| Recently I received an email asking me about monster | | | | vehicle, and the opportunity to stage a large variety of |
| trucks. The message came from outside the US, and | | | | racing events. |
| the sender stated that he and some friends were | | | | If they race only RC monster trucks they don't need |
| interested in racing RC trucks in their spare time. The | | | | the construction equipment to build the smooth |
| content and wording of the message led me to | | | | racetrack layouts, but they miss out on the fun of |
| believe the sender is a soldier on deployment, and I | | | | those creative efforts too. |
| immediately thought of Iraq and Afghanistan, and the | | | | One thing to consider when selecting the remote |
| sandy, desert type conditions of the terrain in those | | | | control toys for this project is the environment where |
| countries. | | | | they're staging their racing events. Since the result of |
| With that in mind I started thinking about a project for | | | | this creation will occupy sandy, dusty soil a higher level |
| building a racetrack in a desert environment to give our | | | | of maintenance is required for the RC models. |
| heroes some fun time activities to take their minds off | | | | First they should look for vehicles that are sealed |
| their stressful day jobs. | | | | against dusty conditions, and after each race take time |
| The first part of this project is the building of the | | | | to clean all moving parts and unclog the vents where |
| racetrack itself. They'll use remote control construction | | | | cooling air enters into the motor compartments. |
| equipment for this phase. | | | | Now that's an opportunity for our soldiers to de-stress, |
| Excavators will clear the area, leveling out the surface | | | | and have some fun too. |
| for the racers. They'll want three different layout styles | | | | Here's another thought. If you have loved ones fighting |
| of racetrack for their racing fun, an oval for NASCAR | | | | for our freedom why not get together with the families |
| and open wheel racecar races, a grand prix | | | | of their combat friends and collaborated this project |
| configuration, and a straight track for drag racing. | | | | with those family members? |
| Front loaders scrape the excess sand smoothing the | | | | Each family can get different remote control models |
| surface even further, and carry that loose soil to load | | | | for their soldier, write a coordinated suggestion about |
| the dump trucks that haul the extra sand away to a | | | | creating this project to the group, and surprise them |
| deposit site. | | | | with shipping of the RC toys planned to reach each of |
| Once they finish those operations they have the three | | | | them on the same day. |
| smooth tracks for racing any style radio control racing | | | | Why let them have all the fun with this operation? |