Upgrading Slot Cars (and building a 200ft track)

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I built a 200ft VR slot-car track! Go to establishedtitles.com/PROJECTAIR and help support the channel. They are now running an Early Black Friday sale, plus 10% off on any purchase with code PROJECTAIR. Thanks to Established Titles for sponsoring this video!
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@Project-Air Жыл бұрын

Who wants more videos like this? Also, check out my downloadable project kits on my website! store.projectair.co.uk

@HandleGoesHeree Жыл бұрын

This is actually sick

@United_states_America579 Жыл бұрын

@suhanthemaker Жыл бұрын

Dream come true

@kalamar_from_slovakia Жыл бұрын

This is like that one episode of Pat a Mat... lol

@DaimyoD0 Жыл бұрын

Would love some more DIY Perks collabs.

@DIYPerks Жыл бұрын

Dude, the race was so much fun! I want a rematch though 😄😄

@piereligiodisante Жыл бұрын

From a subscriber of both channels, that was a very nice crossover episode ahaha

@KJ7JHN Жыл бұрын

#diyperks how can I make my own slot car track? ?

@Project-Air Жыл бұрын

You’re on! Let’s make it an annual thing!

@Project-Air Жыл бұрын

You were #robbed of the victory

@desmond-hawkins Жыл бұрын

I never thought I'd see this crossover, this was great. Here's hoping for more collabs!

@sadface Жыл бұрын

This reminds me of the Tom Scott video about how they trained tank drivers using the models and cameras. It's a cool way of making a game/simulation without a computer.

@articwolf7227 Жыл бұрын

Saaame I genuinely thought he was inspired by it

@Frogprince69 Жыл бұрын

Omg same

@KaitlinGaspar Жыл бұрын

me too! they’re companion videos in my mind

@guyguy1811 Жыл бұрын

Yea, was my first thought too. I assume he probably saw that video.

@siskamore11 Жыл бұрын

It's the reason I clicked it lol

@leightonwestbury92 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely awesome, 2 big kids realising their former little kid selves dreams.

@Project-Air Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@5MadMovieMakers Жыл бұрын

FPV slot car racing is such a cool idea!

@5MadMovieMakers Жыл бұрын

Also if you strip off the car shells and put the batteries and camera lower, the center of gravity won't be as high and hopefully the cars can stay on track more!

@Project-Air Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Your videos were actually some of the inspiration for this 😊

@dan725 Жыл бұрын

all my favorite youtubers commenting on each other. :)

@5MadMovieMakers Жыл бұрын

@@Project-Air Ah that's epic! Well you took it to the next level! Super impressive track layout

@Angrynood Жыл бұрын

@@dan725 Honestly had a feeling that 5Mad was gonna see this

@sidneyperry7623 Жыл бұрын

Wow, that brought back memories. late 1950s into the early 1960s spent hours and hours racing with my neighbor Tim in his living room. Slot cars, the track looks the same. Tim has now had a stroke and it's hard to talk with him, but the memories still live in my head. Thanks for sharing with a 74 yr. old guy who knows the fun in a slot car race.

@KevinTalbotTV Жыл бұрын

epic video bro!! ive wanted to do something like this when i was a kid

@pauljaggers402 Жыл бұрын

Check out Racecastle in Waltham Abbey. At RaceCastle they have tiny FPV cars that are RC with full proportional steering around an amazing track. Some of these cars are even 3D printed.

@loen9591 Жыл бұрын

did not know you watched projectair

@alessioram6631 Жыл бұрын

Hi Kevin!

@shippyshank_loves_carsandsound Жыл бұрын

Yoo what's up kev

@thercduos6239 Жыл бұрын

Hi kev

@inxomnyaa Жыл бұрын

I loved those as a kid, all that has survived from them over all the years are the motors though. My set was incomplete, rusty, the magnets were dead and sometimes it smelled like shorted circuits, but it was still great fun.

@funnyyylock Жыл бұрын

Slot car racing is still extremely popular in some places.

@CapTheNPC2 Жыл бұрын

The concept and the execution of this project were just incredible. So so cool.

