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Post by GTS on Nov 13, 2018 19:40:48 GMT -7
I shared some of the issues I had with the MDF with cozee via a PM. I'll share that here if anyone is interested. Just couldn't make it happen. So, you know what they say, third time's a charm. Did some more testing and got a sheet of 6mil pvc to fab a new track. Got it all routed last week and was going to wait till after the holidays to switch. This morning I got my cars for Dave's race tuned as good as I could and decided to go ahead and tear up the rails and remove the MDF track. It went really smooth, had to re-solder two of the sensors was the only hitch. Got all the sensors in the new track and one lane operational. The rail went in a lot faster this time around. I am very pleased with this track and it will definitely be the final one, lol. With a stock inline car it averaged .250 seconds quicker on this track doing three runs, so as you can see, it's a vast improvement.
In the middle of laying rail and soldering a voltage tap.
A couple pics of the track installed.
Moving forward!
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Post by Eagle Racing on Nov 14, 2018 4:59:48 GMT -7
Very impressive, I love the black. How long from starting line to finish line is it going to be?
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Post by cozee on Nov 14, 2018 6:15:26 GMT -7
Outstanding!!!!
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Post by GTS on Nov 14, 2018 8:30:31 GMT -7
Very impressive, I love the black. How long from starting line to finish line is it going to be? Thanks, I prefer the black also! It's a scale 1000 footer, so 15' - 7.5" from start to finish. There's a 14" burnout area before the start and a 7' - 2.5" slow down area, some of that 7' will be used for a foam catch box of some sort.
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Post by dave632 on Nov 14, 2018 9:20:21 GMT -7
Sounds and looks good, a .250 difference with these cars is a huge difference.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2018 15:19:23 GMT -7
very nice!
and great that there is an advantage.
PVC is durable and cleans pretty easily. I think you are going to like it.
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Post by AJR on Nov 14, 2018 17:59:14 GMT -7
Beautiful! That black really pops.
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Post by GTS on Nov 14, 2018 18:28:09 GMT -7
Just in case anyone was considering a project like this, I wanted to share how I installed the rail. First off I did some testing to see what would make for a fairly easy install with the material and tools at hand.
Did this test piece and found out that .072 width was gonna work the best. The rail slots are all .081" deep.
I made this short little u-tube video that sort of explains it.
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Post by GTS on Nov 16, 2018 14:59:44 GMT -7
Got some vinyl laid down for the starting area and finish. Used the same design as before. Hoping to get the pits paved today.
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Post by GTS on Nov 16, 2018 19:04:06 GMT -7
And, I got the pits paved. 
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Post by cozee on Nov 16, 2018 19:55:49 GMT -7
Looking good! I've put my drag strip on hold at the moment. Trying to arrange shipping for this . . . .  Guess I could use the straight for a 6 wide 1/8!!! |
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Post by GTS on Nov 17, 2018 0:46:05 GMT -7
Looks good! Hope the shipping goes well for you!
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Post by GTS on Nov 17, 2018 18:45:27 GMT -7
Got some barriers in today and got the stickers, that have come my way, up. Thanks again to those that sent them!!!
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Post by kiwidave on Nov 18, 2018 2:23:16 GMT -7
Pits and barriers look great. Thanks for including Voltage Valley. Really nice drag strip!
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Post by GTS on Nov 18, 2018 6:26:00 GMT -7
Pits and barriers look great. Thanks for including Voltage Valley. Really nice drag strip! Thanks Dave! It's been a bit of a strange journey getting this far but I'm very pleased with the results . I had stuck your sticker and others on the first track onto some sintra so was fortunate to have been able to re-use them  . |
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