Track width

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    • July 28, 2003 at 12:42 am #11196
      RacerX
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      What is a good width for a track I was thinking 6cm But I think that is to small

    • July 28, 2003 at 3:20 am #22192
      leonli17
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      depends on what cars do u want to run on your track. but 6cm is small for any cars even the 1.0s need some thing like 15cm to run comfortablly.

    • July 28, 2003 at 5:53 am #22193
      barto_85
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      i’d say at least 4 car widths, not sure what that is in centimetres.

    • July 28, 2003 at 12:46 pm #22194
      DaveF
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      For 1.0 motors I suggest a 17cm wide track (cut your track into 20cm squares, then draw your track inside that. This allows for space to attach your barriers to the board.

      Make up a template of your smaller corner (with inside and outside curve) as it makes it easier to draw in the corners.

      Drive your car around what you’ve drawn on your base board before you start cutting things out or sticking things on.

    • July 29, 2003 at 4:53 am #22227
      M_Coupe
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      I heard to go with about 8 inches

    • July 29, 2003 at 5:21 pm #22235
      DaveF
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      8 inches is about 20cm.

    • August 10, 2003 at 9:13 pm #21841
      8ch Ess Vee
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      Yeah, I’d agree with Dave, 17 – 18cm is good. Mine ended up being 19 which is quite OK.

      All depends on what you want I guess, but I would make all the inside radius of the corners similar to (or a bit smaller) the turning radius of the cars.

      Eliminates a little of the skill needed, but also makes it easier and therfore more fun for more people.

    • August 11, 2003 at 1:58 am #21847
      jazza_1984
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      my track is i guess about 18 cm wide, it works really well

    • August 11, 2003 at 3:04 am #21848
      Efarel
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      Hi,
      my track is 20~25 cm wide and we can race 5 cars with 3.8 motors without problems.

      greetings
      Efarel

      http://www.bitcharitaly.tk

    • August 11, 2003 at 11:45 pm #21881
      Shypo
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      mine is 21cm wide on average and 15 at the skinniest point. it works well

    • August 13, 2003 at 3:52 pm #21908
      DaveF
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      Everyone showing off pictures of these tracks in the AusMicro Gallery I hope. =o)

    • August 13, 2003 at 4:03 pm #21910
      barto_85
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      no one puts anything in their galleries except me and you dave. they’re all too lazy, eg ph2t, has had the same 1 photo since the galleries started, and several havn’t even put any pics in.

    • August 13, 2003 at 8:03 pm #21913
      DaveF
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      That’s just too slack. Get your act together fellas. Lets see ’em.

    • August 15, 2003 at 7:41 am #21942
      M_Coupe
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      I’ve been updating mine… just the track and car work has been going too slow to show too much in the gallery. My girls car broke down, and I’ve been helping her out. So there goes a LOT of my free time. But… I love her, so it’s cool.

    • August 15, 2003 at 7:06 pm #21972
      jamiekulhanek
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      My track was about 16cm wide. Had lots of twisty bits, and vaseline on some of the corners :D:D with a 3.0 you could actually do big ass drifts and not spin out 👿

    • August 15, 2003 at 10:53 pm #21976
      RacerX
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      Oh yea I forgot to say I’ve got my gallery up! couple of pics and my layout for my web page is on it

    • August 16, 2003 at 8:11 pm #21626
      z-beam
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      i just bought 10 sheets of lego track and it works very nicely, bit pricey but u can change the layout in notime at all. and drifting is pure bliss on the non absorbant plastic with skatey lube!!!

    • August 19, 2003 at 4:15 pm #21437
      jamiekulhanek
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      I have a few pics id like to put on my gallery….like my porsche GT3 with headlights and rainbow neons….

    • August 19, 2003 at 4:32 pm #21440
      dgs73
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      still gotta get my pics up… width of my track is 250mm, made for sprints tho. The more techy track is 200mm

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