Off Road Freestyle Jumping
01-03-2013 | 02:32 AM
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Off Road Freestyle Jumping
I used to love RC when was a kid, finally got one for Christmas after a 20 year drought (Traxxas Bandit VXL), it's more fun than ever. For whatever reason BIG AIR jumps (and actually LANDING them) is what floats my boat. I was looking for videos on line and i'm not finding many. Know any good ones?
01-03-2013 | 02:48 AM
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there has to be some on YOUTUBE. I even recall seeing a guy who jumps his 1/8 scale buggy over the single story garage side of his 2 story house starting from the road to the drive way and over to the back yard landing on all 4...lol!
01-03-2013 | 07:17 AM
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I used to love RC when was a kid, finally got one for Christmas after a 20 year drought (Traxxas Bandit VXL), it's more fun than ever. For whatever reason BIG AIR jumps (and actually LANDING them) is what floats my boat. I was looking for videos on line and i'm not finding many. Know any good ones?
I took my losi 8ight-E to a local bmx track to give it a thrashing a while back. it took 2 or 3 clean jumps off the first step up well over 25 feet. then I gave it the beans trying to downside the next jump AFTER the step up. 62 foot jump and I landed it on its roof shattering a gopro camera case. car was unscathed.
then I launched it out of the 9 foot tall asphalt berm like a ramp rather than a corner. 80 feet. the chassis flexed so hard when it landed that the rear drive shaft popped out of the center diff. nothing else broken.
get a 1/8 buggy or truggy for BIG air.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjvON6PC3UY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj_37FYqDYY
Last edited by getloose; 01-03-2013 at 07:28 AM.
01-03-2013 | 07:24 AM
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unfortunately a bandit wont handle too many big air jumps.
I took my losi 8ight-E to a local bmx track to give it a thrashing a while back. it took 2 or 3 clean jumps off the first step up well over 25 feet. then I gave it the beans trying to downside the next jump AFTER the step up. 62 foot jump and I landed it on its roof shattering a gopro camera case. car was unscathed.
then I launched it out of the 9 foot tall asphalt berm like a ramp rather than a corner. 80 feet. the chassis flexed so hard when it landed that the rear drive shaft popped out of the center diff. nothing else broken.
get a 1/8 buggy or truggy for BIG air.
I took my losi 8ight-E to a local bmx track to give it a thrashing a while back. it took 2 or 3 clean jumps off the first step up well over 25 feet. then I gave it the beans trying to downside the next jump AFTER the step up. 62 foot jump and I landed it on its roof shattering a gopro camera case. car was unscathed.
then I launched it out of the 9 foot tall asphalt berm like a ramp rather than a corner. 80 feet. the chassis flexed so hard when it landed that the rear drive shaft popped out of the center diff. nothing else broken.
get a 1/8 buggy or truggy for BIG air.
01-03-2013 | 07:40 AM
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01-03-2013 | 08:18 AM
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01-03-2013 | 08:43 AM
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Here is some vid of my RCSC8 clearing a 40 foot gap at our local track ....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrvTZZkgmWE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrvTZZkgmWE
01-03-2013 | 11:40 AM
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Couldn't get the youtube to embed, but I always loved Lutz massive back flips on the psycho nitro blast track.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=nuqapqGMJLA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=nuqapqGMJLA
01-03-2013 | 02:30 PM
#13
Here's one of mine. Not the biggest air ou there, but super fun.
| + YouTube Video | |
01-03-2013 | 03:05 PM
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