@arthurmann578 Жыл бұрын

As a guy who used to race slot cars with his family and friends WAY back in the 60s' and 70s' as a kid, I found this video ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!! 👍👍 PS: I believe that I still have my complete sets still buried in my closet somewhere from those LONG AGO days and now I want to go find them! 😁

@joeshmoe7967 8 ай бұрын

My last racing I was in grade 11, 1978....I am 61 and also have my old slot stuff in a box somewhere....I really really want to find that box! My carcass is older but my mind is still just a kid. - Cheers

@Davett53 Жыл бұрын

Ha, ha!...Boy was that fun! (I'm an oldster,...at 68 years old),.....and I used love playing with my slot cars,..in the USA in the early 1960s until 1969. Back then the cars were simpler and we did't have that magnetic, feature. The tracks looked the same. People had small tracks in their parents houses, but we also had public tracks to go to. Public tracks were sponsored by large department stores, with toy departments, where the slot cars were sold. A few hobby stores, also sponsored public tracks,....on all the tracks I ran on, we had to pay by the hour,....and for a kid, it could get costly. I had slot cars in two scales. I preferred the 1/24 inch scaled size. Me and my pals had so much fun with this hobby,....we built our cars from kits and parts swapped with other kids cars. We sometimes fabricated parts, from metal & plastic stock materials. I belonged to a slot car club, in it we ran the smaller scaled cars, and used our plastic scale models for the bodies. It was fun to be a "spotter" at those large public tracks, where there were 10 or more tracks. We ran and saved cars that got stuck along the way or ones that got bumped off the track. Thanks guys! It was a trip down memory lane, for me. Cool!

@Project-Air Жыл бұрын

Cool to hear!

@tireballastserviceofflorid7771 Жыл бұрын

Having grown up with these I have a few tips. 1. Wd-40 on a lint free rag and wipe just the traces on the track after a good cleaning. 2. I good lubricating oil on a lint free rag and just wipe the pins where the track sections connect. Use just a trace of both. It gives much longer times between cleanings as it reduces oxidation on both the pin and trace. Lot of fun to see these in action again. Been about 45 or more years since my last lap.

@jakedevries1455 Жыл бұрын

What a wicked project I can only imagine how fun that must have been! It reminds me of that on game micro machines where you used to race miniature cars around worktops and desktops avoiding obstacles like glue that'd slow you down and across gaps using rulers as makeshift bridges. Thanks for the flashback to my childhood and goes to show that you're never too old to have fun and play with toys 😁 wicked video as always 👍 Thanks.

@Project-Air Жыл бұрын

It was loads of fun!

@leoncaples2947 Жыл бұрын

Micro machines on DS was super fun and way too challenging at the same time :)

@-M0LE Жыл бұрын

Micro machines was awesome

@jakedevries1455 Жыл бұрын

@@-M0LE yeah man it was wicked.

@James02876 Жыл бұрын

I launched countless slots cars into obstacles as a child. Actually, now that I think about it, these cars were one of the first things I ever managed to break, disassemble, and eventually learn to fix. My set had track that went up the wall, and I think I put a few dents in the ceiling. I always wanted to experience it in FPV, thanks for this video!

@fpvgods Жыл бұрын

We ALL won!!! I have never watched a videos in its entirety. However, this video was viewed with huge smile and excitement during EVERY second. Thank You for sharing your wisdom. My best wishes to all. You brought out the kid in me. 🙏

@petedanis4459 4 күн бұрын

That was so fun to watch. I can’t imagine how fun it was to race. Not to mention to build that awesome circuit! Great job!

@JF9 Жыл бұрын

I used to have a ton of these as a kid, probably what got me into RC!

@Project-Air Жыл бұрын

They're underrated

@vincentberg Жыл бұрын

Hey project air. Was a good video!

@elliotmarks06 Жыл бұрын

This is awesome! Someone should definitely sell DIY kits that allow anyone to do this conversion.

@Zipy54 5 ай бұрын

I have found that designing the track/cars/and figures buildings etc. myself and 3d printing them to be the most fun you can have, even if you don't have room for a massive track like this.

@happyocd Ай бұрын

Brilliant! When I play racing video games I always run with the "in-car" view. You have done this with slot cars. This concept is very intriguing and entertaining. Great job!

@user-xe8oi5oq6c Жыл бұрын

It's unreal fun. First I thought you did it for your kids, but then I saw two adult guys playing. I think your kids in future will be happy to have such dads. Keep doing this! You are cool!!!

@angryalbatross8948 Жыл бұрын

This seems like so much fun!!

@Project-Air Жыл бұрын

It was!!

@CDRaff Жыл бұрын

I can't wait until my son is old enough for slot cars. One of my best childhood memories is racing my dad on Christmas morning.

@davidrumbelow Жыл бұрын

In my youth 60 years ago, guys made their own track. I had Minic cars and a railroad crossing, beat the train.

