Originally Posted by mfrosty

Jumping is all about speed judgement and squaring up for it. Sometimes this means slowing up slightly to square up, then punching it. All the power in the world is useless if you can't put it to the ground so you have to have your car setup for jumps with short run ups. Then (something a lot of people don't mention when talking about jumping) is having your brakes setup correctly so you can adjust your car in the air. For 1/8 scale 4wd you need to have your brakes biased towards the rear. My car for example, if I pull full brakes I can roll the front wheels of the car on the ground and the rear will be locked. If both your front and rear wheels lock when you jam the brakes in the air you will not be able to bring the nose down.