Finding Your Fastest Cars
Thats where having a 12' track with a 2'drop and the Judge finish line comes in handy. most but not all of my cars as of yet, have had "time trials". Each getting 3 runs on the same lane and taking the fastest ET as the cars guideline. Of course that does not guarantee thats what the car will do every time. Hot Wheels are not that consistant. But like I said it's a guideline and usually will determined which car is faster. All cars times are recorded in a book and the cars are storred in Jammer cases with numbered spots. Along with their weight, not all of the same type cars weigh the same. I have 4, 70 Chevelles. The heavest one is not the fastest by far.
Got home tonight, and ran a few boxes of cars to put them in their proper running order. I tested a few cars that when raced on the Big Track had to be moved down a few cars. But for the most part it puts you in the ballpark reguarding the speed of the cars.
48 cars ready to race to see who is fastest.
As you can see, it is quite easy to order you cars after running them this way...takes alot of the guess work out, and there's no running back and forth getting cars.
Almost went off the table...this machine is fast!!
Preacher
pretty cool P., and kinda neet that 3 of your front runners are cars that i steal the wheels from for altereds....
confirms my picking them as donars...
After running 3 boxes of cars last night, and getting them sorted...it got me thinking. Just because you know which cars are the fastest doesn't take the fun out of racing...it just makes it easier. Hey, when I go racing...I go to WIN! But each box is sorted individually so....cars from A box might not be faster than the cars in B Box, etc. If I'm racing my cars it still fun, and this isn't 100% accurate...and believe me there will be a few surprises when the racing is over...one of those WOW moments..."Didn't expect that to happen!"
Preacher
Surprises always happen when the cars travel from track to track. Consistency turns out to be the X factor.
to test, or not to test, that is the question,
tis it nobler to bare the slings and arrows of outragous "misfortune", because you DIDN'T test ?
or just race the little racsal and see how it goes ?
Racing Hot Wheels is just so stinkin' fun!
werd
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I've used Preacher's testing method before and it does seem to help narrow down the good rollers. But I have found several cars that do not accelerate or hold momentum as well when released from a shallow angle drop, but still have competitive, catch-up speed on longer coarses with steeper drops. I think this comes down to the simple mechanics of the bearingless wheel/axle. There is a transition from 'static friction'(the axle resting on the wheel while the car is still or is moving slowly) to 'active friction'(the axle rapidly bouncing off of the fast moving wheel as it spins). Its kind of similar to the characteristics of a speed boat....a boat experiences more friction from the water while sitting still or moving slowly. But once it accelerates and come up "on plane" the friction from the water is greatly reduced. Make any sense?
werd
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I've used Preacher's testing method before and it does seem to help narrow down the good rollers. But I have found several cars that do not accelerate or hold momentum as well when released from a shallow angle drop, but still have competitive, catch-up speed on longer coarses with steeper drops. I think this comes down to the simple mechanics of the bearingless wheel/axle. There is a transition from 'static friction'(the axle resting on the wheel while the car is still or is moving slowly) to 'active friction'(the axle rapidly bouncing off of the fast moving wheel as it spins). Its kind of similar to the characteristics of a speed boat....a boat experiences more friction from the water while sitting still or moving slowly. But once it accelerates and come up "on plane" the friction from the water is greatly reduced. Make any sense?
Master is one of enlightenment...grasshopper now can see clearly. Yep...not all my cars yield the same results once raced on the Bigger track...but they seem to be in the same general grouping. But one thing is for sure...you can easily find those cars that are true HOT WHEELS!
Preacher
I'd rather just race them. I don't want to know which ones are the fastest and least fastest in numerical order. I want to think I know which ones are the fastest and least fastest so that when an upset happens its far more exciting!