@nielscremer599 Жыл бұрын

Can we talk about Matt instantly replacing his car on that jump crash at the end?? That shii ain't easy with goggles on!

@EdwardSargeant Жыл бұрын

This was so much fun! I loved racing these as a kid. Nice to see Matt making an appearance, also - great video!

@dave3657 Жыл бұрын

Pretty cool. To avoid the sharp bends at joints you can make custom track pieces. Gently warm a piece and bend it carefully.

@n.gravey3735 Жыл бұрын

If you get the digital version of the cars and power strip, then you can take the power from the track as it is constant with the speed of the car controlled by the pulse wide from the digital controller

@kasroa Жыл бұрын

We used to spray furniture polish on certain parts of the track to make it more interesting

@Sawer Жыл бұрын

Really fun video! You guys have fun chemistry together and Id love to see more collabs from you two! Perhaps a plane collab or something?

@rcrallyevox918 Жыл бұрын

This gives me masive flashbacks to the old scalextric episode of James May's Toy stories! Loved that episode so I of course enjoyed this video very much!

@lookup7318 Жыл бұрын

Hey I grew up in the 80s where racing sets we're the best thing to find under the Christmas tree.. Thanks for the awesome memories... the race was super cool 😎 😁😁😁

@properprinting Жыл бұрын

It was already exciting when you talked about this, but I didn't expect it to be such a neck and neck race. Just awesome!

@vocalpro Жыл бұрын

Matt then turned the whole track into a brass and wood laptop. Good work fellas!

@teebob21 Жыл бұрын

This is the first video I have ever watched with an in-video sponsored ad where I was interested in researching/buying the product. Lord Teebob sounds good to me!

@SJR_Media_Group Жыл бұрын

That is the most amazing use of miniature technology I have in long time. I grew up in the days of huge indoor slot car tracks. Serious hobbyists spent fortunes on their slot cars. Once a week there would be very competitive racing. Putting mini cams on top of cars is brilliant. VR goggles is also brilliant. Seen it done racing drones, never seen it done with slot cars. Job well done mate.

@Drew791 Жыл бұрын

I’m shocked how good the mini radio camera quality is!

@BenRyherd Жыл бұрын

Looks like a blast! If you do another it'd be cool to see if you could take advantage of the ability to run vertical. I'm not sure they'd run if the track was flat to the wall but running horizontally, but if they did it'd be cool to do a "quarter loop" up onto the wall, drive up the wall, do a 90 degree turn, some straight, another 90 degree turn and then drive straight back down the wall. Also a sort of mirror maze that hides a sharp last second turn could be interesting as well as something like the tinywhoop light tunnels that flighttest has.

@k1ortia Жыл бұрын

wow, just amazing. i used to have a scalextic set fro when i was a kid, through to the 90,s. i remember my dad always going to the model shop to buy new sets of brushes for the cars. And constantly fiddling with the metal track parts to get it all working.But when it all worked, it was amazing.

@whoever6458 Жыл бұрын

I don't remember us having this kind of thing when I was a kid. There were some plastic tracks where the sides were supposed to keep the cars in. My brother and I found it boring and, since jumps were not included, we made some of our own, which is usually when our cars would fly off of the tracks, but that was really the best part. I really like the cameras you put on those because that makes it even funner!

@agepbiz Жыл бұрын

This looks like so much fun!

@parkerk3599 Жыл бұрын

That looks like so much fun and I put a FPV camera on my rc car yesterday and explored the house with it and this reminds me of that.

@kolten808 Жыл бұрын

Yea I think the dude meant FPV on VR goggles, FPV is on another level of fun, if you want to kick it up a notch look into HD FPV 🍻😄

@theviperman3 Жыл бұрын

YES Please!!!! Re-match with a spiral and a loop in the track. Had a Scalextric track about 34 years ago .. what a joy this was to watch!!!!

@HAWXLEADER Жыл бұрын

Always thought these were lame when I was a kid (Well there were RC cars in the 90's so...) This takes it to another level!

@MCsCreations Жыл бұрын

Fantastic work, James! Really well done!!! 😃 Great race both of you! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

@kmorris180 Жыл бұрын

This may not be my favorite video you've done. But it's near the top. It's always great to see someone accomplish something I've always wanted to do.

@jefflolI Жыл бұрын

5:22 dang that actually looks good

@sauce777 10 ай бұрын

This brings back memories of slot cars when I was a kid. This would be so much fun.

