Hampton Roads Bash (Pic Intensive)

[Waste Land]

No but seiously wtf is up with tha grill, lol....cooking i hope

 

[newnitrofan]

Yeah we full on need some vids up in here. Need to see the antichrist launching.

 

[militarymaxx]

Well, this is probably my last post for at least 2 weeks or until the movers get all my stuff delivered and I get back online. The bash was more than I could have hoped for. It was a great feeling knowing that everyone was helping everyone out when it came to broken parts, tuning questions, or whatever. All this from guys who had never met until that day. I would like to take a moment and Thank Digital Liquid, Uncdrock57 and Killahbz for making the trip. Hope to run with you guys another time. For those of you waiting for the EP flight video, be patient, it's pretty amazing and for me was the "crown jewel" jump of the weekend. A special Thanks to EP and Sky for the chance to get to know you guys. I had a blast !! So, let me get going and the next time you guys here from me I'll be 700 miles further north.

To be continued..........................................

 

[SkyMaxx]

MilitaryMaxx, it was great bashing with you on all occasions. This two day bash, break, repair, repeat fest was great.

I just finished uploading over 100 clips for a little under 15GB of raw DV to my machine. I have just under fifty stills. And a poop ton of editing to do. There are two other video cameras worth of imagery and a few hundred stills out there. Digital Liquid, feel free to PM me when you want to try and get your video to me. El Pirata, if you want to have Nick's video footage included...you are going to have to coordinate getting that on line and to me. Let me know what you want to do.

This was one heck of a weekend. Today, I managed to destroy three sets of front shocks (two of which were loaners from MM and EP) by either shearing the shafts or bending them (three sheared and three bent). Couldn't say what was the cause other than huge air. My day came to a complete standstill when I managed to shear a rear hinge pin. For HB (if he reads this) and those that have a dislike for HiTec servos, I almost joined your ranks today as I fragged two digitals. The things felt as if the motor seized or something. I will be breaking them down and seeing what the problem is over the next few days. End result is the MBX-5 is sidelined until the Fall. Guess it will be a quiet nitro-free Summer for me.

Speaking of Fall, this bash was so much fun...we are starting to look at a September/October time frame for another bash in the Hampton Roads area. More to come as we figure out how to do this right. We learned a bit about coordination on this bash....so the next one should be better. Who knows there may be more than one buggy going for the huge jump over the street.

Anyways, I echo MM's appreciation for the fellas from NC. Digital, UNCD, and killa...thanks for making the trip. Hope it was worth the ride.

 

[mcvickj]

WOW!! It looks and sounds like you guys had a blast. I can't wait to see some footage of that jump.

 

[SkyMaxx]

ROUND 1 of Stills

I just got done cropping my first batch of stills. I still have 15GB worth of footage to extract stills from and create a video. On top of that, I just got Digital Liquid's stills and footage (300+ stills with four or five mini-videos). I'm not certain anyone will get sick of seeing shots from this bash, but I will post what we shot as I get it finished.

Final tally of who was there:
Digital Liquid, El Destructo, El Pirata, Killhabz, Military Maxx, Nick, Russ Winn, SkyLineRacer, SkyMaxx, UNCDROCK57, and the dude with the Jumbo Kong tires (forgot his freaking name...hate when that happens).

In the meantime, take a look below:

Part of the bash crew (Military Maxx in red, El Pirata in the hat, and Nick in the white T-shirt, UNCDROCK57 in the grey and black stripes)

Digital Liquid catches some shade and wrenches...

No bash would be complete without El Pirata marking his turf

First blood. El Destructo destroys the back end of his buggy (later rebuilds it and re-destroys it)

El Destructo flies...

Nick gets a "little" help on his Savage. "Daddy, what's broken?"

Airborne

El Pirata

El Destructo trying to break another one...

Flying...

Some more...

Tweaked Savage chassis. Jumbo Kong tires + bad landing = bent chassis.

Nick's trying to flip his Savage...

Russ Winn shows up with a new buggy (less than 5 tanks of fuel ...not even broken in) and shears the top off a shock tower.

Another satisfied customer

 

[Ryhton]

Thanks for the updates guys. Now lets get that video out there.

 

[Digital Liquid]

Nice second round of pics. It looks like sunday was filled w/ as much carnage as saturday.

 

[ZANDOR]

mad props to el

man el that is some sick air time you got on that jump..how high was it?and how far did it go..can't wait to see the vid...

 

[El Pirata]

Originally posted by Digital Liquid

Dude, I didn't realize how much air I really got.

 

[El Pirata]

I must apologize for the clarity of the pics they were grabbed from video that was zoomed in. Here's the second jump:

The point of no return:

Still going up:

Starting to level out:

Starting to slow down and the cross wind is starting to effect the AC:

Going down and you can really see the cross wind's effects to the AC:

 

[Russ Winn]

Sky-
you forgot to mention the broken servo gears, along with the shock tower....nothing like breaking a cherry right!!!!

 

[Digital Liquid]

Let's get a full damage report from everyone, there is no need to mention all the cracks & bruises. Here we go:

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Digital Liquid
(Savage)
-- Broke Tooth off of 13T Bevel Gear

Killahbz
(Savage)
-- Stripped One-Way Bearing
-- Bent/Warped Front Wheel (Big Joe 40 Series on Velocity Wheels)

Uncdrock57
(Savage)
-- Shattered Carbon Fiber TVP
(Truggy)
-- No Major Damage (Battery Pack Died )

Everyone else.....

 

[SkyMaxx]

Savage
--Both rear bulkheads destroyed (aluminum)
--Rear shock tower twisted beyond use (aluminum)
--Rear diff casing destroyed (stock...ripped the tabs right off)
--Spur gear cored (melted like the last one)
--Rear diff damaged? (won't know for sure until I get it apart)

MBX-5
--Front shocks sheared shafts x3 (stockers and one loaner)
--Front shocks shafts bent beyond use x3 (all loaners)
--Front shock tower bent (nothing a hammer can't fix)
--Rear lower a-arm hinge pin sheared
--Steering post retaining screw sheared off (I'm going to try to easy out it, but I think that won't work)
--Front chassis brace rod end destroyed
--One dish rim cracked
--Front Lower a-arm

 

[Waste Land]

Every picture in the entire thread is filled with what I call "yucky sky" except EP's insane jump. Seems the buggy god smiled and put on the best colors they had for ya EP. Your are ....dum dum dum........The Chosen One

 

[SkyMaxx]

You had better be referring to the ether above us. If I am the "yucky sky" in question, you will find that I can rain down upon you in much the same fashion that God did to Noah and family.

 

[Waste Land]

Originally posted by SkyMaxx
You had better be referring to the ether above us. If I am the "yucky sky" in question, you will find that I can rain down upon you in much the same fashion that God did to Noah and family.

Put two and two together SkyMAxx...Of course i was talking about the sky, ya know with the clouds, usually colored blue......you spend enough time up there you should be quite familiar, lol.

 

[SkyMaxx]

Just making sure. I like to make certain of my targets prior to unloading on them.

 

[El Pirata]

Damage between El Destructo and myself:

ED's Storm
chassis plate - FUBAR
rear shock tower mounts
center diff - FUBAR
2 broken bodies

EP's Storm
chassis plate - FUBAR
Front shocks bent by Sky
broken fuel tank

Inferno
rear shock broken shaft
2 front a-arms
left front turnbuckle

Anti Christ
broken shock shaft
hinge pin mount
severed 2' of fuel line combigned
custom tuned pipe mount
body broken way way worse than before

K-3
battery box
cooling fan
lost 2 c-clips

 

[newnitrofan]

Now that's some damn carnage