Hooray!!! I finally finished the track extension gaining a solid 70 feet of track. I ended up using a lot more space then what I outlined in my original post.
Here is a satellite view of the new track layout with the addition.
The best thing about a track extension for your backyard RC track is that it does not cost you anything other than a few hours of “healthy” shoveling and digging in the fresh air. Well the “fresh air” part depends on where you live I guess… Continue Reading »
Racing events held at night under floodlights have captivated me since early childhood. The atmosphere is simply magical. A logical thing to do was of course to install lights for our remote control rally car track in the backyard.
The idea was to build a system that would be 1) cheap 2) easy to setup and take down 3) able to withstand some very light drizzle /rain.
Luckily we had 3 construction lights and Continue Reading »
Finally the wait is over!
Today was the first day the car went on the backyard track.
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Good News:
- Car handles like a champ
- Surprising off-road capabilities even in soft gravel
- Plenty torque and still enough speed using a 7:1 ratio and Brushless Novak motor
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Bad News:
- Track is too narrow in some areas
- My lower chicane is too tight for the steering radius of the Subaru
- Track is a bit short
- Speed Controller and Receiver dust cover still let’s to much dirt in
I wanted a satellite view of my track in order to design and layout various track configurations. Google Earth is what comes to mind first, however the amount of zoom and corresponding resolution was not satisfactorily. Taking pictures from the roof of our house did also not meet my needs.
So I needed to build my own Satellite…
Option A) Buy a RC Helicopter and mount a camera on it.
Option B) Get a long pole and mount a camera on it.
Sad but true, I went for Option Continue Reading »
The Goal:
Create a 1/10 scale RC Rally & Rallycross track with an emphasis on realism.
The average track length of European Rallycross circuits is between 950 and 1200 meters, which equals roughly 3100 to 3900 feet. The math is pretty simple to calculate a 1/10 track – just loose a zero at the end – which would call for a track length of 95 to 120 meters or 310 to 390 feet. The majority of real-world Rallycross tracks feature tarmac sections, which I briefly considered, but decided against it mainly due to the fact that we don’t own the property.
Theoretically our backyard is big enough to go full length in scale, however I decided to go Continue Reading »
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