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SlotForum's Doug Teggin visits the Italian slot car company and reports back on the company and it's recent innovations.
Who are Slot.it?Slot.it was founded by Maurizio Ferrari (left) and Maurizio Gibertoni (right) in 1998. The two Maurizios had met whilst working at Med Automotive as engineers. Maurizio Ferrari (no relation to Enzo - the name is common in the region) initially worked for Life Racing Engines, a small Formula 1 team from Modena, then he moved to Scuderia Ferrari as a technical engineer programming the on board fuel injection systems used by Ferrari's Formula 1 cars in the late 1990s. Programming the quad processors of the racing cars in C and assembler, and mantaining the tools for the whole project as well as UNIX workstations, he worked on the V12 cars driven by Michael Schumacher and ported the software across from the V12 to the more modern V10 platform 1996 when the F1 rules reduced the engine capacity from 3.500 cc to 3000 cc. Maurizio Ferrari and Maurizio Gibertoni went on to form Galileo Engineering - which is commercially known as Slot.it and are based in Reggio nell'Emilia, Italy - between Parma and Modena. Slot.it specialises in the design and production of 1/32 scale slot cars and accessories. |
In the light and modern office in Reggio nell'Emilia, development work is carried out in the electronics lab. The team at Galileo Engineering actually started work developing electronic solutions for Giochi Preziosi, the Italian toy company. Now Slot.it is the main activity. It seems that with the SCP01 controller, the new Telemetry systems and the Oxigen wireless digital system, Galileo Engineering are keeping themselves busy.
Slot.it Staff
The Slot.it office is staffed by a dynamic team of engineers and administrative people. A good office ambiance contributes to a great working environment.
Cristian (left) and Stefano (right) are engineers developing electronics. Stefano here is working on the interface to the Telemetry system. |
Joseline (left) is responsible for marketing. Evelina (right) is working on the accounts. |
Rossana (left) also working on orders. |
Maurizio Giberton (standing left) is conferring with Paolo (seated left) who manages the parts & spares department. Gerardo (right) is preparing a parts order for dispatch to one of the distributors. |
Ilenia (right) is printing labels for a series of parts. |
Slot.it Parts & Spares Department
Slot.it manage their parts and spares department as efficiently as you would expect. Working with multiple manufacturers in China and Italy is a complex job. Getting everything coordinated and parts shipped out on time when components come from different places must be tricky. Lead times from Chinese manufactures have increased in recent years. Problems with shipping and even pirates have caused disruption in recent years. So stock management is not as easy as you would think.
Cars are manufactured and assembled in China. Some parts such as gears are made in Italy. Part of the local production is shipped out to China for the cars and part comes to Slot.it for the parts division.
The Parts department with orders being prepared to be shipped out. On the right one order is being prepared and obviously can comprise of various parts. |
Gears are made in Italy. Delivered in large bags, then sorted and distributed in smaller qualities. These look so good when viewed all together. |
The quantity and range of parts is just amazing. Paradise for a slot car enthusiast. |
SP10 Lighting Kit Base modules. As they arrive from the manufacturer on the left, and right, after assembly on site. |
Left, A bulk bag of tyres. 8000 in this bag alone. Just imagine all the tyres in the range! Right, MN09c Flat-6 20K motors as they arrive from the manufacturer. |
Left, Fuse-holders and cables for the high current controllers. |
Slot.it Cars
Slot.it quickly established themselves as leaders in the slot car market. A benchmark which most other manufactures measure themselves up to. Every car that Slot.it has produced has been a success, some more than others, but there have been no duds. Here are most of their cars:
The Audi RC8 cars were the first produced. This one car helped revitalise the slot car hobby in the early 2000s. | |
Audi R8C Reloaded cars were announced in 2008 and produced in 2009 using the new Flat 6 motor. | The Porsche 956C and 962 cars. |
Porsche 956KH announced in 2007. | Porsche 962C cars. |
The McLaren F1 GTR first announce in 2006 has been a popular car with British racers. | New Porsche 962KH liveries, released in 2009 and Porsche 956C. |
The Sauber Mercedes C9 cars. | The Chaparral 2e from Monterey Gran Prix Laguna Seca Can-Am 1966. A difficult car to sell as they are all white, but for the aficionados, these cars are well made and accurately detailed. |
Mazda 787B announced in 2009. | Alfa Romeo tipo 33/3, first announced in 2007 as a running mate to the Ferrari 312PB. In front, Chaparral 2e first announced in 2009. |
Sauber Mercedes C9, first announced in 2005. | Ferrari 312PB 1972 Targa Florio set. The individual car was first announced in 2006 as a kit. |
The iconic Le Mans 1982 Rothmans Porsche set. | Nissan R390 GT1 cars. |
Long tail Nissan R390 GT1 announced in 2008. | Ferrari 312PB in the front and Ferrari F40 LM announced in 2008 at the back. |
Lancia LC2 announced in 2005. | Jaguar XJR9 first announced in 2005 and Jaguar XJR12. |
New 2011 Slot.it Models
Soon to be released card from Slot.it. All already shown at Nürnberg, but shown here too.
Right and below, the Ford GT40 MKI - #24 Sebring 1966 To be followed by the Le Mans Winners Collection |
Right, the Le Mans Winners Collection, Ford GT40 MKII - #2, 1st 24h Le Mans 1966 (pre-production sample) Coming soon too will be the Ford GT40 MKII - #6, 24h Le Mans 1966 |
Right and below, the Lola B09/60 - #1, 24h Le Mans 2010 (pre-production, rapid prototype sample) |
Right and below, the Mazda 787B - n.18, 24h Le Mans 1991 (pre-production sample) |
Right and below, the Alfa Romeo T33/3 (pre-production sample) |
Slot.it Testing
Testing of Slot.it cars, parts and electronics is done in-house. A track is set-up in the Slot.it office with a mix of track (pictured right and below). I saw Scalextric, Ninco and Carrera track. A mix of Digital and Analogue, and surprisingly with the Slot.it electronics, most of the track was compatible. Cars were switched from Analogue to Digital; driven on a mix of Scalextric Digital and Ninco Digital track - all amazing stuff. More on the Slot.it Oxigen, Telemetry and controller products later. |
Further testing takes place at the nearby Modena Slot Club track (pictured below). The superb 42 meter 4-lane Ninco track allows for extensive testing of cars, components and controllers. By amicable arrangement, the club allow the Slot.it engineers to use the track during the day. Dino (pictured below right) is a mechanical engineer at Slot.it. He was testing a new batch motors when we visited. The club lap-record was even broken when we visited. |
An amazing array of controllers. The Italian club racers have mostly migrated towards the Slot.it Telemetry system. It feeds the individual drivers with their lap and sector times via an ear-piece eliminating the need to glance over to the computer screens that have traditionally be used until recently. I'll post some info on the Modena track and some of their club members later - some interesting insights into the Italian racers that may be of interest to other racers around the world. |
My trip to Italy was too short. I would had loved to stay longer, but perhaps another trip also taking in the Ferrari factory and visitor centre should be made some time in the future.
A big thank you to Maurizio Ferrari, Maurizio Gibertoni and the staff at Slot.it. I really enjoyed my visit and appreciated the efforts made by the team to talk to me in English. I picked up a few Italian words, but I would have liked to have spoken more.
To follow: Reports on Slot.it Oxigen, the wireless digital solution, Slot.it Telemetry system and details on the SCP01 controller and recent cartridge modules.
See the Slot.it product range and list of distributors here: www.slot.it
March 2011
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