Ninco tracks

"Love at first grip" or "the drift is not good"?

It is obvious that the people at Ninco have done some serious thinking about the track system and have deliberately deviated from the path that particular Carrera have taken. And they have set up their system so that it creates the greatest contrast possible: it is different in virtually all aspects from the Carrera track material, as much can be given away already, and apparently the Ninco aficionados differ widely from Carreraristi, too. However, we will not indulge in such crude psychology - true to the Marxist slogan of the material basis of the mind, but we will place more emphasis on a democratic pluralism, allowing each system its place.

"Made in Europe" - with a few limitations

Speaking of democracy and in particular of globalization: First, it should not go unmentioned that Ninco is (at the time of publication) one of a few genuinely European manufacturers, which means that - as far as the product information goes - Ninco both developed their products in Europe and will be producing there too, in Barcelona, a city ??that is home to other manufacturers as interesting as Team Slot slot cars and is therefore worth a pilgrimage (best done in an electric car). This is actually quite unique for one of the major manufacturers, since even Revell Monogram on trying, at least historically, and the glorious image of her U.S. racing slot to tie-times have, throughout a "Made in China" on it ... and everything in the German slot car racing area anyway (only if you back someone on the street asks you if you pay the Japanese times the pension if no German car you drive).

The Spanish way is therefore a slightly different - agree but if the rumors that the company Ninco by former employees of SCX was created (with SCX in turn as a Spanish division of Scalextric is traded), it can be seen here is a historical continuity: the plastic material used is a rather soft PE, as such, has in any case the rail back of it from Where one can also detect a specified operating voltage 12V DC, which has in common with the power supplies, which are identified at 14.8 V, nominally, of course, not too much.

The flexibility of the PE Nincomaterial owes his first major strength - the practical indestructibility. The use of soft polyethylene plastic, and a sophisticated connection system has at least the following advantage, where appropriate, may even be buying decision: the track is under construction and the reduction or less tame. In the experiment on a living object, even four year olds are able to train under the supervision sew together and take apart, break off somewhere without a pin. The web can be considered completely shatter-proof (for crossings Obviously this is only conditionally), which both the common in homes spaces and in the presence of small children (or their opposite explanations almost completely resistant to contemporaries such as pets) as essential to the play value may apply. Nothing would be worse than if you had to be at the race and still trying to ensure that the track is done no harm - it's bad enough when someone says, go with glass cars to have and then at each departure the players exhortations sucks, so yes no scratches comes with equipment and stay tuned all levels. In relation to the track is almost no reason to worry - it's conceivable that you can smash with great force, the Ninco track, but the intent is to have a criminal action is required. The nature of the material is both a blessing and a curse, which is judged safe depends on what the user desires.

"Wider, deeper, faster"

The design of the road seems, when viewed in historical context, according to the maxim, "broader, deeper, faster" aimed to be the one to elsewhere as a "rally-crazy" referred to Spain seems to fit in many respects. The track width is 18cm, 9cm with the track width is also remarkable, so that you are here for the 1:32 scale boasts the second largest material on the market (compared with 19.8 inch Carrera is again wider, while the material is also for the 1:24 scale used). On the scale 5.76 m width of the street so when you come Ninco, but what makes the race car for less contact between the contracting parties, as one might expect in the real world, probably with such dimensions and to scale speeds of over 300km / h. By the way would be to think about anyway, if you do not actually existing racing replacement could be replaced by electric race track-bound ...
The information that the optional rear margins are 4.8 cm wide, I've searched in vain and therefore remeasured with an uncalibrated Lux-steel measuring tape. Inside shoulders are also valid for all curve radii, but appear only at the smallest radius of curvature R1 and harassment in from right-left combinations really necessary.
So you have a maximum of 9.3 cm of space to drift (4.5 cm carriageway and 4.8 cm margins) - if I also still can not come up with a detailed description, as the magnet-free spin will only move soon on the agenda, with a view to further described below road surface anyway should be a point in itself. The width of the slot is relatively safe with 2mm can be specified by the manufacturer intended, but are likely to 2.5mm (also more below).

