Right, most of this stuff is in the admiral’s lair but I thought I’d post on here too as it may reach a wider audience (Not got anything by way of reply’s so far.
I’m going to try and make a pit lane for Char-g’s that will actually charge up your car. Car mods should be kept to a minimum if possible of course
Here’s what’s known so far:
The design (Rev 1):
Add a blob of solder onto each of thecar’s chargingcouplings so that they are just slightly ellivated from the chassis rather than sunk in.
I’ve settled roughly on a pit lane that Will be just a fraction (Couple on mm) wider than the car.
As the car goes through, it passes over 2 contacts on the floor that are wired up to 2 X 1.5v batteries, with an LED between wired in Series). If the car stops over the two reed-type contacts (Basically reed contects are raised about 4mm above the track surface on one end and flat to the track on the other (Wire side). this creates a wedge shape and the reeds are lightly spring-loaded (Using the flexability of the reeds so they stick up a bit). If the car stops over them, this completes the circuit, lights up the LED, and charges the battery on the car.
A Diagram of this can be found here:
Rev 2would be to get a regulated charge (Timer etc) but it’s more of a POC (Proof of concept) for now… Any thoughts anyone?
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