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My Banked Oval Track and Lap Counter
I am almost done with my new banked oval track.
There are 8 turn sections(10 foot diameter) and 10 straight sections (4 foot long) that can be arranged as 18x22 to 10x30.
The cars (BRP SC-18's) are controlled with arcade style steering wheels and t-handle shifters for throttle.
I still need to work on the walls, I don't like the way they came out.
I wanted a lap counter for the eight cars but could not find one that is affordably priced without using flags, so I built my own. It uses infrared transponders in each car and a timing bridge over the Start/Finish line with eight infrared receivers. I tested it outside over the weekend and it works very well. I have a few tweaks to do to the code(it is run by a microcontroller), but it didn't miss a lap in four hours of testing.
This is a picture of the track. I thought I took more (and better) pictures but can't find them now. I will post them when I do.
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