1215LikesBackyard off-road track
04-10-2020, 07:20 AM
#16
Can you tell me what class of cars or trucks you ran on that? Did you have any problems with overheating Motors or ESC? How fast would you say your cars are relative to a smooth hard dirt track or clay. I know grass will be slower just wondering if it will be hugely slower. If that's one of those questions that is impossible to really answer I'll just start with an oval with my 10th scale stadium truck and take it from there
04-10-2020, 07:27 AM
#17
My track
Here is my track several track changes this years layout.
04-10-2020, 08:17 AM
#18
Tech Master
iTrader: (8)
No need to apologize it's all good. What class of car do you run on it? How short do you cut it? Obviously any car could be run on grass but it seems to me anything with bigger wheels and more ground clearance will do better. I'm concerned it will be slow running and cooking Motors and ESC with high temperatures. One of my lawn mowers is an old one that I don't use. I think I could drill some new axle holes and get the blade almost to the ground. Or maybe a spacer above the blade to lower it. I think if I could cut the grass to less than an inch would be my best bet. As of now I only have two wheel drive buggies and Stadium trucks. Would be nice if I could run these with good results. If at some point I convert to dirt maybe I could run smaller cars. It seems obvious that a little car will make a track seem a lot bigger
It's already wearing a pattern into my grass in the backyard. Might try to cut the back shorter than normal.
04-10-2020, 08:37 AM
#19
Tech Apprentice
iTrader: (4)
I have a backyard track in the works as well. I have ordered some different scale vehicles, but I am sizing the track for 1/18 scale. So... 1/16, 1/18, 1/24 are the sizes I will try. If my son really likes it... i will build a much bigger track for the 1/10 scale stuff.
I have a seriously bad habit about over doing stuff, which I think I mentioned in another thread. Lol anyways. I am subscribing and will post pics when done.
I have a seriously bad habit about over doing stuff, which I think I mentioned in another thread. Lol anyways. I am subscribing and will post pics when done.
04-10-2020, 10:51 AM
#22
I think my concerns that running on grass would slow the cars and cook the electronics were way overblown. I've seen some videos on Facebook and YouTube and the cars seem pretty darn fast. Will still monitor temperatures though. Of course that's a good idea on any track
04-10-2020, 11:41 AM
#24
I would say $200 to 300 for pipe.
04-10-2020, 01:25 PM
#25
jg6743: Those jumps are huge! I've been experimenting with jump making designs. My dirt is fine sand and isn't going to pack very well. I've got a block of modeling clay that I put in a 5 gallon bucket filled with water. I used the clay filled water and mixed it with the sand and had pretty good results. I'll probably make a wooden jump or two. I just saw that T-Bone Racing is making some jumps.
Old_Metal_head: Since you have plenty of space you shouldn't have any problem widening the lanes. Try 8 feet and go from there. It's funny that once you get the lanes as wide as you need them you'll find that your vehicle tends to use only a portion of that space.
If you don't have enough space to make wider lanes you can make berms to help keep the speeds up.
Right now I believe LC Racing to be the best mini rc vehicles but I have a feeling that Arrma is going to give us something this year.
Old_Metal_head: Since you have plenty of space you shouldn't have any problem widening the lanes. Try 8 feet and go from there. It's funny that once you get the lanes as wide as you need them you'll find that your vehicle tends to use only a portion of that space.
If you don't have enough space to make wider lanes you can make berms to help keep the speeds up.
Right now I believe LC Racing to be the best mini rc vehicles but I have a feeling that Arrma is going to give us something this year.
04-11-2020, 12:32 AM
#27
I don't think I've ever seen this but has anyone ever seen a track where the lanes themselves are elevated a few inches from the rest of the yard with dirt or gravel or a combination so that rain would run off rather than puddle? Thinking way outside of the box if a track wasn't too big maybe even build it with vertical boards that defined the lanes and fill them with gravel then dirt. Or maybe at 3:30 in the morning I'm just becoming delirious 
04-11-2020, 05:17 AM
#28
I don't think I've ever seen this but has anyone ever seen a track where the lanes themselves are elevated a few inches from the rest of the yard with dirt or gravel or a combination so that rain would run off rather than puddle? Thinking way outside of the box if a track wasn't too big maybe even build it with vertical boards that defined the lanes and fill them with gravel then dirt. Or maybe at 3:30 in the morning I'm just becoming delirious
I had a track at my previous house that didn't drain well. I was going to use doomed drain covers as corner markers... and have drains running under track.
04-11-2020, 08:57 AM
#29
Lanes
jg6743: Those jumps are huge! I've been experimenting with jump making designs. My dirt is fine sand and isn't going to pack very well. I've got a block of modeling clay that I put in a 5 gallon bucket filled with water. I used the clay filled water and mixed it with the sand and had pretty good results. I'll probably make a wooden jump or two. I just saw that T-Bone Racing is making some jumps.
Old_Metal_head: Since you have plenty of space you shouldn't have any problem widening the lanes. Try 8 feet and go from there. It's funny that once you get the lanes as wide as you need them you'll find that your vehicle tends to use only a portion of that space.
If you don't have enough space to make wider lanes you can make berms to help keep the speeds up.
Right now I believe LC Racing to be the best mini rc vehicles but I have a feeling that Arrma is going to give us something this year.
Old_Metal_head: Since you have plenty of space you shouldn't have any problem widening the lanes. Try 8 feet and go from there. It's funny that once you get the lanes as wide as you need them you'll find that your vehicle tends to use only a portion of that space.
If you don't have enough space to make wider lanes you can make berms to help keep the speeds up.
Right now I believe LC Racing to be the best mini rc vehicles but I have a feeling that Arrma is going to give us something this year.
I never heard of LC racing so I looked it up. Looks solid.
04-12-2020, 09:07 AM
#30
You've got a lot of flexibility with your space. Be careful digging down too much or you'll get water pooling. I usually use the excess dirt from scraping the top layer down again and again to make berms and jumps.
The mini scale vehicles need more track grooming because the smaller tires are affected by rocks that a 1/10 truck would just roll over.
An elevated track would be amazing in an area prone to rain. It would take more work but might be worth it. I've seen tracks where they've dug ditches to channel the water out.
The mini scale vehicles need more track grooming because the smaller tires are affected by rocks that a 1/10 truck would just roll over.
An elevated track would be amazing in an area prone to rain. It would take more work but might be worth it. I've seen tracks where they've dug ditches to channel the water out.