The TSG is the Test Street Grip the acronym for (in italian) “Test Tenuta di Strada” TTS.

This test was ideated by Torquemadaslot on the Torquemadaslot Speedway, and is intended to establish if our works on a  slotcars produce a good or bad result; with TSG we can also eliminate the “human part” of testing, to obtain the most precise measurement .

Let’s talk about this test

Choose a lane on your track and use this to make the entire test. Timings are necessary.

The lane power is provided by an electronic transformer with adjustable voltage output between 3 and 15V.

This transformer replaces your command joystick during the test!

Put the car in your lane ; it’ll become running  at constant speed.

The test objective is to elevate the voltage output to the limit that the slotcar remains in it’s lane for the entire lap, repeating it for 4 or 5 times.

Now you can read timings obtained in order to examine if your modified slotcars goes better or worse! You can proceed this way for every change you make, from tyres to transmission to added weights, etc etc.

If you can, position a  camera in the worst bend in your track and start recording, this will help you (as it helps us!!) to see (in slow motion) if the slotcar goes understeering or oversteering ,helping you to project the next change.

Let’s make an example.

The camera will show us if the car goes out understeering or oversteering, if the internal tyre (during bends) tips of or the pick-up exits the lane while in curve. The chronometer will state us how the car performs in TSG test (showing if changes were successful) and establishing a scale of reference of changes you made,while the voltage needed to obtain the performance shows us the advancement resistance of the car (the biggest voltage, the higher resistence ).

Enjoy!!

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