Originally Posted by
pickle311
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.
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.