05-03-2013, 05:48 PM | #1 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Posts: 768
| Number of gates
I was curious to see how many gates a typical scale crawler course has. I am thinking of helping a buddy build a crawler course in his backyard and wanted to set up some gates but needed to know how many to use. Thanks in advance, Kenneth |
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05-03-2013, 07:02 PM | #2 |
Scale Detail Engineering Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Turtle Island
Posts: 5,573
| Re: Number of gates
We use 20. I've heard as low as 10
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05-03-2013, 07:13 PM | #3 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Posts: 768
| Re: Number of gates
Cool thanks
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05-03-2013, 08:07 PM | #4 |
Newbie Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: clarksville
Posts: 21
| Re: Number of gates
I shoot for 15 when i move the rocks around again.
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05-03-2013, 08:35 PM | #5 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Lowell, Arkansas
Posts: 1,307
| Re: Number of gates
As many or few as you want. My crew usually does 10. Sometimes 8.
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05-03-2013, 09:40 PM | #6 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Rancho Relaxo. California. USA. Earth.
Posts: 3,292
| Re: Number of gates
Somewhere between 10-300 |
05-03-2013, 10:04 PM | #7 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Salmon Arm BC
Posts: 1,777
| Re: Number of gates
depends on the size of the course and how many guys show up.. my friends and i get together every second sunday at a friends indoor course and usually set up 10-13 gates when like 6-10 guys show up.... at my house outdoors we have way more room so we'll add more gates.. we'll do 2 runs each in forward and have a vote to see if we want to do the course backwards.. most of the time we do.. when you guys setup a course and moving rocks around make sure the obstacle is driveable both ways makes for a funner course.. sometimes we setup the course so its easy between the gates but the challenge is getting through the gate.. sometimes its opposite, getting between gates is hard and through gates is easy. |
05-05-2013, 11:33 AM | #8 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Southern, IN
Posts: 862
| Re: Number of gates
For our last scale comp we had 10 +1 bonus on the first course, and 40 +2 bonus on the second. The 10 gate course took anywhere from 5min to 17min and the second took over 30min to complete. Everyone seemed to like the longer course much better. So it seems that more gates equal more driver satisfaction. We didn't have time limits, time was only considered in case of a tie. But, time limits are needed if you have a large number of competitors on a given day. We had a rain scare that day so it was not necessary.
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05-08-2013, 12:19 PM | #9 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Oklahoma City
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