UPDATED: Pics of my track

latency · #1 10-08-2002, 12:44 AM

Still have lots to do, but slowly my track is taking shape. Tonight I painted the inner white lines (have not begun the touch up work on them yet), and started marking some of the corners with Red/White markers.

Over all, I am liking it. This track is lots of fun and is technical enough to be very challenging. We could easily race 4 cars on it if we only had the frequencies....

Here is a pic of it. If you look on the floor behind the pool table (my track is sitting on pool table) you can see the "prototype" track I had made out of cardboard and pipe insulation.

Some more pics over on my track page, but nothing special:

http://www.latencyproject.com/zipzap...pzaptrack.html

lowerdfool · #2 10-08-2002, 09:46 AM

that looks pretty good so far. I didn't give mine that much lane room though. It'd help have a variable speed controller. It looks good though.

Namuna · #3 10-08-2002, 10:17 AM

Nice track latency.

To help judge the scale...Could you take pics with a car or 2 on the track? That would be helpful!

Thanks.

latency · #4 10-08-2002, 11:14 AM

This is a pic of the track before I started painting it etc....

Namuna · #5 10-08-2002, 03:51 PM

Quote:

We could easily race 4 cars on it if we only had the frequencies....

Actually, you COULD get a total of 10 cars in a race...

- 6 Frequecies from the Bits (27, 35, 40, 45, 49 & 57)
- 4 ID (Infrared) from a DigiQ (or you could do an Infrared PCB mod for the Bit or ZipZaps)

...So what's stoppin ya from racing Bits?

Go0ty · #6 10-08-2002, 04:20 PM

latency, wow! that track looks so cool. sure beats the heck out of my little track (on my old unused ping pong table) =P

latency · #7 10-08-2002, 05:43 PM

I have no problem racing the bits, but all the guys I race against have the ZZ cars, and well, they would want another "class" of car for the bits....

None of them have bits, so that leave me...racing...myself.

I have thought about a brain transplant though with one of the 35mhz machines.

Bacon05 · #8 10-08-2002, 06:55 PM

Hey, I was wondering if anyone has tried lego road tiles for a racing surface. I plan on doing this as soon as I get my car.

#9 10-08-2002, 11:11 PM

Wow! You are an out of control BEAST! That is a very cool track

Jeez, this stuff is like crack cocaine. if I keep reading this board my wife is gonna leave me....

Oh well, I'll miss here when she's gone

ts185r · #10 10-08-2002, 11:59 PM

Track looks great. I knew those pool tables were good for something. I haven't played pool in months, but we race our ZZ's daily on it.

latency · #11 10-09-2002, 12:02 AM

Wanna hear the really sad thing. I have had my zips for 8 days. Talk about instant addiction.

lowerdfool · #12 10-09-2002, 08:53 AM

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Originally posted by latency
Wanna hear the really sad thing. I have had my zips for 8 days. Talk about instant addiction.

I hear that I built a track in 3 days after purchasing my bit clone and around the same time bought two zz's. next is to buy up 4 freq. microsizers to compare everything else too. IMO the zips seem a little cheaply made. we'll see. :shrug:

ts185r · #13 10-09-2002, 11:20 PM

I brought home a 6'x4' piece of press wood. I don't know it's real name; I do know it's the same material used on on the cheap wooden clipboards. I spent about an hour drawing out the course. I used hot glue to affix some rg6q.s. (coaxial) for curbs. When I find my camera I post a pic. I do need to lower the body on mine, it likes to jump the curbs if I hit them right.

go_zz_go · #14 10-10-2002, 12:05 AM

that could be"mdf" is it pretty heavy and smooth if so thats it i think that would be a little to slick put a paint job could give it some grio

ts185r · #15 10-10-2002, 12:09 AM

Yeah it is pretty heavy, about 1/4 thick. It's dark brown & looks like it's tring to inpersonate wood grain. It had to look pretty funny as I drove home with it; I have a Geo Tracker & I had to drop the top to fit it in.