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#48

The Joy of Digital...

Chasms formed amongst the Chatters this week, those with hair vs those without, digital or analogue, basic or complex, slow or fast! As JohnK noted, because you can, you do. Who knows what the argument was before the record button was pressed, but everyone's juices were flowing in an robust, but respectful, first third. So the discussion centred on digital racing and digital race management systems, and whilst Gio was able to describe the fully immersive experience you get when they talk to each other, most chat was about trying to understand why they seem to be a loggerheads on other tracks. But as always, there were people in the chat who were able to point people in the right directions.

The middle third was a belated Show+Tell session where Dennis showed an example of a Fly Sport car, where the series seems to be the perfect blend of detailed Fly body, but with a tuneable Sports chassis...what could be better? There was a technical lesson on the reasoning behind the Iso-Fulcrum chassis design concept which opened up into a discussion on floating guides. Up and down good, side to side bad. And then there was a fast moving section where the art of white kit building morphed into a dream segment on what niche slot car market would we would fill if we won the pools. Formula 5000 Can-Am cars anyone? Everyone! And did I hear right that first timer Courtney used to race them in real life? I did hear him say that he has a lane on his home track for each of his children. If he had gone digital, he could have saved a fortune.

Gio popped up again to tail the chat with a presentation on how he prepared his latest digital Aston Martin GT3. Light body, less light chassis, and lots of lights. Plenty of information there relevant to DiSCA race series. But even within the Digital tribe, there are sub-groups, e.g. those who incorporate modular wiring into their cars, and those who wire once and sulk if it goes wrong in a race.


And finally, I was surprised no one mentioned Greg's new hair cut. The last time I saw something like it was at primary school when we had an infestation of nits.