Good Crawling Spot in Elk Grove Village

[Ced RC]

I found a pretty good crawling spot in Elk Grove Village, only a couple of miles from where I live. The location is in Busse Woods and has a lot of mid sized rocks/boulders on an incline. It's man-made with some concrete poured in some areas, in between the rocks which actually helps out in some ways. Not sure if we could hold a comp there, but definitely a good gtg spot. I took my Super out there today and this area was perfect for Super Class Crawlers, should be good for 2.2's too. I will post up some pics when I get back out there.

[xirtic]

SWEET!!!! A location close to home!!!! Post up those PICS and a map of which groves it is near. TY!!"thumbsup"

[Ced RC]

As soon as weather permits I will go and take some pictures and post them up. Josh, let's meet here and run our rigs sometime soon, of course when weather allows :shock:

There's a paved bike trail which leads from the parking area to the rocks, requires walking 150 yards or so.

Anyone that's interested in checking this spot out let me know I live minutes from this location, I would gladly meet you there, here's a map:

[xirtic]

I know that grove area well. Looking forward to some decent weather....would like to check it out.

[Ced RC]

Went and took some pics today:
Here's a view from where you park, you can barely see the crawling area:

[Ced RC]

Here's the rocks:

[xirtic]

I fish that spot!!! I am just surprised that I did not remember it. SWEET!!

[Cole82]

Is that cement between the rocks?

[Ced RC]

Is that cement between the rocks?

There is cement between the rocks in some areas here, there's also a lot of rock which doesn't have cement.

[bubbaracing]

Dude that's sweet! "thumbsup"

[Ced RC]

Went to my new local hang out today, weather was nice 8)
Here's some pics so you can see the approx size of the rocks out here.
Thinking this would be a good place for a comp, but I need to check with the local authorities on allowed group sizes etc.

[Ced RC]

If weather permits this weekend I will be out here sometime around noon on Saturday, if anybody is interested in checking this place out feel free to meet me out here. I hope to shoot a bunch of video for our new video site:

http://www.hobbyzip.com (http://www.hobbyzip.com/)

Check it out "thumbsup"

[xirtic]

Friday and Saturday are looking rainy (for now) so I might hit it on Sunday. Will be at Rc Raceland sometime Saturday for the Pre-Grand Opening.....gonna run the new little toy there.

[Ced RC]

Friday and Saturday are looking rainy (for now) so I might hit it on Sunday. Will be at Rc Raceland sometime Saturday for the Pre-Grand Opening.....gonna run the new little toy there.

Hopefully the overpaid meteorologists will be wrong, as usual!
Regardless I am up for some crawling one way or another this weekend, I will be down here at this location when weather permits.

Where's RC Raceland? And when will you be going? "New Little Toy" ??? I'm guessing a nitro buggy of some sort???

Let's play it by ear Josh, I'm up for some crawling anytime weather permits here, maybe Sunday will be the day???

[xirtic]

RC Raceland is a new track in Carol Stream. Currently it is an electric indoor track for electric cars and flight area for electric planes/helis. Their plan is to add an outdoor dirt track for Nitro. This Saturday and next Saturday are "Pre-Grand Opening" days for people to come out and take a look. http://rcraceland.com/ I plan on being there between 10am and 11am. Since I was flying solo, I really was not locked into a time.

The new toy is a MINI. RC18T with a Mamba 25 and a 8000kv motor. It also has a bunch of aluminum and RPM parts on it. IT was originally a RC18 Buggy, but I converted it to the Truggy. I will have pics soon. I am just waiting on better batteries. The ones that I got with it do not push enough amps for clean high current draw. (The guy made his own cheap packs....no wonder he never ran it....it stutters like crazy under high throttle after about 3 minutes....the batteries just suck) Looking forward to trying the indoor track.

Sunday for me is now OUT. I have a birthday thing that afternoon at the father-in-laws house in Oswego....no crawling for me on Sunday. MAYBE Saturday afternoon will clear up enough. I do have dinner plans just up the street from that location at 6:30. Get to meet the sister-in-laws new BF...LUCKY ME.

