Grump
Quarry Creeper
Looks great"thumbsup" Now that I have seen it, I will have to build one for my micro Losi. Again, Very nice job!
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my version of indoor crawling course....
- Thread starter draggbody
- Start date
well initially i was thinking that the structure would support itself, think about a bowl upside down, but, i think i am going to cut a piece of 1/2" plywood about an inch larger and then put a shoulder to keep it from sliding off...
hoghead5150
Rock Crawler
any guess on the weight?? i like this idea. a person could make several of these, and fit them together to make one large course. would be easier to store, and not near the work of dragging the rocks into the shop during the winter!
i would guess the cardboard base and foam weight a couple of pounds... i used almost a 60lb bag of mortar, so i would guess around 60lbs... i definately could see building a few "islands" out of foam and fiberglass and cover it w/ truck bedliner... i have alot of 'glass, but it would cost alot more on a large scale... but it would be WAY lighter... someone had a good idea about some casters, i might mount them on one end of my plywood and cart it like a set of hand trucks... i would want the island so that i could move it easy to create news lines...
FRENCHBLUE72
RCC Addict
Thats a great idea especially for up where I live where it rains 99.9% of the time..
so this course totally kicks ass!!! it has a million lines and allie and i have played on it for 2 solid hours... the texture is good, not to smooth, but just rough enough... the cracks are tight and there are plenty of ledges that keep you on your belly and really make you work to get over them... heres a few action shots...
R/CMaxximus5.0
Rock Crawler
Nice work! Looks like lots o' fun"thumbsup"
DirtyDezPirate
Quarry Creeper
not too bad..
Javage
Newbie
Turned out pretty good"thumbsup"
perry3182
Newbie
Awesome job!"thumbsup"
scootertrash
Quarry Creeper
that's sweet brotha'. i like the fact that it's not all plywood and chicken wire under it. As must of my own indoor course is and i gotsome where around 300lbs' of morter into it so far too. i'd give this a try next month as a second chance at seeing if icould could come up with a better way of building a base. To then hand pack. sinse this would be way cheaper then the way most of us go about doing a indoor course ......ya' know. ~ scoot'er~
country_crawler
RCC Addict
im trying it to!
Krakker
I wanna be Dave
Thank God for MacGyver skills! That's way cool. I"m gonna have to get my girl and I working on something for us to crawl on wile we're snowed in board to death.
OrphanRods
Newbie
Not bad good ideal! Im thinking about building one in my garage !
mudman1
Pebble Pounder
That's awsome. I'm trying to convince the wife to let me build a course in the backyard but she aint having any part of it.
Simon.O.
Pebble Pounder
Check out some of these and show her the ones you think might get the nod as a good idea...........I did and it worked "thumbsup"
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=173286
As for indoor crawling I may be hard pushed to justify it as we only get rain in the winter, no snow.
The other way I can aproach it is to just get a Mini or even the Mirco crawler and say "hey this will be great for indoor crawling"
Bang !! there is an indoor course in the downstairs lounge. :twisted:
better to ask forgiveness than ask for permission...:mrgreen:
landtortise89
Pebble Pounder
That looks good I wanting to build one myself. I was thinking expando foam but this idea is way cheaper and seems like it maybe a little easier and you can get better traction i would assume.
