Capitol City RC Video & Pics

[abadk9420]

Went crawling at my local indoor course today and man have they expanded it since I was there last for a comp.

Here is the Whole video, for some reason Photo Bucket cut it off at 5 minutes.

Pics of the course

 

[RC Addict]

Man, we don't even have an outdoor course and you guys have indoors??? Damn!

 

[slowngreen]

sweet! looks like a fun place to run.

 

[flm_savage]

your truck drives like you are running stiff leaf springs. Why doesn't it really articulate? me thinks your shock setup needs an inspection.

 

[RC Addict]

Unless I am stupid I believe that is "no droop"???

 

[flm_savage]

Unless I am stupid I believe that is "no droop"???

come again?

sprung is a standard setup with up and down travel
droop is no springs so your shocks sit at full compression so you have no upward travel and all downward.
i have never heard of a no droop setup


edit. he is running springs so its not droop

 

[slowngreen]

droop is not no springs, droop is internal under the piston sprung.

crazy looking course, kinda looks like a pain though to see your rig in some spots.

 

[BOUTCH]

Sweet-a** vid man, plus love the pics.

 

[slowngreen]

travels pretty good imo, just that right amount.

 

[abadk9420]

I don't need a 180* of articulation, it works great for me, and it is a very ruff course. they have stools for the real short guys, I can see ok at 6'5", LOL!!!! but it is not natural to be looking up at your truck in the air 7-8 feet in the air.

 

[flm_savage]

droop is not no springs, droop is internal under the piston sprung.

crazy looking course, kinda looks like a pain though to see your rig in some spots.

you're right. i ran mine with no springs since the shocks i was running were way too long.

what do yo think about the truck. seems VERY stiff to me

 

[abadk9420]

you're right. i ran mine with no springs since the shocks i was running were way too long.

what do yo think about the truck. seems VERY stiff to me

Well it is deffinitely not a stock AX10 set up that twists real easy.

 

[flm_savage]

why the rollover at 4 minutes? i would have imagined the left side would have come down. instead it stays level with the other side.
and again at 2:10. it seems that it just hovers instead of conforming to the terrain

 

[slowngreen]

its all a personal preferance. it might look stiff and not enuff flex to some and maybe even too much to others. personally i like this setup he has, i think my setup runs a little softer but I've also ran setups that are really hard to get any flex out of.

for me, the right amount of flex is about a nice tires hieghth of flex. but then some like way more and they like to to flex very easily. i like it to be alittle more rigid, wich imo make it more predictable.

 

[flm_savage]

i like keeping the tires on the ground. i know about how far i can go before i will lift a tire. his seems to lift a tire way too soon. this is how i like mine setup.

 

[abadk9420]

why the rollover at 4 minutes? i would have imagined the left side would have come down. instead it stays level with the other side.
and again at 2:10. it seems that it just hovers instead of conforming to the terrain

At for minutes that is a severe off camber climb, and at 2:10 it settled right down, It does not matter how you set your rig up there will always be times that you will get a wheel in the air, of they will roll, they all have there limits.

 

[flm_savage]

maybe the camera angle doesn't show it accurately. Then again maybe its just personal preference. I just like a limited but very very smooth system. I like soft springs that let the axles twist under very little pressure but are limited so you don't get to twisted up.

 

[slowngreen]

it IS all personal preference. lets try not to kill this thread by having nothing but back and forth debates on whats a better setup.

 

[RC Addict]

come again?

sprung is a standard setup with up and down travel
droop is no springs so your shocks sit at full compression so you have no upward travel and all downward.
i have never heard of a no droop setup


edit. he is running springs so its not droop

Dude, that was me being sarcastic! Thus the quotes! Never mind. My comedy is just over some peoples heads I guess!

 

[flm_savage]

Dude, that was me being sarcastic! Thus the quotes! Never mind. My comedy is just over some peoples heads I guess!

ahh shoot. it was too early in the thread. i thought we were still being serious.

now that i know what you meant, i completely agree and give you a hearty LOL