How to determine the proper rollout for your Practice Tree

FOR FULL TREE RACERS


This question is easier to answer than you think. (NO measuring of front tires, and NO weight calculations).

Let's first assume you are racing on a .500 (5 tenths) Full Tree, and reacting to the bottom amber.  The rollout to begin with would be about .325. Tests have shown that when tested, people could react to the bottom amber on the .500 Full Tree, and have a decent reaction time with this rollout.  If you try to practice with no rollout you should come up with a reaction time between .160 and .190: from that we can take an average of .175, so...

.500 (Actual Reaction Time)
-.175 (Human Reaction Time)
.325 (Roll Out)

The correct way to practice is to react as soon as you see the bottom amber go on. It MUST be a reflex.  If it isn't, you will never be consistent.  Trying to learn that, will be virtually impossible and very inconsistent. So, if you practice at .325 (or between .300 and .340), and get your reaction times in the consistent .510 to .530 range, you have reached the goal with the practice tree.