@shayanbavar1036 Жыл бұрын

I would love to see you guys attach some rc cars to a sim racing wheel and pedals and try to go around this track like that!

@RSpudieD Жыл бұрын

This was a really cool idea and looked like a lot of fun! I could see this being a thing at arcades and other gaming places, especially with more lanes and cool worlds to drive around in!

@edteach3r 6 ай бұрын

So much fun! Thanks, guys.

@12volthighpeakvanlife.62 Жыл бұрын

Better than any Scalextric set i had in the 70s 80s , Brilliant to watch , Big thumbs up .

@EdwardChew Жыл бұрын

That 90 degree hill climb is hilarious 😂😂

@simonabunker Жыл бұрын

You need to add a rocket motor in the car for an extra boost! The idea of putting this online would definitely be interesting too.

@nickrich56 Жыл бұрын

My first slot car kit was called Hell Drivers and had a jump ramp! -circa 1966. In later years I changed the bodies with model kits.

@googon1735 Жыл бұрын

Cool vid man seemed like great fun. How about going for a land speed record and modifying them for a drag race?

@WingNuts2010 Жыл бұрын

That was really enjoyable to watch. Probably already exists, but a TV programme series where people have to build a different course each week and then race their cars with FPV.

@slartibartfast2649 Жыл бұрын

What power was the TX? That seems to have pretty good reception for such a small unit. I've never had such success with cheap units from Banggood.

@paulkazjack 10 ай бұрын

Usually 25 mw.

@shythephotoguy Жыл бұрын

Haven't seen anything more fun than this besides fpv flying

@mozkitolife5437 Жыл бұрын

I was not expecting that much exercise to be involved. Highly entertaining!

@gs425 Жыл бұрын

Great video, but I'm sure you are aware by now Established Titles is a scam.

@yurei3714 Жыл бұрын

Established titles is a scam don't promote it

@aterxter3437 Жыл бұрын

Well, the idea struck me immediately after thinking about the power issue : In model railroad, the matter of powering the locomotive and makind it moove are decoupled thanks to the DCC system : a dcc controller gives some square AC with variable frequency to the tracks (the information is numericaly coded bit by bit in the variable frequency), thus providing constant power to the locomotive, you just need a full-bridge rectifier and a filtering capacitor, the tracks AC goes directly to a little electronic circuit, a dcc decoder which decodes the information, pilots the motors at the specified speed and can even power up accessories like lights, some can even pilot servos. The dcc decoder itself is a really tiny pcb, 2*1cm max for HO scale, even less for N scale and can easily power motors that draws under 2A dc

@andyjdhurley Жыл бұрын

Is that how they worked? I never could quite work it out as a kid but then I never could afford it either so it was always just an aspiration. I just had to make do with isolators and motorised points.

@aterxter3437 Жыл бұрын

@@andyjdhurley The current DCC system works by giving constant AC to the tracks, a 1bit is transmitted when an alternance (one side to +VCC and afterwards the other one, polarity is flipped ) last around 56 +/-2 microseconds, a 0 bit is transmitted when the alternance lasts more than 100 microseconds. The data is send following this principle, from the controller : 1) 7(if my memory is correct) 1bits for synchronization followed by one 0 bit 2) the adress of the target decoder, can be a loco or an accessory like a motorised switch track, followed by a 0bit 3) the target action with according data, for speed, the value between -127 and 127, for a function like a light, the corresponding number and value (True/False),... followed by a 0 bit 4) the result of doing an xor operation from bit of data to bit of data, the decoders does it on it’s own, if the decoders has correctly understood the instructions, the result will be the same as what the controller send, if the decoders misunderstood a bit, the result will be different. As such it acts as a safety to ensure a correct data transmission without bidirectional conversation. A simple controller can be cheap, like a multimauss from Fleishmann/Roco, around 150€, I have a project to make my own based on some arduino libraries like cmdr. The main issue is the individual cost of each decoder, begining at 30-40€ each

@mordechaitaub3594 Жыл бұрын

Wow, that was awesome, and you used Mini Coopers, my dream car. Well, a green one, anyways, so awesome.

@DiyClassics Жыл бұрын

Established titles is a scam...

@RealRaideRR 26 күн бұрын

Wdym?

@Rowan.24 22 күн бұрын

@@RealRaideRRthe sponsor is a scam

@yogidemis8513 11 ай бұрын

Being a 80s kid I always got slot car set up for Christmas every year. They were alot of fun. I actually think I still have them all packed away in boxes in the attic. Watching this video makes me wanna go find them.

