so ive been putting together a small indoor track in my warehouse space, maybe 40x60 feet, and im going back and forth on gate spacing. right now i have 6 gates and a split-s section but everything feels either too cramped or too boring depending on where i put things. i fly 3 inch toothpicks mostly so maybe thats skewing my perception of what counts as tight.

basically my question is ? is there like a rule of thumb for minimum spacing between gates that keeps it challenging without just being punishing? ive watched a ton of multiGP track walkthrough videos but those are all outdoor and the scale doesnt translate well. any indoor racers here who have figured this out

honestly yeah you're probably overthinking it a little but that's not a bad thing for track design. what i do is just fly it solo a few times and if im hitting the same gate more than twice in a session it's probably too close to something else. the real issue with indoor is elevation changes ? if your ceiling allows it even a gentle rise and drop between gates makes a flat layout feel way more interesting and buys you more perceived space.

also 3 inch on a 40x60 is going to feel wide open to you but if anyone shows up on a 5 inch it's a completely different track. worth thinking about if this is for group flying or just personal use.

not an indoor racer but i helped set up a temp track in a gym once and we basically just kept moving gates until it stopped feeling annoying and started feeling hard in a fun way lol. very scientific. i think we ended up with like 8-10 feet between the edge of one gate and the start of the next turn but that was on 5 inch quads so adjust accordingly