Chris Rappel of RCCWR competed in this past weekends Super Scale Race Series event #2... Team drivers. He managed to get a bunch of excellent footage of the event and put together this great video.
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Great video of a YJ being driven just like if you would be in it. No greater joy to be had for off road RC driving than this style of driving in my opinion.
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I haven't been out trailing in a long time and haven't done it in my new (to me) Jeep Wrangler YJ. Now that I have it pretty much complete with paint, details, interior, driver and so on... I just had to get on out and make a video. Thing is... I was out trailing for so long and got so much great footage that it ended up being almost an hour of footage. So... I broke it up into 3 video's.
Hope you enjoy and live vicariously through my driver like I do.
I picked up this guy recently and been working on it. Today I put in some tunes and a roof rack. I have clear windows and an interior kit on the way plus some more rubber to try out. Here is a short clip of it running.
Its been 2 yrs since I became interested in off road RC'ing and I remember how influenced I was when I came across this particular video. The custom builds and the super slow crawl spoke to me. Ever since then... I have been a HUGE fan of the slow crawl.
As I have said before... the slow crawl is by far my favorite. Nobody bashes in a real 4x4 except the ultra 4 KOH trucks and even then... on the rocks they slow things down a fair bit still. Driving these little trucks is a joy but driving them to behave like real ones is an even greater joy. Love it.
Today +Stephen Tattersall took me for a spin in his 92 Cherokee. It was wonderful. You know why? Because he drove it like he was in it. I swear by this motto and its the heart and soul of this blog. Bashing is for amateurs or ego maniacs. And, it's for the rich because bashing = broken. To me, the great joy in driving these little 1/10 scale trucks is that I cannot afford to drive my real Jeep in such a manner because if anything on it breaks...I'm most likely riding my bike every day for a year to save money to fix it. There is no joy in that. Like a kid, I imagine myself in that truck, making choices to go left, right, up, down, through... picking that mystery line that will get you from point A to B without wrecking your truck and smiling the whole time doing so.
Thanks for the ride Stephen. Great truck and great driving mate.
I spent the past several weeks building a new RC out of my SCX10 but with all the snow and cold... I have only been able to drive it around the house. But, today was a melt and some of the rocks cleared enough that I could get out there and give it a trial run. Here is a video of it below. The 45 turn motor and lower gearing is nice... forces me to drive smart and patiently and will help me avoid breakages and run time will be longer as well. The down side... speed and bashing can be a blast! Who knows... maybe a 27 turn will find its way in there down the road or maybe my 35 turn. As for the 80mm shocks... that adds some restrictions as well to the flex but I'm not complaining... too much flex and you just end up getting stuck. I think some 100mm King shocks might be ideal. Or 90mm. I'm thinking about ordering some of those RC4WD Mud Basher tractor tires. They will look perfect on this rig. Watch down the road for more video's.
There truly is nothing that I enjoy more than slow crawling off road whether it be in an RC or a real truck. Don't get me wrong... I do love those Ultra 4 races too but when I need to relax... the slow crawl is what gets me most. All that said... I will be bringing you video's that I discover from time to time... hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