@pdtech4524 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant I've always been a bit of a slot car fan and this is a perfect solution to a longer circuit out of line of sight!😁👍

@killemtoenjoythesilence Жыл бұрын

I have a permanent 1/64th scale and 1/32nd scale track and grew up racing 1/24th scale. Needless to say I love slot cars. This looks like so much fun. I'm definitely doing this.

@hoppinonabronzeleg9477 Жыл бұрын

This is so cool, what James May did at Brooklands a decade or so ago, has been eclipsed by a much smaller, yet more thought out idea! Nice sporting pair of lads, Competitive yest sporting.

@johannpatrickvillena2081 Жыл бұрын

Challenge: Make a lego city around it. like a small town and some landscaping with lego. It'll look amazing in the camera. :D But it is gonna be hard

@Roscoe.P.Coldchain Жыл бұрын

Spent hours in the loft with the scale electric set up at my cousins..Spent hours up there as kids at the Christmas family sleep overs even if we did need our coats and shoes on, no electricity up there apart from the lights in the 70s lol..Brilliant ❤👍

@crusader10 Жыл бұрын

KZfaq was made for this kind of entertaining videos

@TOYHOUSE Жыл бұрын

*_Great idea, great video! Good luck with your new projects!_*

@joetintern Жыл бұрын

Amazing great work guys me and my son used to do similar to this for fun before he grew up 😅

@chrisgalloway9531 Жыл бұрын

You are a complete unadulterated genius to come up with this idea if only I had something like this when I played with my Aurora AFX and Tyco tracks it would have been awesome I think you should patent this idea make it where the video is admitting through the windshield and Revitalize slot tracks I would buy more than one I think kids would get back into this Hobby. Thanks for sharing this with all of us it made my day.

@knoopx Жыл бұрын

1/28 scale rc cars are also very fun to drive with fpv cameras, you can't go as crazy as you did but driving skills show off when competing

@brianroberts815 Жыл бұрын

I love this tiny, little AIO units!!! I use em in almost all my RC vehicles. Not so much in fixed wing airplanes, but most of my quads(drones), boats and crawlers and off road trucks. So inexpensive, at around $15 , ya can't beat em. I prefer those that use a small 4.3" LCD monitor as opposed to the ones that send video to my phone. I, use hot glue to mount it to a controller. Great track here. Good job.

@thedarkknight1971 Жыл бұрын

LOVE IT !!! Two guys I follow regularly (love the weird, whacky, and often highly polished/professional DIY projects that Mat @ DIYPerks creates) and ProjectAir crazy land/air/water speed ideas... But this? GOOD OLD FASHIONED FUN with a modern twist!! Brilliant!!! 👌👏 😎🇬🇧

@Navidain Жыл бұрын

Driving under an actual Mini was such a cool touch.

@wafflesfpv3107 Жыл бұрын

wow so cool mini fpv cars!!

@deantubeful Жыл бұрын

Great formula and fun it seems. 55 and still excited watching. Thanks guys.

@schoemaeckercyril336 Жыл бұрын

Un rêve de gosse réalisé ! On veux une revanche, ou alors une version rallye !

@paulraye3817 4 ай бұрын

Looks like a lot of fun I had a smile on my face the hole time watching great fun guys

@raystaar 10 ай бұрын

The POV video is so much fun to watch. Can you make another vid of that, exclusively?

@paullthomas8064 Жыл бұрын

A FUN VIDEO GUYS! HAPPY DRIVING

@HeHeMan420 Жыл бұрын

Next, you should try to put the jet engine on a plane. I feel you are capable of making something totally awesome.

@microbuilder Жыл бұрын

I've been putting off doing a micro FPV plane...no longer, this looks like way too much fun, awesome project!

@RichardBetel Жыл бұрын

The model railways used to use the same basic control scheme, but they're moving to something called Digital Command Control, DCC. DCC is a DC square wave on the rails, so accessories like lights can run off DCC as if nothing has changed, but the frequency of the square wave can be modulated to send packets. Basically, each locomotive or DCC accessory is given an 8-bit address, and your controller sends simple commands like "set speed to to individual locomotives. As a result, you can have many trains on the same track running at different speeds. It comes to mind because something like that would let you eliminate the batteries in the cars: you need a small capacitor and/or regulator to smooth out the power for the camera, and then a small circuit to control the motor speed. The off-the-shelf boards are pretty small, too. They can fit into an Z-scale locomotive, whose tracks are only 6.5mm wide. The motor controllers look like they support an amp at about 20V...