And, I've proved that I suuuuck.  Regardless, I think the gates came out nicely and were very easy to make.  I made a total of 4 and will likely make a few more over time.

Cheap gate recipe:
3x 5 foot 3/4" PVC pipe
4x 3/4" "T" connectors
1x 3/4" 10 foot PEX 
Nothing is glued to make storage easy.  

My plan is to eventually wrap the PEX in pool noodles to add visibility and make impacts easier.

Good job

Is there any significance to the color choice, i.e. direction of entry/exit?

I would like to say I put that much thought into it...but the colors don't mean anything. At least for now. I'm just trying to navigate the gates consistently without crashing into them and controlling my altitude. Using the color to signify something is a great idea for when I get better.

Nicely done.

Nice gives me ideas,plus I have a bunch of extra PEX under my house.

I’m not quite ready to fly through gates but those red ones should stick out from air too.

(27-Jan-2021, 10:46 PM)Rob3ddd Wrote: Nice gives me ideas,plus I have a bunch of extra PEX under my house.

I’m not quite ready to fly through gates but those red ones should stick out from air too.

you will get ready if you try it, just choose a slow speed at first. you can do big gates to get a more easy start. give throttle if you cant aim the gate nicely, try again.. crash, repair repeat, have fun :-)
fly gates is more a question about another sort of flight, its not generaly difficult; give it a try ;-)

I'm pretty good with my Tinyhawk Freestyle 2....but controlling my 4S GepRC Dolphin is very difficult. Regardless, it's a skill to be mastered.

Hi Lj,

Good Job       

I don't have any PEX, but I have tons of PVC pipe and connectors. I like the idea of using pool noodles 

The PEX is very inexpensive. Even better, it comes in sections already cut to the right length at Lowes. I also like that it just pops into the PVC fitting for easy disassembly.

My concern about using PVC for the main part of the gate is damage. Hitting the PEX absorbs much of the impact as it flexes and shifts. I still managed to break a motor by stupidly divebombing a gate from high up and going way too fast. (WAY faster than you'd ever do racing). Adding noodles will help.

I've also learned why racers prefer props out. When you hit the gate, you bounce off and seem to have a 50-50 chance of recovery. With my props in quad, you're down when you hit the gate.

Hi Lj,

Yeah, I could buy some PEX...I will consider that an option.

My thought  on the noodles was to just assemble corner brackets from the PVC pipe and then push the noodles onto these to make a square gate as in the attached graphic. 

Thanks

about props out or in, the art of race-crash is to hit the gate sideways :-)

That could work rotors