked on the body work while Dennis and I adjusted the steering system and worked on the electrical systems. After an excellent lunch provided by Charlotte (yes Dennis, I am giving Charlotte FULL credit for that!) we worked straight through until the three o'clock hour. At three o'clock we loaded the car into dennis' mini-van and set out for a shake down run!

A section of road was chosen with a slight incline followed by a pretty good hill into a gully and then back uphill on the other side. It was definitely a good test section for the car. I gave dennis a push off then jumped in the Jeep to give chase. Even on the slight incline Dennis was able to get the car up to approximately 10 MPH and pretty much maintain that speed until the road levelled out too much. After another push, this time by the Jeep (I'm old and was much too tired after the initial push!) Dennis approached the hill. On this incline which was only moderately sloped and of short duration, Dennis was able to reach 20+ MPH ! Although that doesn't sound all that impressive, given the short length of the hill and somewhat gentle slope the car hit that speed very quickly!

The test run prved a couple things; per Dennis the steering and brake systems worked to his liking (it is always most important for the driver to be happy with the car!), and this thing is going to be FAST! By the next work session I believe the car will be pretty close to finished. I must commend Dennis on the amount of work he gets done on the car working on his own! I also expect the next work session will involve more advanced test runs! I can hardly wait!

http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_2520.jpg

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3,635 Reply by wb0s

(2 replies, posted in Slot Talk)

Thanks Rico, great pictures!

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3,636 Reply by wb0s

(2,172 replies, posted in NASTE)

This Thursday is Classic Sports Car and F1.

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3,637 Reply by wb0s

(2,172 replies, posted in NASTE)

Thanks for the reminder Dan. Web page needs updating. I'll get on it!

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3,638 Reply by wb0s

(24 replies, posted in Gorge Raceway)

IMSA GT CHALLENGE
The Gorge Raceway
985 SE 10th Circle Troutdale OR
Saturday, August 27th, 2016

Rules: Car must be a SLOT-IT group “C” prototype, stock out of the box with FC130 motor. The only modification allowed is choice of tire compound. Wheels must be stock.

A back up car is allowed, must be the same as primary car. Car must be registered in advance to prevent duplication. E-mail: rnak94@aol.com or call 503-661-6084.

Models allowed: Porsche 962, 956, Jaguar XJR 9or 12, Toyota 88c, Nissan R89C and Sauber C9 Mercedes.

Race will be 4 times through, 4 minute heats.

Doors open at 8am. Race starts at 9:30am

Entry fee is $10.00 / includes lunch

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3,639 Reply by wb0s

(306 replies, posted in NASTE)

The next work session will be next Tuesday, June 21st from noon to 4 PM.  As usual, lunch will be served at noon.

We will be hooking up all of the various gizmos into a working electrical system, installing the remaining bodywork and hopefully taking her for a test run.

Dennis

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3,640 Reply by wb0s

(24 replies, posted in Gorge Raceway)

Hey Bob, save a spot for my #17 white/red FAT Porsche 962!

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3,641 Topic by wb0s

(3 replies, posted in NASTE)

The final race of the NASTE 2016 Point Series Championship is this Sunday at Howie's Rapid Raceway.

We have 4 brand new 1/24 cars to be raced in the NASTE IROC format.

Lunch will be pot luck style, so please bring your favorite dish or snack.

Doors open at noon, and lunch will be on with the opening of the doors.

Here's how the points stack up going into the last race with each racer's best five finished tallied:
1st Bryan Trachsel 97 pts
2nd Bill Bostic 97
3rd Monte Saager 90
4th Rico Locati 90
5th Terry Abbott 89
6th Tracy Flood 81
7th Al Christensen 72
8th Mitch Brooks 70
9th Gary Goose Gossett 67 (4 races)
10th Tyler Petrequin 44 (4 races)
11th Amy Fields 41 (4 races)
12th Jeff Fields 39 (3 races)

In addition Bryan Trachsel earned 1 full bonus lap for his two wins on non-hosted tracks.

This will be an action packed, close race!

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3,642 Reply by wb0s

(2,172 replies, posted in NASTE)

Greenman was out with some beautiful creations!
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_2473.jpg

http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_2475.jpg

http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_2476.jpg

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3,643 Reply by wb0s

(2,172 replies, posted in NASTE)

Here's some pics from last night:

Mitch's CalifOregon Sportsman.
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_2467.jpg

Glenn's '57 Chevy on a scratchbuilt chassis.
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_2469.jpg

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3,644 Reply by wb0s

(93 replies, posted in NASTE)

Lists updated as of June 9, '16 races.

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3,645 Reply by wb0s

(2,172 replies, posted in NASTE)

June 9th 2016 Odd Thursday -

We han an enthusiastic crowd of 19 racers last night, and we raced our butts off! We started the night with the Classic Sports Car Class in which John Fisher finished first. Monte Saager was second overall, and first in division I racing a Ninco AC Cobra! The racing was so close the top eleven were within four laps of each other! After the classic sports cars we raced the F1 Class. This class is also very competitive , especially considering the class is broken into multiple divisions. Six of the divisions were represented last night. Glenn Heath scored the win with a Modern Division Scalextric A1GP. This win puts Glenn on the Winner's List! Congrats Glenn!

