gazza Posted August 7, 2010 Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 A group of us had the privilege of testing Ricks Scorpius System at his place last Friday night The system works great .... the ability to stand or walk anywhere and not have controller cables to trip over or to restrict you is the best idea The controllers are very light and smooth and you can also tweak them, very quickly via the computer, to suite individual requirements, with fine tuning of the brakes and throttle curve As stated before .... each car has it's own ID number matched to it's own controller The brakes are adjustable to 100% (obvious) but there is also a handbrake, if you like, as well which will stop the car instantly .... when you get used to just "dabbing" the button, you can go realy deep into corners .... with a little practice .... it'll shaves tenths off your lap times The track was only running at 11 volts but the NSR Moslers we were using were very quick, even though we were running without magnets Not being digital people, lane changing was a bit of a daunting prospect, but with a bit of practice we managed to work out the system very quickly and lane swapping and overtaking was the norm by the nights end This is lane changing at speed ...... flat out down the front straight, and staying on to boot Having more than one car on each lane takes a bit of getting used to, but once done it makes for some very close and exciting racing Scorpius can also run analog cars as well ..... Rick took about 5 min to change the system over so that you can your analog cars on the track using the same Scorpius controller, which makes the system adaptable to any track, analog or digital The ability to walk around to different positions on the track all while still driving is a great idea as is being able to sit in your nice comfy chair, you can drive the car from another room if you want, the only thing that stops you is line of sight, but that's why they invented video cameras. Also you no longer have to be held up waiting for the cancer club to come back to start a race, close the door and they can look through the window and puff away to there (soon to expire) hearts content. name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>"> name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"> Link to forum thread ..... Digital Link to topic thread ..... Analogue Quickly read this post before it is deleted or i turn grey again Gary http://www.facebook.com/Rallyproxy2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camber Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 Rick had me up last night to have a few laps and check out the lastest in Scorpius. Had an absolute blast. The nimble wireless controllers are awesome, smooth power and lots of it, faultless lane changing....really looking forward to getting my track up and running now. Well done and thanks for a great night Rick. - Cam Hoo Roo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieslotter Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 HOW TO WIRE A HYBRID SCORPIUS DIGITAL/ANALOGUE TRACK Hi Guys, Now your going to want each lane analogue or simply be able to run a single analogue car. If you wish to have multiple analogue car racing each lane must be wired as a typical multiple lane analogue track with multiple analogue driver stations wired separately to each lane. The power supply must be current limited. A circuit breaker or fuse for each lane can be included and these are on the better quality driver stations on the market. So how does it work. Its so simple. Once the analogue driver station(s) are installed, the bridging plug is inserted for analogue and the Scorpius Analogue Module is inserted for Scorpius digital racing. Thats it! So if you can wire an analog track you can wire this One wireless analogue module is needed per analogue driver. One bridging plug is required per analogue driver station. The plug simply completes the circuit and enables PSU power to pass directly to the rails for Scorpius digital. eg 8-16VDC. If converting an existing digital plastic track system to a hybrid Scorpius digital/analogue track ensure bridging wires from lane 1 to lane 2 are removed on lane changers. Analogue crossovers must be removed. Rick On chips, we have simply too many to create a video-log. As mentioned earlier in this thread, some were dead-on-arrival, some had no brakes, some had a range with the of about 30cm, some when hooked up to a light kit had only rear lights but not front lights (light kit and LEDs worked perfectly when tested with another chip) and so much more. www.scorpiuswireless.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eno the Wonderdog Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 There is a quite famous big curved French bridge that runs over a huge valley where the road used to have to sweep up & down the sides of the crevasse. All you need do is take an axe to the middle of the table & build a bridge.. ..anyhow - do you have photos of these 'modules' you speak of? it may help me understand better than a diagram? Captain's log: We are enroute to some planet whose name I cannot pronounce to do something really complicated that I don't understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted September 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 Here you go Eno ....... linky thingy Quickly read this post before it is deleted or i turn grey again Gary http://www.facebook.com/Rallyproxy2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eno the Wonderdog Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 ok - what does the pluggy thing plug into? Captain's log: We are enroute to some planet whose name I cannot pronounce to do something really complicated that I don't understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slots Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 THE TRACK! Stu Old racers race harder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gzminiz Posted October 5, 2010 