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Date Posted: 12:50:38 03/04/02 Mon
Author: RCwhat
Subject: Track sufaces???

I'm fairly new to the RC world (no my name has nothing to do with rc cars, i'm making fun of RC51's) and am looking into building a track on the side of my house where you can see my car jumping. My question is what is the most popular racing surface (off road of course). I am renting a rototiller, wait did i just say tiller..hehe, this weekend to tear up the grass then i'll be using a small roller to even things out. I am most likely going to use stonedust for the racing surface as it packs down nice and tight, cheap, and doesn't make as much of a mess to the car as regular dirt. Any suggestions on surface materials??? or any other helpfull hints towards building a track??

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RCWhat, the stonedust sounds like it will work fine. When building your track, try to make it "flow," but not make it so easy that you leave out the technical sections--this will ensure good practice for you, and a whole lot of fun. Make it interesting by adding gravel traps, etc. Oh, and with fear of stating the obvious, make sure you have some cool jumps! (NT) -- Erwin8r in Los Angeles, 10:32:18 03/05/02 Tue
- i made a track all last weekend out of regular dirt but i made the turns way too tight and had to slow down rediculously to stay on the track. my next revision should be much better. I am thinking of making a death jump, with a nice water puddle in the middle to make sure your hitting it at wot to save your car from the water. how wide are normal off road tracks? mines is currently about the width of a yamaha banshee, seems a little tighter than i expected (NT) -- RCwhat, 13:24:11 03/05/02 Tue