Phil, My entry was correct - 46%. It totally threw me too. The only adhesion improver allowed was chalking the rails. I had devised a track that could be elevated to 22.5% grade and we had to stack boxes etc under one end and calculate the grade manually. The high end was barely reachable from standing on a chair in a 12 foot length of track. We immediately moved every thing off the tables to the floor.
Eldorado Timber & Mining Co. Bruce G. Gathman, President Tall Trees - Deep Shafts On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 07:56:54 -0500, "Phil Paskos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Ahhh. Question? You did mean 4.6% grade didn't you? 46% is one of things I'd >like to see. > >Phil > >Everyone, > >There really are no rules. Like I said it amazes me that no >one has tried anything trick yet to my knowledge. At St. >Louis we have a hill climb event just asking for someone to >make modifications. Of course the record climb was 46% >grade by John Garrett's DJB Climax. Now I know John likes >to tinker but things looked rather stock. It did't get a >technical inspection after winning like NASCAR.