How to make your own backyard Rc track

[TwistedXT]

Follow along here as i take my empty pit of a backyard and start making rc tracks!

on the list:
Offroad track
Rally course
and what backyard wouldnt be complete without a crawling course!

Here is a mock up of the offroad course in my basement:


here is the losi micro sct for testing said mock up:



Tools to get things started:


and here is after about 45 minutes of removing the "sod" (who am i kidding - weeds!):




start with the axe looking tool and slowly start to till up the top soil and remove... i plan on toppin goff the offroad course with a nice clay once all is said and done. The rally course will have multiple surfaces... but - you have to follow along to see ;)


here are some video how tos to get you started if this is something that you also wanted to get to doing!


The Making of a Real Backyard RC Track : Part 1 of 2 - YouTube

The Making of a Real Backyard RC Track :: Part 2 of 2 - YouTube

How to make a backyard RC car track - tips and techniques - YouTube

[TwistedXT]

the short course crew is patiently waiting....

[C*H*U*D]

Where's your Macleod? One of the best trail tools ever

Very cool..looking forward to seeing it finished!

[monkeyracing]

Backyard courses are great! Mine was made by stripping out the giant weeds with a bobcat and dumping in a load of loam. All the rocks were dug up with the weeds, as well as a whole mess of slate tiles and rotting lumber. Good times!

[TwistedXT]

Here is another day of digging so far - (day of digging - i work from home - this is from my 15 minute breaks)... slow going but we are progressing!

[TwistedXT]

once the tracks are in place - landscaping, fencing, and drivers stands will be going up!.... like i said - slow going. but i will try to post updates everyday that i work on it.... which should be almost every day.

[TwistedXT]

the Macleod is after the top growth is removed to even out the track before i drop in some clay .... i want clay but im still undesided.

[TwistedXT]

So, did some thinking and size comparisons..... track needed to be wider... MUCH WIDER!!!! i started with 4' (this part might even be 3')


and then moved to 7 foot!


this should allow plenty of room for racing and passing!

Reading various threads and watching various videos - there seams to be a debate as far as "what width to make an rc track"

the obvious answer is in relation to the vehicles running on it - but - most seem to be arguing about 6 foot or 8 foot - so screw it - i made mine 7 to fall in the middle.
Granted the amount of room i have to work with i could do 12' wide but lets not get ahead of ourselves.

[C*H*U*D]

Ty and Rubba could squeeze by everyone on the 3' sections

[TheScaleAddict]

You forgot to add 'divorce your wife' to that list. My wife is super cool, but shed shoot me if I took over the back 9. Granted, it's not just a bunch of weeds... But still. LOL

[Blades]

Same here. Looks good but if I proposed turning the back yard Into "not a kid friendly zone" she might do bad things to my toys..LOL

[Billy D]

I put a little crawler course on my back deck under cover cause it rains lots here. The wife is not to happy with me.

[alexchen86]

Ha I can one up all of y'all I received two written letters from HOA telling me to "remove construction debris and concrete rocks away from view" or else they will hire a clean up crew and bill me. Apparently they weren't too happy with my rock garden lol due to the fact my backyard has an iron gate about 30' from the sidewalk.

Must have been some nosy neighbors wondering what the heck is that?!

Moved it all to the patio took 4 hours lol. Much cleaner layout now but no path to trail on anymore! And no mud pit!

From this:






Now it's all over the patio 30' x 15' saved 4 pallets to stack rocks over threw the rest away.

[C*H*U*D]

Originally Posted by alexchen86

...I received two written letters from HOA telling me to "remove construction debris and concrete rocks away from view" or else they will hire a clean up crew and bill me.

This would actually be an interesting topic (unless it's already been done before). A thread with pictures of rock crawling courses that look like typical landscaping. Kind of a stealth course so to speak.

[AdventureIQ]

Subscribed, this thread willnhelp me as I convert a rally track to a crawler course. Picked up an SCX 10 a few weeks ago and love it!

[TwistedXT]

More progress - its been raining like crazy out here! hope to get back in to the swing of things (literally) over the next couple of days.

When we went to look at this house to buy - one of my wife's first comments was "where are you going to put your track?"... love that woman! I think part of it is that i met her while out wheeling in my 97 XJ...



This is the view from up on the back deck. (which when we rebuild my wife wanted to know if i was going to work in a drivers stand into the stairs going down!) I felt dumb because i had not thought of that!

[AdventureIQ]

Originally Posted by TwistedXT

When we went to look at this house to buy - one of my wife's first comments was "where are you going to put your track?"... love that woman!

You have a keeper!

[cormier33]

I'm waiting for someone from the forum with a bulldozer to offer to come by and make that "clearing the sod" work a little easier for you! I'm excited to see how this turns out.