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How much does that angle of your drop-in matter?

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alexat955
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I'm in the process of building my drop in right now. It's gonna be 8 ft tall (im building a platform in a tree, if it turns out how i want it to its gonna be sick). I was wondering what the angle for the roll-in should be. im talking about the part right after the platform, that you first drop in on to. I'm thinking that 45 degrees is good but im afraid that thats gonna be too steep and its not gonna be hittable. On the other hand, I dont want it to be super shallow and not be able to get speed. Any tips from someone whos already built one?

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Nov 13 2010 1:08PM
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steezenskis
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you definatly dont want the transition to be too rough or it will make tricks onto the rail much harder. i have mine at about 35 degrees and its not bad. speed shouldnt be a concern because you can do stuff like fencing wich will be plenty of speed. Id put it a a little lower angle and you will be fine.
Nov 14 2010 9:01PM
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alexat955
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alright i was thinking that id build the platform and then stand on it and see how it looks. i just didnt want it to be so steep that it would be scary to drop in. thanks man +k
Nov 14 2010 11:06PM
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Mr.Huck
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Smooth and gentle tranny is key.  You could have a really steep dropin and if the tranny is too abrupt, you will get pitched forward and lose all your speed.
Nov 16 2010 7:07PM
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alexat955
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That's what I don't want to do, but I also am worried about not having enough speed to even hit the rail
Nov 16 2010 8:13PM
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geezy_steezer
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different skis handle trannys differently depending on flex so keep this in mind when deciding the angle. the first drop in i ever made looked a little steep but my anthems handled it perfectly fine and i kept good speed. my friend however was on my old (2007?) salomon 1080 flyers and completely ate shit on the same tranny

Nov 18 2010 1:07PM
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Mr.Huck
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That makes sense, but do you really want to build something that only works with certain skls?  So your buddies come over and want to sesh with you and they dub heal eject when they hit the bottom of the drop.  That will be a very lonely BY setup. 

Tranny seems to be more important than steepness or length of dropin.  If you use lattice as sliding surface you can get away with not having a super huge or steep drop. 
Nov 20 2010 2:14PM
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alexat955
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yeah I've got the tranny figured out. My dads friend owns a construction company so I am makin it with him as well as in my wood shop class. I'm thinking I'm gonna go like 40 degrees and have a really smooth tranny. But I am not completely sure yet, cause we made our lip last week and it's way too steep and not hittable so I have to redo it.
Nov 20 2010 3:34PM
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Mr.Huck
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Werd to the wise:  Make jump and tranny out of dirt as much as possible.  If you make it out of wood and it sucks, you have to tear it apart and start over.  If you make it out of dirt and then put your sliding surface on top, it is so much easier to fix if necessary.  Just pull sliding surface up, add more dirt and rake it out; just like you would do with snow.  Put plastic trash bags between dirt and sliding surface to keep dirt from getting up onto the sliding surface, which will make it slow. 
Nov 26 2010 11:14AM
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