Report Share Posted October 5, 2010 Who has some pointers for doing a scorpius track? I am looking at building a new track and want to do a scorpius. Saw a bit of the new lane changers and would like to use them as well rather then building my own. I am having the track CNC'd so if there is a scorpius cad guru, could use some help with drawings. :-) The Duke - 2nd Routed Track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieslotter Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 (edited) This is the LC referred to? As this is the analogue thread for the Scorpius controller I shall put a link back to the main thread....... Scorpius Custom timber lane changer to suit existing plastic track systems linky thingy. I can organise CAD drawings if you like or PM Camber, he may be able to help. Rick Edited October 6, 2010 by aussieslotter On chips, we have simply too many to create a video-log. As mentioned earlier in this thread, some were dead-on-arrival, some had no brakes, some had a range with the of about 30cm, some when hooked up to a light kit had only rear lights but not front lights (light kit and LEDs worked perfectly when tested with another chip) and so much more. www.scorpiuswireless.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieslotter Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 Hi Guys, Heres a mock up of the finished controller. Rick On chips, we have simply too many to create a video-log. As mentioned earlier in this thread, some were dead-on-arrival, some had no brakes, some had a range with the of about 30cm, some when hooked up to a light kit had only rear lights but not front lights (light kit and LEDs worked perfectly when tested with another chip) and so much more. www.scorpiuswireless.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syd Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 Very nice indeed. Hope there is enough room in that handle for the batteries! West Australian Slot Car Racing Group web: www.waslotcarracinggroup.com email: syd.miller@outlook.com mob: Syd 0413 020 421 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ontheflipside Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 Very nice indeed. Hope there is enough room in that handle for the batteries! They could be USB Rechargeable's I can't believe that I wanted to grow up Mount Salt Panorama Track Combined Road and Rally Track built near Salt Pan Creek Padstow - Sydney A quick build rally track 2017 WRP Round 11 at Mt Salt Panorama https://i128.photobu...zpss7sqiwfj.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieslotter Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 2 single AAA battery holders re needed instead of just one double AAA bateery holder as in the previous handle. Rick On chips, we have simply too many to create a video-log. As mentioned earlier in this thread, some were dead-on-arrival, some had no brakes, some had a range with the of about 30cm, some when hooked up to a light kit had only rear lights but not front lights (light kit and LEDs worked perfectly when tested with another chip) and so much more. www.scorpiuswireless.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver rocket Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 Wow it's looking good, can't wait to see it running here in WA! I Miss Brocky... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieslotter Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 (edited) .....latest. As you can see the batteries fit Rick Edited January 16, 2011 by aussieslotter On chips, we have simply too many to create a video-log. As mentioned earlier in this thread, some were dead-on-arrival, some had no brakes, some had a range with the of about 30cm, some when hooked up to a light kit had only rear lights but not front lights (light kit and LEDs worked perfectly when tested with another chip) and so much more. www.scorpiuswireless.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yngwie Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Looking great Rick! Bet you cant wait for Scorpius to launch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inveterate retiree Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 (edited) Rick, I know it is a great thing to use your system with an nDigital track. Something that just occurred to me, is, is it possible to use Scorpius on the nDigital, with lane changing & the ninco roundabout kit? (I expect I'm stretching the possibilities a bit too far with that one.) Which is great for a rally track, or quickly modifiying your circuit into a rally track:- Up one lane turn about at the roundabout & head back down the other lane until you reach the other roundabout, etc. [edit:] Hmm. Another thought occurred to me (s#!t, that's two in one day!), which was a memory (they are becoming more sparse) that you can wire Scorpius in a fashion to run both digital or analogue (surely not both at the same time?). So that would I expect mean that if you wire your track to work both ways, then you would be able to use digital cars on you digital layout, then change the layout to one that is incompatible with digital (such as adding the roundabouts) & then run your non-chipped analogue cars. Am I missing something, or have I got it sussed? [edit2:] If you switch from digital to analogue do you have to remove any of the pieces of track that are digital, i.e. the lane changers? I'm sure that's it from me for the day, that is three thoughts in one day, I'm exhausted, I think I need a beer. Edited March 29, 2011 by inveterate retiree I used to be surprised that I was still surprised by my own stupidity, finding it strangely refreshing. Well I don't now. I'm over it! Photos of my track in progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Blueberries Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 lane changing was a bit of a daunting prospect, but with a bit of practice we managed to work out the system very quickly and lane swapping and overtaking was the norm by the nights end ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syd Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Posted 16 January 2011 - 11:43 AM .....latest. As you can see the batteries fit Looks good Rick, but when can we get the system 1 West Australian Slot Car Racing Group web: www.waslotcarracinggroup.com email: syd.miller@outlook.com mob: Syd 0413 020 421 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieslotter Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 (edited) Rick, I know it is a great thing to use your system with an nDigital track. Something that just occurred to me, is, is it possible to use Scorpius on the nDigital, with lane changing & the ninco roundabout kit? (I expect I'm stretching the possibilities a bit too far with that one.) Basically you need to swap all the electronics over, and just utilise the Ninco track and lane changers. W hich is great for a rally track, or quickly modifiying your circuit into a rally track:- Up one lane turn about at the roundabout & head back down the other lane until you reach the other roundabout, etc. With that you only need analogue. [edit:] Hmm. Another thought occurred to me (s#!t, that's two in one day!), which was a memory (they are becoming more sparse) that you can wire Scorpius in a fashion to run both digital or analogue (surely not both at the same time?). So that would I expect mean that if you wire your track to work both ways, then you would be able to use digital cars on you digital layout, then change the layout to one that is incompatible with digital (such as adding the roundabouts) & then run your non-chipped analogue cars. Am I missing something, or have I got it sussed? [edit2:] If you switch from digital to analogue do you have to remove any of the pieces of track that are digital, i.e. the lane changers? I'm sure that's it from me for the day, that is three thoughts in one day, I'm exhausted, I think I need a beer. All covered. Each lane must be wired separately though. A normal analogue driver station is installed for each lane. Plug in your analogue controller for analogue. Now use your Scorpius controller for analogue cars by plugging the wireless receiver into the driver station. Want to go digital? Just plug the Scorpius digital module into the driver station, only that lane is now digital. Run an analogue car and digital car side by side. The module could be replaced by wiring of an additional master switch. Here all were doing is somehow getting 12V to each lane continuosly for digital. The digital module is infact just one piece of wire inside that directs power to the rail rather than to the controller. No you wouldnt need to remove track pieces once wired correctly. Want to go 100% digital with just one controller and the rest plug in controllers, once again just asdd the bridging module. Rick Edited May 10, 2011 by aussieslotter On chips, we have simply too many to create a video-log. As mentioned earlier in this thread, some were dead-on-arrival, some had no brakes, some had a range with the of about 30cm, some when hooked up to a light kit had only rear lights but not front lights (light kit and LEDs worked perfectly when tested with another chip) and so much more. www.scorpiuswireless.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inveterate retiree Posted May 7, 2011 Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 Thanks for your reply Rick. I used to be surprised that I was still surprised by my own stupidity, finding it strangely refreshing. Well I don't now. I'm over it! Photos of my track in progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieslotter Posted May 19, 2011 Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 Hi Everyone, The first round of Scorpius gear will be shipped over the next 4 weeks and is compoletely sold out. A second production run is planned already. Cheers Rick On chips, we have simply too many to create a video-log. As mentioned earlier in this thread, some were dead-on-arrival, some had no brakes, some had a range with the of about 30cm, some when hooked up to a light kit had only rear lights but not front lights (light kit and LEDs worked perfectly when tested with another chip) and so much more. www.scorpiuswireless.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yngwie Posted May 19, 2011 Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 Great work. Is the discount for Club Scorpius Members still applicable? Also, is the analogue module available in the next production run? CHeers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieslotter Posted May 20, 2011 Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 Great work. Is the discount for Club Scorpius Members still applicable? Also, is the analogue module available in the next production run? CHeers John Hi John, The Club Scorpius Membership goes till June 30 2014. The analog module is still in development. Rick On chips, we have simply too many to create a video-log. As mentioned earlier in this thread, some were dead-on-arrival, some had no brakes, some had a range with the of about 30cm, some when hooked up to a light kit had only rear lights but not front lights (light kit and LEDs worked perfectly when tested with another chip) and so much more. www.scorpiuswireless.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR XU-1 Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Hi Everyone, The first round of Scorpius gear will be shipped over the next 4 weeks and is compoletely sold out. A second production run is planned already. Cheers Rick In january you advised myself to hold off in placing an order and will let us know when you were ready for the second production run - is this still the case? Should we be placing an order yet? Have had finances ready to rock and roll for over 6 months now. just waiting on the go ahead Everything is looking good and starting to really come togther Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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