My Fifth-scale backyard track

[Harold Bascom]

For the past few months, I've been working on my fifth-scale rc backyard track. The photograph shows a section of it. It is more or less an oval with an infield section.

It's a grass and dirt track that I use to practice fast oval-runs and technical cornering. I have no rc friends to race with here in the US state of Georgia, but driving hard on this track as I explore better racing lines is challenging enough and exciting enough as a solo act. It's a lot of fun if you have no one else to run with. Building your own track is also a fulfilling exercise in itself.

I used a weedwhacker to outline the track, and a lawnmower set at its lowest to get the grassy parts as low as possible. Knowing that in time the outline will soon be overgrown with grass, I will be using a spray bottle with white vinegar and go over the entire track outline. The vinegar kills the grass.

PEACE!

 

[Z.hb71]

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For the past few months, I've been working on my fifth-scale rc backyard track. The photograph shows a section of it. It is more or less an oval with an infield section.

It's a grass and dirt track that I use to practice fast oval-runs and technical cornering. I have no rc friends to race with here in the US state of Georgia, but driving hard on this track as I explore better racing lines is challenging enough and exciting enough as a solo act. It's a lot of fun if you have no one else to run with. Building your own track is also a fulfilling exercise in itself.

I used a weedwhacker to outline the track, and a lawnmower set at its lowest to get the grassy parts as low as possible. Knowing that in time the outline will soon be overgrown with grass, I will be using a spray bottle with white vinegar and go over the entire track outline. The vinegar kills the grass.

PEACE!

Nice!

 

[Harold Bascom]

Nice!

Thank you, my brother in RC. ??

 

[Seandonato73]

Looks good mate

 

[Fleafish]

That's awesome!

 

[crucialRC]

Cool??

 

[DougStar]

I have no rc friends to race with here

I feel your pain ? 1/5 scale guys are as rare as hens teeth round my way have to make your own plan? sweet track harold

 

[Harold Bascom]

I feel your pain ? 1/5 scale guys are as rare as hens teeth round my way have to make your own plan? sweet track harold

Thank you, Dougstar. Peace! ??

 

[pfrederi]

Nice work bro. I feel your pain. Wish I had a track like that. Need a lil more dirt.

I lost friends when i switched to 5th scale gas RCs and sold off my electric 10th scale RCs. I didnt know it was that serious that i would lose friends over switching from electric to gas. LOL!!! Either way i feel your pain. Needless to say thats not gonna stop the kid. Ive always enjoyed the hobby and will continue to regardless.

Keep up the good work!!!

 

[Harold Bascom]

Nice work bro. I feel your pain. Wish I had a track like that. Need a lil more dirt.

I lost friends when i switched to 5th scale gas RCs and sold off my electric 10th scale RCs. I didnt know it was that serious that i would lose friends over switching from electric to gas. LOL!!! Either way i feel your pain. Needless to say thats not gonna stop the kid. Ive always enjoyed the hobby and will continue to regardless.

Keep up the good work!!!

Thank you, Bro.

 

[Polar_Bus]

Thats awesome ! I wish i had a wife that would let me convert my backyard into a 1/5 track ! Not going to happen ,?

 

[Harold Bascom]

Thats awesome ! I wish i had a wife that would let me convert my backyard into a 1/5 track ! Not going to happen ,?

What can I say, 'Polar'? My wife thinks it's less stressful for her that my obsession is over the rc hobby and not 'outside' women. Lol. Like that, whatever I do with my 'toys' is quite okay with her. Guess, in that respect, I'm a lucky SOB. ??

 

[Seandonato73]

Dam lucky I'd say ?

 

[cbaker65]

Just don't let her know about that Bobcat rental!......

 

[Harold Bascom]

Just don't ley her know about that Bobcat rental!......

Lol. No Bobcat in the mix. My track tools are a lawn mower, a weedwhacker, a trusted spade, and tons of physical work in the sun. At age 67 and a writer, I use the constant track prep as exercise. It's a total win-win for me.

A Bobcat would have been apt had I opted for a dirt track with jumps. My backyard track however is flat. I'm not into jumps. I'm actually an on-road man who has to settle for off-road; and the next best option for an on-roader with no on-road track is to buy a rally car like what I have and build a grass and dirt flat track. PEACE!