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Hey guys!

Sweet! Congrats. Marriage is something to be extremely proud of.

Nice Jav. In putting together a VTA for my boy and he likes the Javelin body too.

Did you ever get that thing to drive straight?

Have you guys tried any off-road stuff?

Hehe... that's funny. :) I hope to tear up the rest tomorrow. Its a shame I didn't think to do this earlier in the summer.

Well, I made another set of steering links for the car to see what a little toe-in would do. It ended up going the other way. Even toe seems to be the best bet for the tightest circles. I finally decided I wasn't happy with the track surfact so I decided to tear it all up again. I only did half...

Now your talking. Side by side would provably be good fir1:10

Where'd you get that Ralph? How much?

Due to the still lack of steering with these little cars I've decided a more traditional layout will be needed. 24" lanes everywhere. Although not as artsy as I would personally enjoy, it'll still be plenty fun and challenging for both of us.

So I took the car out on the track yesterday to test. Well, simply put. It was horrible. The turning radius of this thing is atrocious. There's no way I can put down cool layouts with a car that can only turn a 40" circle. Well, I had a hunch and made some new steering links. I extended them...

Yes, it has been quite a bit of work... and it still looks like a forest if you look closely. Most of this thin stuff I figure will just go away over time. A few of the heftier sprouts will need to be clipped.

Getting it pressed of kind of a pain. There needs to be moisture below so everything binds, but dry on top so the tamp does not pull up dirt. It seems like I need to wet it slightly, rake it lightly, allow the top to dry then tamp it down.

Actually yesterday... 100ft. of 3/4" flex conduit and a 10x10" tamp.

I decided not to fuss around too much with the stone at the left end of the track. After all, it is intended for rally cars. I got rid of quite a bit, but far from all of it. I did spend a lot of time gathering up the larger clumps of dirt that were just filled with grass/weed root. Leveled it...

So yesterday was the boy's birthday so he received his very own Losi Micro Rally. He ran it a bit in the house this morning. I knew it wasn't particularly quick, but I can fix that down the road with a battery upgrade (7.2v lipo vs. the stock 4.8v Nimh). One thing I noticed is that even at full...

When I record racing I use a GoPro with the headstrap. It's great when marshalling too, but you have to try not to alter your head position too quickly or viewing is a headache.

I want to keep it tidy. I'll spray the inside with all vegetation killer once I get it all in place. Nice clean barrier.

Ha! She works too much for that. Chase has tomatoes, corn and cucumbers on the other side of the house. I don't mess with gardening, this is as close as it gets :)

His Losi showed up today along with plenty of spares and such. Got all the option springs so I can start teaching the boy about setup changes. I think he's gonna be very excited. His birthday is Thurs. The track won't be ready but he's been helping quite a bit too. He's very proud of his help...