[Gordon Steadman]

Well Gordon ,you look cool in shorts !!!!

Damned photographer should have changed angle so I got cut off above the knee. There is cool and then there is stylish!

[BAracer]

Well Gordon ,you look cool in shorts !!!!

That's the whole point of shorts, isn't it?

[Bazzer]

Well Gordon ,you look cool in shorts !!!!

Damned photographer should have changed angle so I got cut off above the knee. There is cool and then there is stylish!

Never mind the shorts what is 'Balsa Boy' about? does that mean you have worked a lot of balsa wood or are considered a bit fragile?

[Gordon Steadman]

Well Gordon ,you look cool in shorts !!!!

Damned photographer should have changed angle so I got cut off above the knee. There is cool and then there is stylish!

Never mind the shorts what is 'Balsa Boy' about? does that mean you have worked a lot of balsa wood or are considered a bit fragile?

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[autoavia]

For the short time that I ran on commercial tracks in the 60s I used an MRRC thumb controller. I didn't have the money to buy a better car that would need a Parma controller. I use a trigger controller now but have been using my index finger which means I have to hold the controller with both hands to stabilise it and I haven't always been happy with the level of control this gives me. When we can return to racing again I will give it a go using my second finger and see if I find it any better.

[Nonfractal]

LSC London noticeboard yesterday...
   

[mickey thumbs]

When everyone was switching to triggers in the sixties, I couldn’t leave my Cox Mk4. Tried the trigger style using my index finger and didn’t have the control I did with my thumb. Fast forward 50+ years and returning to the hobby found myself with limited choices and bought trigger style. For some reason this time I instinctively used my second finger and love it! Go figure.

[Kevan]

I'm a "left thumb in my jeans pocket, controller hand hanging loose by my side " kind of racer. 


Alan W

That surprises me as you raced RC cars like myself.

As someone who came to Slot cars via 37 years racing RC cars, primarily with sticks then latterly pistol radio (which I quickly preferred), holding the Slot controller with both hands seems the only natural way for me, there's no way I can race with one hand in my pocket.

Of course the blindingly obvious advantage of using both hands is the ability to tweak the controller settings instantly and the non trigger hand helps stabilise the controller...and during long races gives you the opportunity to quickly stretch the hand a few times during a marshalling incident.

[Gordon Steadman]

My brain is too simple to try and do more than one thing at a time. I have to concentrate on the car, no fiddling with knobs for me......... .

Don't like adjustable brakes etc. Just max brakes and a throttle control - resistor of course. Adjust the driving not the controller, the car should be as fast as is possible controlled by physics.

[Kevan]

Gordon, adjustable controllers enable you to go faster than Physics