6th-Nov-26, 12:35 PM
After a lot of thought, I managed to come up with a good reason to get another Difalco!
Racing at the rally events basically involves running lots of cars on lots of tracks. So there is no time to get to clever with a multi-knob controller, which could tie you up in knots with numerous variations to the settings. Hence the popularity of the basic DS XXohm controllers on the scene. The only thing I thought might be of benefit on these events would be to have some sensitivity adjustment to balance out the slight differences in motor behavior between my cars. And having done a bit of Rally Raid recently, there is much wider spread of motor behaviour in those vehicles. So a simple controller with sensitivity knob might be what I am after.
Brousing the Difalco website highlighted one such controller that met this criteria. However, having messaged Jim Difalco, he highlighted that the dd505 I was looking at was only a two wire controller, which I believe means no brakes. But he then mentioned he had made a one-off version of the controller with three wires for a home user in the States. After a further exchange of questions and answers, he thought the three wire version, providing full brakes, would suit what I was describing I wanted for racing rally cars. He also thought it would work for HO racers at the Worthing club, so on that basis, he generously offered to provide me with a second controller that I could share with other racers on both the rally scene and the HO world...so here they are!
I tried to go with the most garish colour scheme for my one, purple handle/red circuit board, but it looks great in my eyes. The demonstrator has a more tasteful orange/yellow vibe. If you see me at a rally event, I'll make sure I always have the second one available if you would like to give it a try. Jim is offering a discount to the $100/£80 basic price if he can do a bulk build to order. I can try and make that happen if I get interest from different sources.
I am happy to confirm I paid the full price for my controller, and will not receive any commission on any future sales! I'm just doing this out of pure enjoyment.
Racing at the rally events basically involves running lots of cars on lots of tracks. So there is no time to get to clever with a multi-knob controller, which could tie you up in knots with numerous variations to the settings. Hence the popularity of the basic DS XXohm controllers on the scene. The only thing I thought might be of benefit on these events would be to have some sensitivity adjustment to balance out the slight differences in motor behavior between my cars. And having done a bit of Rally Raid recently, there is much wider spread of motor behaviour in those vehicles. So a simple controller with sensitivity knob might be what I am after.
Brousing the Difalco website highlighted one such controller that met this criteria. However, having messaged Jim Difalco, he highlighted that the dd505 I was looking at was only a two wire controller, which I believe means no brakes. But he then mentioned he had made a one-off version of the controller with three wires for a home user in the States. After a further exchange of questions and answers, he thought the three wire version, providing full brakes, would suit what I was describing I wanted for racing rally cars. He also thought it would work for HO racers at the Worthing club, so on that basis, he generously offered to provide me with a second controller that I could share with other racers on both the rally scene and the HO world...so here they are!
I tried to go with the most garish colour scheme for my one, purple handle/red circuit board, but it looks great in my eyes. The demonstrator has a more tasteful orange/yellow vibe. If you see me at a rally event, I'll make sure I always have the second one available if you would like to give it a try. Jim is offering a discount to the $100/£80 basic price if he can do a bulk build to order. I can try and make that happen if I get interest from different sources.
I am happy to confirm I paid the full price for my controller, and will not receive any commission on any future sales! I'm just doing this out of pure enjoyment.
Let's go...OFF ROAD!
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