"Ridge and ditches"

The depth / height of the whole affair is to say two things. First, build the rail to be 9mm high - who may want to sink into the orbit of a wooden board, must be used so appropriately thick plates. The depth of the slots is 6.5 mm according to the manufacturer - that would be a feat of measuring it correctly. Why just a trick? For individual types of rails in the slot depth can vary quite plastic material, as in the production process partly burr remains, which might easily make a half a millimeter in depth . This is offset by the fact that the conductor is raised and the Leitkiele therefore not rest directly on the plastic material. . RMS should be so well come to 6.5 mm, but a little more precision would certainly be desirable in total - soft plastic or not.

"Grip for beginners?"

What has the material elasticity is remarkable, even more impressive is the texture: obviously Ninco is above suspicion, creating a silky smooth surface like - on the contrary, take the word "grip" here quite seriously - the embossing pattern of the track surface, which, moreover, repeated every half-line, it will probably take up with each file and consists of a multitude of small tetrahedron-stumps, which - formally in - especially in combination with the magnetic pressure force tires claw of slot cars. Touch with his knuckles make when setting up and dismantling is accordingly interesting, but remain without major consequences for human or material. What you notice immediately is that this alignment of the train speed is possible at most. Gliding on the raised head should help as well as the magnetization of the ladder so the rest are of course not rust (although I have not seen a rusty copies). And indeed, this is also a key benefit of the combination of road grip and traction magnet: You can start with almost any starter and come immediately to all ordinary lap times. This has Ninco in some circles, a reputation introduced as a beginner track, but that means my opinion only, that the measured lap times did not differ between experienced and inexperienced pilots differ so drastically like in other systems (to think is probably at Carrera), the driving pleasure is itself detrimental to the little. And frankly reveals itself to me the attraction of the magnet-free driving on slippery road surfaces, at least at first, second and third look, not quite: If you remove the magnet and then consuming around tuning (tire grinding, balancing with lead, etc.) finally on lap times coming , which is still just above the magnet operation, then you can indeed feel like a great technician, but it is overtaken by an "out of the box" model. What - just as the essence at this point - just seems important is that you take car of comparable classes against each other, can feel so decides for the controller. Since it does not help when the other one as a "beginner" but rather (Pluralität!) walking between the worlds can only be recommended. You have to look at other times during the sale texts of a large Internet auction house: Because of occasional sales are slot cars that were "too challenging for my son" ... well, those frustrations have a budding slot car fan suffer not necessarily mean (apart from the successful integration of a two-year-olds in the home would have been out of racing by reducing tension and traction magnet hardly conceivable).

"When the magnetic force breaks off"

The slot car racing, the rail system provides increased thanks to the director for the often-used 3-point system (contact surface are essentially the guide shoe and the rear wheels, front wheels turn as griplos with) even at a time. Driving at the limits of the contact force is similar but a gamble, because the magnetic force pulls occasionally with little warning, which then leads to some wonderful trips and from the car. The available with Ninco crash barriers (in two versions: red and white for the racetrack character, and in a silver car track version) seem to be pretty decent support, but if the departure, such as very frequent, taking place from the inside lane of the corner, get the cars an altitude which is well above the 3 cm covering the barriers. The Ninco probably created as a remedy fences have a reputation that sometimes in the meshes of small parts can get stuck - unless your own copies were testing not be performed, in addition, we remove, if possible, in such a vulnerable small parts most like prior to the race conditions, as a controlled removal of an outline is still preferable. Above all, you know then where the mirrors, antennas or additional lights have disappeared to, and does not have to look long.

"9 volts as an option?"

Time reference, to beat, are in fact operating in the magnetic Ninco almost reached that a passing of the standard curves (R 2) at 9V and full throttle magnet equipped with almost every slot car is possible. If the connection just "motor sport" has, in both tracks are fed separately, you can here bring an appropriate transformer, an autopilot-car on the train - I suspect that the possible full throttle voltage should still be slightly higher, so that there without Scalextric Challenger can set system is already quite a decent opponent on the track, especially at very winding roads. I used the variable power supplies, however, are equipped with a too coarse to graduation. However, this is especially an option if one uses only the basic packages, ie waives tracks with long straights. If you used a long straight line, the 9V are not far enough in cars with rally layout (R1er curves), but certainly an option.