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 Posted - April 25 2018 : 11:59:17 AM
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Did Tyco have some sort of steering mechanism on these things?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-VINTAGE-TYCO-Pontiac-Trans-Am-Smokey-And-The-Bandit-Lighted-Slot-Cars/123076523003?hash=item1ca7eeb3fb
Edited by - Chops124 on April 25 2018 11:59:45 AM
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Posted - April 25 2018 : 12:14:52 PM
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| I see that there are track sections that have both "Mattel" and "Tyco" on the label. Is this compatible with USA 1 Trucking track?
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Posted - April 25 2018 : 12:59:36 PM
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Chops, those appear to be slotless racecars. I think Tyco's variety was called TCR (Total Control Racing). I don't know exactly how they worked, but they did have the ability to switch lanes, so there must be some sort of steering mechanism.
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Posted - April 25 2018 : 5:01:04 PM
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Ah, this would explain it:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TYCO-TCR-SLOT-CAR-TRACK-STRAIGHT-PCS-SLOTLESS-TYCOPRO-AFX/222939798680?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649
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Posted - April 25 2018 : 9:13:48 PM
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Yes, Eric is correct. I'd kinda like to have a slotless set to see if it's cool or not...
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Posted - April 25 2018 : 9:58:10 PM
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I've got some TCR cars somewhere in my collection, along with a set with track. I've heard they're not so great, they had 3 pick-up shoes, I guess one provided a "shot" to the steering mechanism so it would turn the wheels and pass the other car. Never tried it out. The commercial for it looked cool, but I bet it wasn't all that easy to do. It didn't last long, so I guess it wasn't a huge hit.
Jerry
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Posted - April 25 2018 : 11:03:23 PM
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Guys like Walt, here, gradually drew my attention to slots.
I've been looking at eBay at these things, and the bidding
is rather extraordinary. The NOS stuff gets too hot to touch.
Particularly Aurora. The bidding on even parts of USA 1
Tyco starts to smolder, as well.
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Posted - April 26 2018 : 11:29:38 AM
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| I was under the impression that the three rails allowed two cars to be controlled individually (e.g. rail one is negative, rail two is positive for the first car, rail three is positive for the second car). That may be incorrect though and I don't have any clue how the steering worked...
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Posted - April 26 2018 : 11:54:14 AM
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| ...to get to the other side...
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Posted - May 22 2018 : 08:34:41 AM
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The motor would reverse and engage the alternative crown gear, so the car would still drive forwards but the torque would throw the car across the track. Combined - I think - with a longer front armature shaft that engaged with the steering front axle. Not Ackermann in this case, just a simple rigid axle swivelling around the centre point.
(I might be mixing up two generations of chassis there though?)
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