casterdriver

I personally dont think turning the wheels in flight after a straught launch does much except for making urself look cool.......... what DOES do alot for setting up a landing at the right place or angle is giving the car a tiny twitch either way just as you leave the jump...... gets the car rotating in the air...... the rest of it is just for show and maybe have the wheels pointed in the right direction ............... flame suit on......

Quad Racer 34

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The first lap on that video looks like bubba stewart on a supercross track scrubbing the jumps

DPowers

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I will do that just to correct a bad jump.

jmaxey51

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when i raced motocross i didnt really whip the back out much, just leaned it over and turned the bars

same goes with RC flick the steering right before you leave and see how low you'll stay but then again thats alot easer said than done

DanBurgess

Thanks very much guys, big help and i now understand how to properly do it and when.

Do-Over

Quad and Jmax have it right. In motoX they use that to stay low and actually prevent slowing too much in the air. Your ALWAYS faster on the ground than in the air! Just my MX experience talking.... still new to RC!

Not to say its faster to single out than tripling just that extra air will slow you down with drag and trajectory...

My $.02

losi_racer

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thats my local track, when that layout was there it was trippy sitting at the end of the front and watching him land sideways

Brad S.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtloJ...eature=related

Watch at :45. I have been trying to steer in the air more like that to help me in iffy situations. Now when the car gets out of shape on the jump, I don't have a major heart attack. I just fix it.

Yes it does look super awesome, but I do feel more comfortable driving now.

Brad

j_blaze14

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its cool and it does help. on a short double into a turn you can turn off the lip of the jump in the direction you want to turn at the lander, you can get about 45 degrees turned in the air (the more angle the less stable landing) and when you land you are most of the way around the corner. on bigger jumps or triples you can jump straight and turn the wheels opposite of how you want to turn when you land, just before you land you turn the wheels back in the direction you want to go. the earlier you turn the wheels the more angle you can get out of it. you have to do this one only if the car is jumping straight, if you have to correct the nose up/down while the wheels are turned the car will get sideways and wreck. it is helpful but very tricky, i try to limit it to 2 times per lap and just focus on staying right side up.

linerv

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Plus, it keeps your APM(action per minute) high during a race.

Marcus Falconie

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If you think turning you wheels in mid air or before you leave the jump (scrub) does not help, you are not racing at your full potential or you are racing in europe with no jumps. Just watch someone like Ryan Maifield he does it second nature, it is part of his driving style and on Supercross style track it is a must. If you watch the video you can see Ryan fly (correct) the car with his front wheels then scrub the second double.

+ YouTube Video

pickle311

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The main reason for doing it in MX is to change lines. It wasn't until the last few years that riders made a major effort to scrub speed. It has been don't for a while, but not to the extent it is now. This is for several reasons I'm not going into now. You really aren't going to scrub much with and rc car, but you can change lines. A slight turn on the face of the jump will allow you to change lines in the air. You can hit the outside line on the face of a big jump and turn to the inside to set you up for the next corner. I did it all the time in MX but haven't found many places to use that in RC. not to mention it is a lot more difficult to hit the same line lap after lap in RC.

jmaxey51

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you can stay alot lower with RC too. seen it done alot....

Quad Racer 34

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I can tell you that the main reason most Mx'ers do it is to scrub the jump to scrub off airtime to stay close to the ground so they can maintain their speed more and go faster. Not to change lines. Yea, that's probably a good way to change lines but that isn't the main reason they scrub.

99problems

Levels the car out and helps you as a driver not to blow through the suspension as a fast. So your not rebuilding shocks every weekend. Last but not least STYLE POINTS