Quad Cities area?

[m1smokey]

New to the board and have been seachin around here for people in the area with no luck.

[Cole82]

I don't know of any in your area off hand, but there could be a lurker out there.

[m1smokey]

havent seen anyone but the local hobby town guy.

[Crawl It]

I live 45 minutes away from the QC. Are you talking about the guy that runs davenport hobbytown?

[m1smokey]

yeah Joe

[bimmerben]

Just moved to Rock Island from Wisconsin. I hear they do some crawling at the Blackhawk State Park here in the QC area. Been snowing since I moved here so I haven't had a chance to check out any of the area. I've just been working on bulletproofing the truck so she'll be ready when the ground dries up...

[jenzorace]

I work in the qcs. I have a ax10. Looking for some places to play.

[bimmerben]

I've been doing some research on the area and guys have told me they usually get together around the Blackhawk State Park along the Rock River on the south side of RI. I have also found some info on the Mississippi Palisades Park about an hour north od the cities that I may check out. It would really be nice to see some other crawlers out there so if anyone wants to brave the cold let me know. I been itchin'for a good crawlin' since the snow started flyin'!
bimmerben@charter.net

[jenzorace]

Im not big on getting wet. been playing in the basement. Ive raced rc in the qcs for 20 years. Everyone knows me. We race at twin bridges in eldridge. Carpet oval and tcs. Check it out at www.twinbridgesrc.com (http://www.twinbridgesrc.com) We have a race in 2 weeks. A friend of mine is getting a rtr we will be ready to play..

[colesdad45]

I am out in long grove, haven't really met anyone else from the area though. Me and my boy were out to watch you guys before christmas Jenzo, we were going to go last sunday but something came up. you can look in the iowa section, we are planning a indoor get together in CR with some homemade panels.

[jetboat]

nothing to speak of at Palisades outside of Savanna. Back in the 50's they planted trees all over the park and now there are no good rock formations for rc crawling. There are some cool formations that people fall from every year though... Im out there about once a month and have explored most of the areas, Mt Carrol city park has some good crawling but, you have to know where your going to find them as its about 1/2 mile hike with about a 10' verticle climb.

[jenzorace]

You guys hear of anywere close to play indoors. LMK Winter bites. I like warm weather. Going to fort wayne this weekend for a BRL race. They have a nice indoor course. Im bringin my ax10 for some fun between races.

[bimmerben]

There has to be some good places somewhere along the Mississippi. I drive to WI every day and see all kinds of formations along US 61. I bet if a guy was in the right spot he'd get lucky out there somewhere.

[bimmerben]

Out n about today I found a perfect place to crawl, along the Rock River at Ben Butterworth Park on River Dr. in Moline. I plan to go out Saturday afternoon with my AX10, if anyone wants to join me just let me know."thumbsup"

[jenzorace]

My buddy told me there is a group of guys at thunder road. By the airport in moline.

[jenzorace]

Stopped in thunder road today. They have some axial stuff, and tons of offroad stuff. They dont have any course. But they talked about building one. Alot of the local racers have crawlers. Hoping they will get something together.

[bimmerben]

I live 45 minutes away from the QC. Are you talking about the guy that runs davenport hobbytown?
What happened to the Davenport Hobbytown. Down there a couple weeks ago and looked like they were closed up???

[jenzorace]

Ya theyve been closed for a while. Twin bridges hobbyshop closed to. We are racing there sunday. Check out the site. www.twinbridgesrc.com (http://www.twinbridgesrc.com)

[bimmerben]

Now that the SCX10 is out, I assume there are going to be a lot more scalers out there looking for company/competition. I was thinking we may be able to organize an off-road get together and have competitions and just have some fun. I have already had my trucks out this weekend and there are a lot of places in the cities where scale off roading is possible, i.e. parks, riverfront, hiking trails, etc. Any small patch of land would work great. I was kind of thinking about something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1_flY8lxO8
If anyone would like to get together for something like this let me know.

Later:-P
Ben ben.gifford@mchsi.com

[bimmerben]

I'll be running the beach and the rocks at Sunset Park in Rock Island Saturday afternoon. If anyone wants to join in, you know where to find me..."thumbsup"

[mianalex7]

Is any body crawling in the quad cities? And where?

[bimmerben]

Is any body crawling in the quad cities? And where?

