ob1n
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Joined: 6/25/2005
From: Bridgeport,
NE, USA
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If you go back to the pic of my tabletop......the sideboard is 3' long at the bottom....and 2' long at the top. It is approxminately 18" from the center of the hump of the little jump from the "downside" of the tabletop(I hope this is making sense).
I found with my stock motored stampede(18-20mph on a fresh NiMH battery), that I can barely clear the little jump when ramping from the tabletop. If I jump from the little hump, I will land on the tabletop or, sometimes, on the "downramp of the tabletop. My plans have changed some......but, it's still about what I started with.
One thing I DO recommend.......I was going to finish the track and then drive on it!!!!!! I figured that if I tried to drive on it BEFORE it was finished....I would spend all my time driving on it INSTEAD of working on it. I COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE WRONG!!! The reason is because I have changed my plans 3 times because of "testing" it. I drove my pede cause it's the slowest, most non-racer vehicle I got running. I wanted to know if I could actually drive it on the track without too much breakage. If you look back at the pic of my original track plan, you'll see that I was going to have a little jump, tabletop and little jump. As you can see, I've stopped with the tabletop and ONE little jump. By testing it, I found I would be "nosediving" into the 2nd little jump if I were to add the 1st little jump in front of the tabletop. Of course, I want to make the track challenging, but I don't want to be abusive either. Another thing I hate doing is having to move around to put my "upset" vehicle back on it's wheels. I like driving....not walking!!!!!LOL!!! My idea of a relaxing drive is sitting down on my swing tearin up the track. You'll see my swing(actually, it's my wife's) when I get the track done.
Hope this info helps. I will be posting updated pics soon. Not that I don't like this forum, but I'm thinkin about posting a new one called "The birth of a backyard track".
Ob1n
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RE: Unofficial Track Thread - 
Id love to build one but I live in a apartment so dont know what do? any ideas 
What could I possibly use that for?
