It's just a practice loop, and very rough

Ahh, perspective. I've been told the track at Super Raji Kon is "just a practice loop" and that it's also "very rough." It's certainly no carpet track, but it's also not painted with sand traction promoter either!

Looks like a nice unsealed asphalt track. What are some of your favorite tracks?

Designing Tracks, Use Math!

I'll admit; as a track organizer I've failed to bring the heat. Session after session, we end up with kidney variations - and while they're a crowd pleaser... what's the point of a portable track that always looks the same?

So a quick trip to Staples and $6 later I was set - College Graph paper, compass, ruler and some other bits... I started with the kidney shape we've run for years now, then started building out. Some layouts favor maximum use of space, some favor interesting turn radius, while others are clones of known tracks.

The graph paper works well here - each square being 1sq foot. To layout a track; start in a corner and walk out to the first location, drop a cone and start building from there. These tracks are all 20x30ft in size. If you have other size requests, lmk in the comments!

Feel free to use any of these with your club; all we ask is a shoutout for RCRK!



Left - double three way action
Right - Ebisu Clone?

Right - all compass angles
Left - tried to maximize use of space

Left - MC Escher attempt
Right - Chance Circuit Clone... dimensions are a bit off still

 

Japan Links for the Seasoned Traveler

Tokyo RC links have found a permanent home on the sidebar. While the Akihabara shops have been well archived, I wasn't able to find much on RC drift tracks. So I started searching, with the aid of my college なかま１　book.

I'm up to 3 drift tracks within an hour of Shibuya, my preferred base camp of operations... if you know of other tracks, let me know!

Updated Tire Guide!

With winter nearly over, and a surprise Public Expo session already under the 2013 belt... an update!

Tires, tyres, tires. No matter how you spell it, they're mostly round at the beginning and smell great smoldering and spinning. On my 1:1 car, tire shopping is a joy; hundreds of comparisons, reviews and data points to get the right tire for my application.

I couldn't find those same points for scale drifting.. so I started ordering tires. Lots of tires... the cheap ones, sure.. but I wanted to start small, after all the original goal was to save money!

All testing is measured against our secret indoor home base. This surface is classic polished concrete, maintained by a rigorous staff that constantly attempts to battle back the imperfections to a mirror polish. It 's main purpose is for people to walk around on, and occasionally there's a bombardment of sugary treats when we get there. We drift around them, mostly.

Follow the link, or hit the top bar for the permanent home.

http://raincityrajikon.blogspot.com/p/tire-reviews.html