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Old 10-28-2006, 11:01 PM   #1
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Default Man-made rock obstacles any info ?

with all the mods on rc crawlers , I havent seen anything on Man-made rock courses . UROC has a few dozen courses accross the country with the first one here in Salt Lake City. I've made 1 with shaved styrofoam with tile wire mesh on top and concrete/mortar spread on top of that . It works but is heavy and hard to move around . Any infomation or pics would be helpfull .
Also anyone know how we can get on those UROC courses would also be very helpfull . snow is coming soon and I gotta build somthin to crawl on in the basement.
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Old 10-29-2006, 06:44 AM   #2
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They guys from RCP Tracks built a nice man made course for hobby shows.
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Old 10-29-2006, 07:53 AM   #3
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I am building a course right now, shoud have pics later today,
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Old 10-29-2006, 08:10 AM   #4
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Try a stucco top coat instead of concreat. They have a system that goes over foam and can be color matched. The surface would have a lot of grip I bet even Imex tires would hook up.

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Old 10-29-2006, 09:28 AM   #5
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Thanks Bender for the pics. I wonder what they put on top of the foam ?
looks like bedliner ?
Cant wait to see Jetboat's pics.
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I believe it was rhino lined.
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well, looks like snapfish wont work for image hosting.... any one have a good site?
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Old 10-29-2006, 01:49 PM   #9
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http://www.see-my-pictures.com/index...2_itemId=36208
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Old 10-29-2006, 02:43 PM   #10
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cant wait to see it finished , keep me posted.
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How do you plan finishing it?

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I just came back up from laying glass on it, Im using a heavy weight fiberglass mat with loads of resin. The part I did this morning is finally cured and is nice and strong and hard. I havent decided on a paint or coating yet, might be fun to run it bare glass for a little slick rock crawling, Ill try to add some pics tomorrow
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Old 10-29-2006, 03:41 PM   #13
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Go and buy some spray on bed liner. That will give you great traction. But may make it to easy.
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Old 10-29-2006, 03:51 PM   #14
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Old 10-30-2006, 04:25 PM   #15
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http://www.see-my-pictures.com/index...2_itemId=36204

heres some up to date pics of the progress , I just finished for the evening, so far I have used 2 gallons of resin and hope to only need about 1/2 gallon. The glass is setting up strong enough I could prolly walk on it. Still undecided on covering material might use a combination of things
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DUDE that's awesome.
How much does it weigh? It should be pretty light.
You should go crawl with the other IL guys too.
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So how much do you have invested?
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Old 10-30-2006, 05:27 PM   #18
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right now its pretty heavy, I would say 75-100 # but I have allot of bracing that will come out once the glass all cures. As for investment, way too much. I would estimate Im closing in on $100. Anyone that wants to crawl on it once its done is more than welcome.
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Old 10-30-2006, 05:44 PM   #19
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That looks really challenging. nice work . you could put multiple surfaces on it ( concrete , mortar , bedliner , stucco or bare glass in some areas ).
mine arent near as big (4 x 5ft) is my biggest one .I gotta be able to move it around .
you could hold a comp on that thing .
I'll post pics as soon as I can on my littler Man-Rocks.
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Old 10-31-2006, 07:11 AM   #20
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I was going to do seperate obsticles and just make them so they could be bolted together but, I decided that one full run would be best. In the spring I plan to build a full "park" on some land I own. It will be essentially the same technic except concrete in place of fiberglass. Maybe Ill host a comp on it next summer if people are interested
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