seting up my course

[slowngreen]

well not much too see yet but i thought id start at the beginning with this so for now heres my tennis balls i just cut. hopefully i'll have time to go out and set em up and run it, i'll take some pics of the course as well.

 

[SAVAGE_BASHER_K4.6]

are those your markers?

are you setting up a course in your backyard?

 

[slowngreen]

yeah there my markers, i would have got all yellow ones but these were at Honks 99 cent store as pet toys and were 2 for a buck so i got em. actually i have two spots where i plan on doing courses, theres one way out in the desert that I've been too twice now and the two main lines that I've been trying to do are hard, i spent about 4 hours out there the other night trying to get them down without rolling, i finally made it through the thing and then theres a nice place by my parents house wich is in the country and its by a pond with some nice river rock sections. i was gonna go set one up and run it right now but the wind came up really good and i dont want my new markers to blow away lol.

 

[CharliesTheMan]

Alright man, it's good to see you getting involved in the comp end of things. I told you the point would come

 

[SAVAGE_BASHER_K4.6]

Crawling is so addicting. its like crack!! LOL (whatever crack is like)

were are you located? desert?

post up some pics

2 for a buck you can't beat that deal. definitly worth it.

 

[CharliesTheMan]

Next time you go back buy that store you might want to get some more. I think you've got enough there for about 8 gates. In a few weeks, you may be wanting to have more gates like a full size comp course, and you might as well get while they're cheap.

 

[slowngreen]

yeah i need more but i only had a $5 on me in cash and my card doesn't work any where except at this little trashy gas station near by so i always just get what i need from there lol, alot of lunchables are eaten for dinner. any ways i made a vid but i can't get it to upload past 60% but i ended up rolling and busted the front left knuckle.

 

[Brushlessboy]

Damn. Thats the biggest computer mouse I've ever seen............

 

[alpinehyperlite]

Computer mouse? All i see is a speaker.......

 

[slowngreen]

ummm, well i guess u must be seeing the speaker lol. off the topic are u guys using the stock plastic knuckles? i was wondering about getting some aluminum ones but want some opinions first.

 

[CharliesTheMan]

I ordered the RCP aluminum axle upgrade kit. It's by far the best deal out there, and I will soon be ordering two more for my other rigs. It comes with aluminum knuckes and c's for the front axle and rear straight axle adapters and stainless straight axles.

http://rcpcrawlers.com/product.php?productid=1000&cat=29&page=1

The RCP high clearance knuckes are the best on the market. They are specifically designed to give you a lot more turning angle, which will dramatically reduce your turning radius. You can also buy just the knuckes if you don't want to buy the whole kit, but if you're going to be upgrading the other stuff, the kit is a good bit cheaper if you can spend that much. The straight axle in the rear will double the strength of your axle, as well as allowing a lot more clearance under the rear axle to help get over jagged edges and avoid the hangups normally caused by the knuckes in the rear.

http://rcpcrawlers.com/product.php?productid=1000&cat=29&page=1

 

[Radron]

I'm going to be ordering that kit soon, I broke a C last night testing my new chassis with semi droop. The droop made so much more traction, I pulled it right in two!

 

[slowngreen]

with droop though dont u lose clearance?

 

[Radron]

Yes, Stationary clearance. But your wheels travel down instead of up. So far it has not been an issue.

 

[slowngreen]

well i went crawling the other day with a kid that had droop and he kept getting hung up on stuff that i would go right over but then again side hilling he wouldnt tip and i would so is it basically a gain one thing lose one thing situation?

 

[CharliesTheMan]

Well it all depends on the terrain and the driver. The droop works really good on the natural rocks and such that a lot of places have, but on the crap rocks we have in Louisiana, a traditional sprung set seems to work better. Also, Radron is running semi droop, so he doesn't lose nearly the clearance that he would with full droop. A good driver can find the right lines to run, and on most anything can run without much clearance. Lowering the rig lowers your center of gravity dramatically, and it will make you feel like your tires are glued to the rocks. Once again, it all comes down to the driver and your personal preference. But generally speaking, the axial sits quite high and it helps to lower it some. That's why almost all of the comp crawlers reccomend putting spacers in the shock body under the piston.

 

[slowngreen]

well I've been searching droop over at "the other site" and couldnt find what semi droop is so forgive me but what is semi droop? is it spring under the piston (inside) and one outside?

 

[CharliesTheMan]

It's one spring on top of the piston, one spring under the piston. You can run a short on the bottom, long on top, for something closer to traditional setup, or vice versa for something closer to droop, and it just takes A LOT of trial and error to find a setup that fits your rig and your terrain perfect. We have a comp course near me that's our best course in the state, and it's perfect for droop. I haven't built a droop setup yet because of the time that it takes to get one dialed in. Once I get finished building these three rigs, I'll get into that. Personally, I think since every other word out of their mouths involves the search feature, at least the bastards could have a decent search feature lol.

 

[slowngreen]

lol agreed man...yeah if droop takes alot of "tuning" then i might wait on it, i have alof of different spot to crawl on and they all very in terrain so would just spring setup like i have now be a better all terrain setup?

 

[CharliesTheMan]

If I were you, I would run your rig with the stock spring setup for a little while and get some experience with it. Next, I would order a set of Losi shocks. I just got mine in last week, and I'm absolutely in love. They are so much easier to build than any other shock that I've dealt with, and I've had a lot of different shocks. Because of the design, you can have the entire set built and filled in about 15 minutes. Once you get the losi shocks, use the old shocks and build a droop or semi droop setup. Then you'll have two pairs of shocks. When you're on good rocks, big natural rocks, then you can run the droop and get used to it and see how you like it. If you change terrain, your other shocks are built and you can just swap them out. But I would definitely reccomend the Losi shocks to anyone, and in their traditional sprung setup they work great, and they're fully adjustable with the threaded shock bodies to change ride height on the fly and lower the COG.