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Post by Vodka Racing on Dec 17, 2009 19:34:52 GMT -7
The ESS instructions show the base plate of the starting gate pin of a Best Track set deep inside the start lever. To minimize the distance the pin moves before the base plate is free from the start lever, I have very little of the base plate resting in the lever. However I still have about a toothpick width of pin movement before the pin drops. I'm trying to minimize any car disturbance before the pin is quickly dropping and away from the car. To achieve what I have so far, I moved the starting gate up the track towards the top. You'll see the base plate does not touch the bottom of the track as the pin, slightly angled forward, is touching the top of the inside groove. I've included a profile picture for suggestions and to see how others have done it. I may be over thinking it if the lever is pulled fast enough a hair trigger start lever is not needed. Thanks!
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Post by P D D R 2 on Dec 17, 2009 20:21:27 GMT -7
The ESS instructions show the base plate of the starting gate pin of a Best Track set deep inside the start lever. To minimize the distance the pin moves before the base plate is free from the start lever, I have very little of the base plate resting in the lever. However I still have about a toothpick width of pin movement before the pin drops. I'm trying to minimize any car disturbance before the pin is quickly dropping and away from the car. To achieve what I have so far, I moved the starting gate up the track towards the top. You'll see the base plate does not touch the bottom of the track as the pin, slightly angled forward, is touching the top of the inside groove. I've included a profile picture for suggestions and to see how others have done it. I may be over thinking it if the lever is pulled fast enough a hair trigger start lever is not needed. Thanks! If you use the micro switch the angle section that holds the pins has to move far to release the lever to the micro switch to activate the timer.... So if you manually pull the lever slow you can start the timer before the pins drop to start the cars this will make the times for the car inconsistant... Look underneath and see how the micro switch lever releases in relationship to when the pins drop and when the manual lever falls out of the grove and also having just enough spring tension on the pin bracket. The ESS pulls the lever the same every time so that the pins release the same to start the timer. If you have it set up to much like a hair trigger then the weight of the cars resting on the pins could move your lever on your micro switch and might trigger the timer without releasing the pins... Or if some one bumped the track your gate could drop... We don't recommend a hair trigger if this is what you mean. The good thing about the ESS is that you can slide it up and down the track guide to make simple adjustments to the lever release. We recommend using the instructions that come with the ESS unit to have proper function. Hope this helped out or makes sinse.... If you have any further questions then feel free to ask. David
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