[Gordon Steadman]

Controllers are such a personal thing. Back in the mists of time, I won an open meeting at West Ham and the prize was a Parma trigger controller. I threw a right sulk and was less than gracious as I recall. I kept the medal though.

I still can't seem to get the speed using anything but my thumb. I'm also someone who prefers the directness of a resistor controller. Whilst I do have an SCD which saves the swapping and lets me drive modern motors, I always feel a little disconnected from the cars. I also hate adjustable brakes. I've just wired them up direct on the SCD. When it comes to it, I prefer an adjustable thumb.

I did wonder if it was my imagination but, since I have the Carrera timer now, I played around with both SCD and MRRC 7.5 ohm with most of my cars. With very few exceptions I was quicker with the MRRC. OK, it may only be fractions but they count over a race distance. The SCD was adjusted to each car as usual. I did 50 laps with each car.
   

Still find it surprising how quick some of the plastic cars are.