Roll of Red, White and Blue track on ebay
Anyone who might be interested in picking up a 50' roll of track, there is a red, white and blue one on ebay like Variation Jason's track.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0698026441
$35, I almost bought it earlier this week...it is now relisted.
Discussion
I need to get me a big bad roll. I don't think I can build me a 50 footer, but just having a nice 20-foot 2-lane track with seamlessness will be awesome.
Yeah, I know what you mean. I don't really work with wood and don't have too much extra money to spend on building it, but I really want to build a 50 footer this summer. I'm a teacher, so I have some extra time during the summer. I was hoping to get some peoples input on track dimensions. I was thinking a height of 5 feet, 10 foot drop, then 40 foot straight away. Is that going to be enough of a drop to get the cars to finish a 40 foot straight away? Jason, I know you've built a 50 foot track, do you mind sharing your dimensions? I also like the fact that yours is portable. My dad wants to make it portable enough to fit in a Pathfinder SUV. Also if anybody else wants to add their dimensions or thoughts in, that would be great.
Brian, please let me know if you want me to create a new thread for this question.
I'm looking at making the track in 8' sections and actually be 48' long probably.
5' drop over 24' then 24' of flat. Build it in 3 sections that are hinged so they fold up to 8' long to fit in the back of my truck.
I've been working on the plans, hope to start actually building it next week.
@Martin - A new thread would probably be good I can see a thread about building monster tracks getting awesomely long.
Although you bring up a good point about the hill-to-straight ratio and what is needed and/or preferred. I'm of a mind that thinks the hill should be much shorter than the straight instead of a more 50/50 split. Have the challenge and fun of finding a fast car isn't how well it goes down a hill but how far it makes it on hill power alone.
I was thinking a height of 5 feet, 10 foot drop, then 40 foot straight away. Is that going to be enough of a drop to get the cars to finish a 40 foot straight away?
Yes, a 4 foot tall with 10 foot of slope, can easily get the cars to 30'.
I could expand to 40 feet and it would still work.
I recommend 1/3 slope, 2/3 straight-away.
I do not recommend you going taller than 5 feet. The cars may go too
fast and be flying off of your track. Plus you will have to pay attention
to the transition between the slope and the straight-away to make sure
that the front bumpers of the cars don't scrape the track.
I'd love to pick that up, except I'd have to find another one cause I've got 4 lanes and I think two lanes of white and two of orange would look kinda funky together. Anyone know how often these white ones show up?