How Fast Is Fast Enough?
Just another one of my random thoughts for today. I've built another track, and have gotten rid of my wooden boards from my sons bunk-bed. So instead of having 8 pieces of track, I'm down to 5 pieces with straighter wood and less track joints...plus the straight is now about 23 feet long vs 20 ft on the older track. Back to the topic..."How Fast Is Fast Enough?" My current setup the cars run fast and smooth, no wrecks, hicups...just flat out fast smooth racing. But now I'm thinking about making the starting ramp higher, to get more speed...right now the cars are making the run 32 ft in about 2.7 sec. Do you think having a faster speed is necessary, to make the race exciting...hey I could blast them out of a cannon to really speed things up. Really what do you think?
Old Track Retired
Straighter
Faster
Cooler
Preacher
Discussion
That looks great.
I don't think more speed is what I want. Maybe more flat land on the dtraight away for some passing action!
I agree, I actually slowed down my track so I could watch the action. My track is about, 18.5ft and most fast cars finish in 2.2 sec.
Your new track looks well thought out and built well.
I don't think more speed is what I want. Maybe more flat land on the dtraight away for some passing action!
Agreed. I don't care about how fast the cars get from point a to point b. I want to see the cars have a chance to overtake the other one on the longer straights. That is where the excitement really is.
Very nice, Preacher.
On my 30ft road coarses, cars with average speed take ~4sec to cross the finish line...faster cars can run it in 3.5sec or less. My 50" kicker ramp gives cars lots of initial momentum and the uphill section takes some of it away. The finishing speeds are still fast enough to make close races difficult to call and some cars hit the catch box pretty hard.
nice work... looks great