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SC Rally Testing

April 8, 2019 by justin 2 Comments

To test out my “Spec SC Rally2” class idea, I bought a HobbyKing / BSR Racing body. This thing looks and fits great on my 2wd Slash:

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Filed Under: Cars, Electric Off-Road, Electric On-Road Tagged With: jump, rally, SCT, short course truck, Slash, Slash 4x4, Traxxas

SC Rally Proof-of-Concept

March 25, 2019 by justin 1 Comment

Rally cars are amazing. If you boil it down, they’re basically suped up cars you would see on the road. And they can jump!

There’s a small but loyal group of rally R/C enthusiasts that have seen a number of RC rally cars come and go over the years. For me it began with the HPI RS4 Rally, originally released in 1998. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cars, Electric Off-Road, Electric On-Road Tagged With: jump, Pro-Line, rally, SCT, short course truck, Slash, Slash 4x4, Traxxas

Off-Road RC Snow Track

February 25, 2019 by justin 1 Comment

Not everyone has the time, money, or permission to build an insane RC track in their backyard.

Mostly because of wives, home owners associations, neighbors, etc. 🙂 But up here in America’s snow boot, anyone can build a temporary off-road track out of snow instead of dirt.

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Filed Under: Cars, Electric Off-Road Tagged With: jump, kids, LaTrax, SCT, short course truck, Slash, snow, track, Traxxas

Flite Fest Ohio 2018

July 16, 2018 by justin Leave a Comment

Flite Fest Ohio 2018 is on the books – we went, we flew, we crashed. Here’s a little brain-dump of lessons learned from our second year.

More Stick Time

My first year I spent a lot of time building a project that ultimately didn’t fly. For me it was a disappointment. So this year I did a build ahead of time and planned to do much more flying. It turned out to be much more crashing because I didn’t have all of the bugs worked out of my plane. It did fly, and it helped me achieve my goal of more stick time at the event. However, the stick time paled in comparison to the time I spend in the bean field looking for my plane after a crash. You haven’t fully experienced Flite Fest until you’ve gone looking for a downed plane in the bean field.
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Filed Under: Cars, Electric Off-Road, Fixed Wing, Flight, Rotor Tagged With: FliteFest, FliteTest, jump, kids, SCT, short course truck, Slash, Traxxas

How to marshall

July 2, 2018 by justin 2 Comments

Marshalling

To ceremoniously guide, conduct or usher.

In R/C club racing, similar to 1:1 scale club racing, the drivers must also help as a corner marshal after they race. This means helping out cars that get stuck, crash, or flip so they can continue their race. It’s a dance as you help crashed cars while other cars are still racing on the track. I’ve picked up a couple of tricks here and that help me – and maybe they can help you be more adept at marshalling. And since every driver is also a track marshal – there’s a section for drivers too. You should read both. 😎

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Filed Under: Cars, Electric Off-Road, Electric On-Road Tagged With: jump, track

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