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yungcigsmoker
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Ok so I have a summer setup (will post pics later, too late right now) but I have an issue with it. I had my dad who is an engineer design it, and he designed it to go as fast as possible. I love the design, but it just goes a little too fast. I have a 10 foot rail, and I'm landing in the middle of it every hit. And then I have like .01 seconds of slide time before I'm off the rail. Any solutions?
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TOAST.
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Move the rail 5ft further away from the lip.
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SteezOnSkis12
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1. Make rail longer
2. Make tranny longer
3. Don't use the soap and water thing.

#1 Is probably the best idea.
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sbarlett
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You could take like a foot off of the drop-in if you felt that would work
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jackdonovan
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SteezOnSkis121. Make rail longer
2. Make tranny longer
3. Don't use the soap and water thing.

#1 Is probably the best idea.


this

the best tips i could offer you, as i had this problem also, would be to either
1. Make the rail longer or taller
2. Pop less off the jump so you dont go as far or high
good luck
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kung_powpow
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Pics of said drop? Do you use water at all? Also 10ft is a pretty short rail for swaps n shit
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yungcigsmoker
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kung_powpowPics of said drop? Do you use water at all? Also 10ft is a pretty short rail for swaps n shit


I'll put some pics up tomorrow, it's too dark out right now. I do water it down. But my friends have even shorter rails, but we are going slower so we can swap just fine.
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Mr.noodle
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Very interested in this design... I've never heard anyone say they have too much speed
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shin-bang
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Mr.noodleVery interested in this design... I've never heard anyone say they have too much speed


Yea I'm very very interested in the design too
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TOAST.
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Chupa_ChupsI'll put some pics up tomorrow, it's too dark out right now. I do water it down. But my friends have even shorter rails, but we are going slower so we can swap just fine.

Have you tried not watering it down?

Also get a longer rail or make another 10ft section and put it after the first. Being able to swap when your going fast will help you improve a lot more than going 1 mph and doing a swap on a rail that's under 10ft.
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MitchT
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Your dad is an engineer why are you asking a bunch of idiot tennagers...

However, I'd say just make the rail longer, you will want more than 10ft eventually.
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steezy.stew
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speed is sexy. deal with it
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DirtyMyke
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Longer tranny, less pop on the lip, longer rail
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_____alfredo____
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yea get one of them long railz like 20 ft or something or a dfd
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yungcigsmoker
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Mr.noodleVery interested in this design... I've never heard anyone say they have too much speed


Here are the pics. As you can see, I don't really have the room to make the rail longer. To give you guys an idea of how fast I'm going, I land on the middle of the tarp, and slide out into the street.



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yungcigsmoker
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Oh yeah and I use to have no astroturf but I had no edge control and went across the street every time so I added it
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Klaus
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longer tranny
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MitchT
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You will definitely want to consider a road gap option
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shin-bang
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Step 1.) build large rainbow rail over the road
Step 2.) continue to hit setup and make dank edit
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-InfamousMax-
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Build a c-rail to prevent slide on the street...
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T-Van
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Dont listen to infamous max , (he doestn know what he's talking abput, he cant even 360)build a U-Rail . Put the curve of the U a bit infront of where the street starts , make the rail go back to the takeoff and use your speed to go up your drop in again. Ask your dad to help you bild a frictionless environment tho.
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T-Van
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*sorry , meant to say that he cant even lencoln
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shin-bang
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-InfamousMax-Build a c-rail to prevent slide on the street...


That's honestly a real good idea. It's hard to make a smooth c rail. I've actually used a more elbow style taupe and it works fine
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Jake_La
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make your rail Higher
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-InfamousMax-
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shin-bangThat's honestly a real good idea. It's hard to make a smooth c rail. I've actually used a more elbow style taupe and it works fine


You'r right, but there is a tutorial how to make such a pvc c-rail somewhere here on ns.
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henryeckert_
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Just throw some turf on the road and move the rail forward
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hippy.killer
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This actually happened to me too when I first made mine. I just made the rail higher off the ground and the jump higher too and it worked
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Zurg
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shin-bangStep 1.) build large rainbow rail over the road
Step 2.) continue to hit setup and make dank edit


I love it! 💜
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peterspringer10
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MitchThatcherYou will definitely want to consider a road gap option


Screw all the other responses this is the way to go
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