Track making thread
#272
Here is the ultimate if you have 100m x 50m of land.
#273
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Here's one. I left the grid on the drawing. Each square of the grid is 10 feet by 9 feet 4 inches and a half. Lots of turns, I just made it look like it's made of 2X4s or PVC pipes 'cause you didn't specify the materials.
Last edited by mistercrash; 08-16-2005 at 04:26 AM.
#274
PVC
Ya'll have done a great job.
Ya'll have done a great job.
#275
Originally Posted by mistercrash
Here's one. I left the grid on the drawing...
#278
Originally Posted by mistercrash
PVC eh! Here's a simple way of making the corners almost round. 5 tubes 36'' long and 4 22.5° couplings. You can also screw on or zip tie some puck board to make them nice and smooth for the cars.
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Originally Posted by mistercrash
PVC eh! Here's a simple way of making the corners almost round. 5 tubes 36'' long and 4 22.5° couplings. You can also screw on or zip tie some puck board to make them nice and smooth for the cars.
#280
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The problem with the coupling, is they are exterior, and can be caught by a wheel or body. Plus they are not as strong as other solutions. The heating and bending solution is prolly the best, but I have never gotten it to work right... How exactly do you do that Pro4 ?
We buy 2" PVC flex tubing. That way we can change the corner just by bending it, at any time.
We buy 2" PVC flex tubing. That way we can change the corner just by bending it, at any time.
Originally Posted by mistercrash
PVC eh! Here's a simple way of making the corners almost round. 5 tubes 36'' long and 4 22.5° couplings. You can also screw on or zip tie some puck board to make them nice and smooth for the cars.
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Great solutions guys. I helped a lot at a club that used piping that were 4 or 5 inches in diameter, I don't remember if they were PVC or ABS or something else. They were white and the walls of the pipes were pretty thick so it would've been hard to heat and bend so we used the method of the couplings and a strip of puck board to cover the outside joints and to hold everything together.
Thanks for sharing the ways your tracks are built.
Thanks for sharing the ways your tracks are built.
#283
Here's my local track 2005 layout and proposed 2006.
build on 40 x 50 m ashpalt,
build on 40 x 50 m ashpalt,
#285
This is my local track.
(Kyosho World Cup 2005 track) ... In Dubai, United Arab Emirates
(Kyosho World Cup 2005 track) ... In Dubai, United Arab Emirates