I usually take my 1.9 and 2.2 down to Sunset Park in Rock Island. They have quite an ellaborate rock wall all the way around the park. I have also taken them to the I280/27th St. underpasses. (On South Shore Dr.) Some pretty good rock walls there. Let me know if you wanna gtg sometime. "thumbsup"

I'm 80% sure I'm heading north to WI this weekend though.

[mianalex7]

is there a comp there in WI?

[bimmerben]

No comp just some old friends that I am going to hang out and do some crawling with if the rain ain't too heavy...

[mianalex7]

Check out the website. Tell your friends. Register at the forum. www.qccrawlers.com (http://www.qccrawlers.com)

[bimmerben]

Gonna be roaming around Sunset Park in Rock Island Saturday. Will try to be there at noon and play around for a few hours. Found a good spot near the end of the peninsula to take the scaler so that's prolly where I'll be."thumbsup"

[Wild Willys]

I normally check the Iowa listings, so I missed this post. From Bettendorf and have also been looking for other crawlers.
Along the river should be good...I have found some good places along Duck Creek when the water level is down :lol:
Nice this is that after a heavy rain, the rocks move, and everything changes.

[bimmerben]

I normally check the Iowa listings, so I missed this post. From Bettendorf and have also been looking for other crawlers.
Along the river should be good...I have found some good places along Duck Creek when the water level is down :lol:
Nice this is that after a heavy rain, the rocks move, and everything changes.

You're more than welcome to come out and join me. I'm am packing my stuff up now. Gonna head and get breakfast walk the dog etc. Then I'm gonna hit the trails. Prolly around noon. Gimme a call if you wanna join me. 608.201.9335:shock:

Laters

[Wild Willys]

I stopped by D&D Hobbies, a relatively new hobby store in the little town of Fulton, IL on Saturday. The owner said that he has sold enough rc crawlers to build a outdoor rock course. He plans to start working on it in the next month or so. He said the size would be around 10x40.

Who knows....may end up being a good course located next to his nitro track!"thumbsup"

[jetboat]

I go thru Fulton at least once a month, had no idea there was a hobby shop there.

[Grump]

I go out to Albany a couple weekends every summer. I'll have to check out the LHS in Fulton next time I'm out. And now I have a reason to bring my rig. "thumbsup"

[Wild Willys]

D & D is o n the south side of Fulton just off of highway 84 near Drives Inc

[mianalex7]

This sunday we are having a fun crawl get together for some new members. If you would like stop down go to rogers garage at 112 5th st carbon cliff, il. anytime sunday between 11:00am to 6:00pm. We will possibly have a competion. Anyone is welcome. Bring your crawlers, crawler friends, or even if you dont have a crawler but would like to check it out, comeon down. If you have any questions call us at (309)737-6670(Brian) or (309)631-6247(Roger)
Thanks and hope to see you there.

[jenzorace]

D & D is o n the south side of Fulton just off of highway 84 near Drives Inc
Is this the guy that had a hobbyshop in clinton 10 years ago?

[jenzorace]

This sunday we are having a fun crawl get together for some new members. If you would like stop down go to rogers garage at 112 5th st carbon cliff, il. anytime sunday between 11:00am to 6:00pm. We will possibly have a competion. Anyone is welcome. Bring your crawlers, crawler friends, or even if you dont have a crawler but would like to check it out, comeon down. If you have any questions call us at (309)737-6670(Brian) or (309)631-6247(Roger)

Thanks and hope to see you there.
These guys were a blast to hang with. Cant wait to do it again."thumbsup"

[jetboat]

I ran by D&D this morning. Fair prices in the hobbyshop and a decent start on the course. I spoke with the owner for just over an hr and he has the right idea on building a course, big BIG rocks for the main features and smaller stuff to lock it all together. Im going to get with him in the next month about having a work day and GTG and getting the course in shape. Sorry I forgot my camera at home.

[fordtoys88]

yes d&d use to be the hobby shop in clinton. he`s a pretty nice guy to talk to.

[xEL Chupacabrax]

Im going to have to stop bye this D&D now that i know about it

[qccrawlers]

I checked out d&d hobby sat. Hes got a nice start on the crawler course. It gonna be pretty sweet. Now if I can just get my rig running the way I want it to.

[bimmerben]

Finally got a chance to get up to Fulton to check out D&D Hobbies. To bad I'm going outta town this weekend. I will get up there again before the summer is up I can tell you that!...8)