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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

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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