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Welcome to the Pit Lane. This section of the website features a variety of resources for aspiring engineers.	Something to share, then send us a copy.
	Foam body car Few schools in Australia have vacuum formers so how about machining the body from blue foam, spraying with filler spray, sanding and painting? Download the Creo Pro model for the foam bodied car.
BloodhoundSSC Prototypes To get things rolling, Chris Jarman and David Eyre have produced realistic 1/32 scale replica Bloodhound SSC slot cars. One is wheel driven and the other uses a ducted fan.
	Here two motors are mounted parallel to each other and the rear axe has two contrate gears.
This engine cradle has the two motors mounted in a 'V' arrangement with both motor pinions using the same contrate gear on the axle.
	The white car uses a ducted fan commonly found in electric powered radio control aircraft. In this case a pencil size DC motor is used but a Scalextric4Schools motor would also work.
How about a larger fan! Matching the fan to the motor is important.
	Here is a wheel driven replica of Donald Campbells Bluebird. Would you copy a previous design or create a new one of your own?
Vacuum formed chassis Enthusiast, David Eyre has come up with a very interesting alternative to the laser cut chassis.
Axle bearings are brass inserts out of electrical terminal blocks. The clamping screws attach the brass block to the vacuum forming. Download the Creo Pro model of the mould.
Ply wood chassis	Another enthusiast, Chris Jarman, created this plywood model which may be greener than using plastic. This could be important if your team is entering the Eco challenge.
	2011 UK Finals Read the press release report from the UK finals - Press release
2010 Scalextric4Schools Finals Filmed at Donington Park museum by Gary Smith from Boxford using his new video camera. Watch out for the 'super slow motion' clips, a great way to analyse car performance! . Click here
Moneysupermarket.com	Take a look at this hugely funny moneysupermarket.com commercial of Nigel Mansell buying car insurance - click here.
Race on your iphone/ipad A new app lets you create your own Scalextric track, customise your car and race! Who will be the first to create the competition track? http://www.scalextric.com/app/

2009 Scalextric4Schools finals
The very first Scalextric4Schools finals were held at Meadowhall Shopping Centre in Sheffield. This video was taken and edited by Gary Smith of Boxford.

Scalextric4Schools Poster

Click on the image above to download a PDF for printing.

Remember the poster from the 2009 season? Scalextric4Schools is pleased to announce that PTC has become an Official Partner of Aston Martin Racing. PTC will exclusively supply the team with Creo Elements/Pro 3D modelling software to develop the Aston Martin Le Mans prototype and DBR9. This is the same software you are using to design your car!