Looking forward to the meeting next Saturday. (4/26)

[Ced RC]

Here's a video of myself and Xirtic running the rocks here at Busse.

http://www.hobbyzip.com/videos/251/busse-woods-rc-crawling-5-10-08

[xirtic]

That was a good time.....I just gotta re-learn how to drive. :lol:

[Ced RC]

I still struggle with using the stick radio, I just ordered the spring return mod from CKRC, I'm thinking this will help a lot, I'm also gonna do the hidden antenna mod and most likely the improved voltage regulator too. Thanks for opening up my eyes to these useful mods Josh "thumbsup"

[jetboat]

looks nice! looks like a better spot than lockport for 2.2 actually

[xirtic]

I still struggle with using the stick radio, I just ordered the spring return mod from CKRC, I'm thinking this will help a lot, I'm also gonna do the hidden antenna mod and most likely the improved voltage regulator too. Thanks for opening up my eyes to these useful mods Josh "thumbsup"


I got the improved voltage regulator in today.....it is installed already. I just could not get the old regulator off of the board (It is soldered to the board like a heatsink....TONS of solder under there.) So I removed the pins from the old chip, installed 3 colored wires from the board to the new chip, and strapped the new chip to a lower portion of the board. Everything is working.....so I have to assume that it is done correctly. Now I am only waiting for that spring return kit from CKRC...will have to fab that part later this week when the kit arrives. I have 3/4 of the mods complete.....it is the home stretch. I did pickup a router table attachment for my dremel to assist in part fabrication. It should help greatly for plastic/delrin part shaping/creation. I will be mounting that new piece to my workbench tonight!!! "thumbsup"

[xirtic]

CED....the kit from CKRC arrived today. It DOES NOT include the template specified on their description as 1 of the 3 pieces included. That being said, here is what I did:

1. Remove the throttle plastic dog-leg piece from the RIGHT gimble.
2. Place a piece of masking tape on the piece of plastic that was provided by CKRC. Then trace the piece removed in step one onto the tape covered plastic.
3. Use your dremel to cut/grind/sand the piece that you traced onto the tape covered plastic. I used a small cutting/grinding wheel, and the larger barrel for sanding.
3. Install the ORIGINAL piece dog-leg back into the LEFT gimble as it is the more used side for throttle....at least in my application it is. Use the kit supplied spring for the LEFT side as you do not need then to disassemble the right gimble to remove the original spring. I found it easier to disassemble the LEFT gimble to install the spring. At least this way you are only disassembling ONE gimble instead of BOTH.
4. Install the newly created piece on the RIGHT side gimble.
5. Re-run the radio setup to correctly adjust the throttle to the newly set neutral position.

It took about 15 minutes to trace/make the part....and another 10 to disassemble/reassemble. SO give yourself a good 30 minutes to do this right. I was kinda disappointed that CKRC did not supply the template, but I got it made, and tried the truck...it was MUCH easier to drive. Not having to worry about throwing it into reverse....or just plain not stopping as fast as I might want...Letting go of the stick, and the truck going to neutral/stopping is just GREAT. Well worth the time to do the mod.

So I have had the DX6 for 8 days....hid the antenna.....added a more efficient voltage regulator......added throttle return spring kits....and wired the battery for fast charging. These little changes definitely make the radio more user friendly.

[Ced RC]

Thanks for the info Josh! I'm still waiting for my kit from CKRC, sucks that you didn't get the template, but sounds like you did pretty good without it ;-)

Many thanks for providing so much detail "thumbsup"

[BagoXCAlum]

That looks like a pretty sweet crawling area. Do you have an address for the preserve? I live in Streator (a**hole of america) and would like to know about how long it would take to get there.

Matt

[xirtic]

That looks like a pretty sweet crawling area. Do you have an address for the preserve? I live in Streator (a**hole of america) and would like to know about how long it would take to get there.

Matt


Depending where in Streator that you are....it is between 95 and 100 miles.

RT 23 North to I-80 East to I-55 North to I-355 North to I-290 West to Biesterfield Rd EXIT. At the top of hte ramp turn RIGHT (East) to Arlington Heights Road turn LEFT (North) to the first Forest Preserve Grove that is on your LEFT is will be marked "Main Dam". Drive back and make the first LEFT and park near the bike trail/Water Well. Walk WEST about 100 yards on the bike trail.