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#42

In which we learnt about the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything Controller-wise...

After a brief Show and Tell loosely based on the lovely products of SRC, but which also featured toothpick pod reinforcement tips and a wonderfully detailed scratch built front suspension set up for an old F1 car, the majority of the Chat was spend in the company of David Caille from Sillage Racing, creator of BLST.

We were taken through his thought process that drove him to develop a 'next generation' electronic controller during this lockdown. Too technical to summarise here (you need to watch!), but in too simplistic terms, it's a fully adjustable controller with all the usual bells, knobs and whistles...and a screen! So it gives you an instant graphic representation of what the knob twiddling is doing to the shape of the power and braking profiles the controller is configured to. Most people watching reached for their chequebooks at this point, but were sadly disappointed to learn that the first limited production run was an instant sell out. However, future plans involve teaming up with an established manufacturer to increase production, and to develop and sell a digital version of the controller. You saw them here first!

Spoiler Design Alert: a screen would fit nicely where that removable panel is on the back of Slot.it SCP controllers...