aklindeman
RCTalk Qualifier
- Messages
- 146
- Reaction score
- 378
- Points
- 190
- RC Driving Style
- Racing
Last winter I discovered and bought a pair of Losi Micro Bs. While it was fun to goof around with them on my own, I bought two because it's more fun with a friend. As an old racer, it got me thinking how perfect these were to introduce people to RC racing. I was also reorganizing my closet at the time and had a bunch of plastic storage bins. The race-in-a-box idea was formed. Get everything I needed inside that space to set up a race track on the go. I took the setup to a cookout where I knew a bunch of twelve year olds would be hanging out. First setup had some small cones and garden hose for track border. The kids had a great time. Carrying the setup around was a bit of a pain. I had also not been able to find some commercially available jumps that would fit in the container. So I made the decision to use a rolling duffel bag that I already had. I also decided if I wanted jumps I could break down that would fit perfectly in my bag, I was going to need to build them myself. So I headed down to my folk's place and handled that job with my dad in his wood shop.
The ramps fold up and fit perfectly in the bag. There was enough MDF sheet to build three of them. The bag I used was black and green. So the color scheme for the project was set.
Then it was on to painting some custom bodies for the cars to fit the scheme.
People had a hard time keeping track of which transmitter belonged to which car. So I color coded them with a little racket wrap.
The little cones turned out to be a poor choice. Too easy to push around when you hit them. I swapped them out for corner dots and they worked much better. The high quality garden hose was perfect, so I added a second. Next addition was some sidewalk chalk or a roll of green painter's tape to make temporary track markings. The Frog tape was both the right color, and came with a nice case. A little case with spares, tools, and charging stuff rounds out the package.
I hauled it out to a Halloween party last night and set it up in their garage. It was fun introducing people to the hobby!
The ramps fold up and fit perfectly in the bag. There was enough MDF sheet to build three of them. The bag I used was black and green. So the color scheme for the project was set.
Then it was on to painting some custom bodies for the cars to fit the scheme.
People had a hard time keeping track of which transmitter belonged to which car. So I color coded them with a little racket wrap.
The little cones turned out to be a poor choice. Too easy to push around when you hit them. I swapped them out for corner dots and they worked much better. The high quality garden hose was perfect, so I added a second. Next addition was some sidewalk chalk or a roll of green painter's tape to make temporary track markings. The Frog tape was both the right color, and came with a nice case. A little case with spares, tools, and charging stuff rounds out the package.
I hauled it out to a Halloween party last night and set it up in their garage. It was fun introducing people to the hobby!