With so many racers the first two races were not over until 10:00pm. But that did not stop 10 racers from sticking around to race the BRM Porsche 962s. The action in this class is fierce! Racing these 1/24 BRM Porsches on the tight TooBad course is exciting to say the least! Can you say "bump pass"? If you can't, you better learn! Rico Locati barely squeaked out the win over Goose by just 1/10th of a lap. Last but not least, those of us that could still stand put our Over 50 Class cars on the track. Gary Gossett showed us how it's done by beating us with his Cox Dino Ferrari.

A big thanks to all that were able to make it out to race! I know the traffic was terrible last night, and I really appreciate the effort you all put out just to get here!

Results:

Classic Sports Car Class
n/c Gary Goose Gossett 54.9 laps
1st John Fisher  53.5 + First in Division II
2nd Monte Saager  53.1 + First in Division I
3rd Bill Bostic  52.3 - Div.II
4th Amy Fields 51.7 - Div.II
5th John Morse 50.2 - Div.I
6th Al Christensen 50.1 - Div.I
7th Bryan Dickerson 49.7 - Div.I
8th Greg Petrolati 49.6 - Div.I
9th Stan Smith 49.4 - Div.I
10th Chris Kouba 49.3 - Div.I
11th Mitch Brooks 49.0 - Div.I
12th Anthoney Schoepflin 48.5 - Div.II
13th Rico Locati 46.8 - Div.I
14th Dan Fritz 46.7 - Div.I
15th Glenn Heath 45.2 - Div.I
16th Rene  40.2 Div.II
17th Alec Vandehay 39.8 - Div.I

F1 Class
1st Glenn Heath 55.3 laps MD w/mag
2nd Goose Gossett 54.5 + First in SVD
3rd Rico Locati 53.9 SVD
4th Dan Fritz 53.0 SVD
5th Amy Fields 52.2 MD + First in MD
6th Jeff fields 52.1 MD
7th Monte Saager 51.8 SVD
8th John Fisher 50.9 + First in SWD
9th Bill Bostic 50.8 SVD
10th Chris Kouba 50.2 + First in MND
11th Mitch Brooks 49.7 + First in SND
12th Rene 49.6 MD
13th Anthony Schoepflin 49.3 SVD
14th Bryan Dickerson 49.2 + First in END
15th Al Christensen 48.2 SVD
16th Greg Petrolati 47.4 END
17th John Morse 47.3 SVD
18th Alec Vandehey 44.1 MD
19th Stan Smith 43.9 SVD

BRM
1st Rico Locati 61.3 laps
2nd Goose Gossett 61.2
3rd John Fisher 60.4
4th Chris Kouba 59.9
5th Stan Smith 57.3
6th Al Christensen 56.5
7th Bill Bostic 56.2
8th Glenn Heath 53.3
9th Mitch Brooks 50.3
10th Greg Petrolati 43.1

Over 50 Class
1st Goose Gossett 50.9 laps
2nd Chris Kouba 50.3
3rd Al Christensen 50.2
4th Bill Bostic 48.4
5th John Fisher 37.0

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3,646 Topic by wb0s

(0 replies, posted in Cars)

Team Blue Groove has added more vintage 1/24 bodies to their inventory. The new car bodies include the Ford J car, Scarab, '55 Chevy drag car, Lola T70 coupe, Chaparral 2F with a separate wing piece, vintage Cooper F1, and a vintage Ferrari F1. One thing I really like about the Team Blue Groove bodies is that they are thicker at .030", which makes them more rigid. They are kind of halfway between a model car body and a traditional clear slot car body, which in my opinion makes them better suited for detailing. It also makes them very durable. You can see all their bodies here: http://stores.ebay.com/TEAM-BLUEGROOVE/ … d=97772842

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3,647 Reply by wb0s

(12 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)

I may have somewhere Rico. I'll take a look tonight.

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3,648 Reply by wb0s

(12 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)

YES!

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3,649 Reply by wb0s

(6 replies, posted in NASTE)

Meet the NASTE Sports Racers.......................race 'em this Sunday at Rapid Raceway!

http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_2463.jpg

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3,650 Reply by wb0s

(42 replies, posted in NASTE)

Dorothy your opinions DO matter or I wouldn't even be taking the time to try to respond to your concerns.

And please try to remember, even though you do not care for the more serious aspect of slot car racing, if were not for those people that do take this hobby a little more serious there would not be any NASTE! Those that take it a little more serious, have the c/o disorders, and devote more time and energy to our hobby are the ones that are building and preparing those IROC cars, building the tracks, and trying to put together a racing program that is fun for all!

This endith my sermon! See you all on Sunday!   ===========Bill

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