Late summer setup help

[caliB]

How steep of a drop should I have from a 7ft platform?

 

[cwphoto]

mines 7 feet tall and i used 12 footers to make the in run. it gets you a TON of speed

 

[caliB]

yeah thats what i planned to use i wasn't sure if it would be steep enough. thanks!

 

[cwphoto]

no problem, heres mine in case you had any other questions

https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/696255/

 

[caliB]

oh i really like your's, those pictures are super helpful! but I'm going to make mine 4ft wide.

 

[cwphoto]

thanks. yea if i could have afforded it it would have been 4 feet. its easy to fall off two

 

[penguin_steeze]

that drop looks real sketch, I would go with 3 or 4 feet OP

 

[Poikenz]

Mines 8 feet tall and I am going with 12 feet, and in all honesty it seems a little too steep, of course I am on a hill and I have plastic lattice on it, but 12 is a good angle, anything steeper and it feels like you lose control anything less and it feels like you are going too slow.