EEVblog #1214 - Insanely Fast Slot Cars!

A look at the Hornsby Slot Car centre in Sydney which holds the national championship slot car event.
See a slot car race around a 186 foot track in 3.2 seconds!

#SlotCars #Racing

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[Crstin]

This really makes me miss racing wing cars with my dad. I had a ton of fun with him. My dad won many competitions. And drag racing too. My dad had a Willy’s drag car that did 88mph on the track. I forgot how long the drag track was but it was amazing it could do almost 90 in a very short distance. Thanks for the video!

[IvoTrausch]

Cool to see the hobby get some exposure on the interweb.
Thanks Dave!

[royism]

Brings back memories from the late '60s' - one of the funniest things is watching the drivers during competition races - their eyes are nearly popping out of their skulls trying to watch the car zoom around. Great vid EEV

[DanielStinebaugh]

It's been probably close to a decade since the local slot track closed in my area but still have my cars and controllers and loved the hobby

[electronicsNmore]

This reminds me of my Tyco race track that I had when I was a kid. I could still smell the odor that was given off by those tiny motors.

[mumbles]

It's nice to see these large tracks still in existence. We used to have them here in Victoria BC in the late sixties but they disappeared and my favorite track turned into a nightclub. I still have a few cars which were hi tech back in the day but they look like dinosaurs now compared to the ones you are showing us!.

[GadgetUK]

ZOMG @ 3 seconds around that track!!! The record (less than 2 seconds) seems unbelievable!!!

[tenlittleindians]

I think you found your calling. We all want to see you nerd out and build a car and controller. Plenty of airplane nuts in this crowd to help with an aerodynamic body designed to make it fast and stick to the track. A g-sensor activated spoiler to assist hold down on corners could be made from cheap quad controller parts. Fine tune the spoiler in betaflight or some other quad software.

[mfsperring]

Thats what i love about this channel, you never know where you'll end up. Very cool.

[giganetom]

That car's velocity is about 17.7m/s. In a turn with 1m radius that car pulls about 31.3Gs. Wow.

[stevecobratei]

Still have my trophy and cars from 1980's and 1990's.
Wish I could find an open frame near me. Northern Virginia

[stevewhite]

I used to race slot cars back in the mid-1960s USA. I was about to say that those cars didn't look as fast as the cars we used to race back then until I saw that last car. Wow! I don't remember adhesive being used on the tracks back then. That is new. There were a lot of cars flying off in the corners. You needed more skill to avoid that. It seems like all the tracks disappeared almost overnight.

[RolandElliottFirstG]

Good to see a track still going in Sydney, there were quite a few around in the 70' and 80's here.

[jeradhill]

Grew up racing slot cars and introduced my kids to them a few years back.
Such a fun sport, great for all ages.

[stevecobratei]

Trophies!
One race I paid to run in 3 different classes. I wound up hitting in 3rd place advanced and 1st place novice. They would only give me 1. Which one would you pick. I choose advanced class

[tonyl]

I remember doing slots back in the day. It was great fun but I mostly ran drag slots. Our local place had a 100' drag track. The fastest cars could do 100' in .3 sec, that's really moving. Ahh what memories..

[broklee]

Wow, two subjects dear to my heart in one video... EEVblog & slot cars! Who would've thought?

[SidneyCritic]

In comp they lay lines of track goo before the corners, then just hold the trigger flat and use the goo to slow them for the corners. Whatever you do don't watch comp cars near a corner, or you will get sprayed with goo.

[robertroot]

OMG, Does that take me back. I was racing in 1964, building my own slot cars. Never had a lot of money, but sure had a great time. I raced at a place called WHITTIER GRAND PRIX.

[gmcjetpilot]

This reminds me of when I was a little kid in the 70s. In the USA slot car tracks were big time