Dudley Deadbolt's Adventure Thread by T-money

[NaZ-T]

Been getting out with Dudley quite a bit lately. This time Dudley hit up Lil Moab with a group of friends for a day of play. Lil Moab is one of the most popular spots for the local crawling crowd. Dudley ran without any hick ups through out the day. We ran through a couple of the washes on the outskirts of the Lil Moab area, along with some hard crawling on the main rocks.

Dudley ran a total of 2.3 miles through out the day and had a blast running with friends.

On to the pics!!


Making our way out to Lil Moab. Looks like a great day to enjoy the great outdoors.




Hittin the trail with some friends






A shot of the rigs lined up to tackle a tough obstacle.




Dudley doing work on trail




The journey back to the pits after running one of the washes




Dudley getting in some "rock" crawling at the main.








Dudley sure does enjoy getting out to enjoy mother nature




One more run up one of the washes before packing it up and heading home.

[NaZ-T]

Dudleys first real trail run of 2015!! This time out we hit up Bell Canyon. We choose Bell Canyon because it is close to home and it's lower elevation meant less chance of running into snow up the trail. We've done this trail before and it's a pretty popular one because of the reasons above.

We hit the trail with a couple of friends. R/C'n is always better with someone to share the adventure. We made good progress and were able to make it to the waterfall just as the sun went down, and made the trip down in the dark. I haven't fixed the rock sliders yet so Dudley had to rely on his friends (and my head lamp) for lighting.

On our trip down, I thought the front ring and pinion finally let go, as Dudley lost front wheel drive. But upon further inspection one of the set-pins had just fallen out. A quick trail repair had Dudley back in action, without any parts needing to be replaced.

Dudley logged a total of 5.1 miles on the trail.


Getting started up the trail and some of the earlier obstacles on the trail














Along the way up the trail you can see a couple of rocks with patterns of holes or grooves. These were rocks that the Mormons used to build the Salt Lake temple.




And a quick stop near the reservoir to take in some of Mother Natures beauty.








Back on the trail









Another quick stop by the river for some trail snacks




The final push to the Waterfall












We made it!!

[Nazkah]

very nice place to trail, great pics btw! keep it coming.

[Natedog]

Originally Posted by NaZ-T

We hit the trail with a couple of friends. R/C'n is always better with someone to share the adventure. We made good progress and were able to make it to the waterfall just as the sun went down, and made the trip down in the dark. I haven't fixed the rock sliders yet so Dudley had to rely on his friends (and my head lamp) for lighting.

On our trip down, I thought the front ring and pinion finally let go, as Dudley lost front wheel drive. But upon further inspection one of the set-pins had just fallen out. A quick trail repair had Dudley back in action, without any parts needing to be replaced.

Great pics and scenery as usual.

What are your future lighting plans, fix and leave as is or?

What set pin fell out? WB8 screw pin or?

[scaled]

With all the snow falling today, good thing you got the trail run in. Should be back to normal in a few days. So do you guys post when you are heading out for trail runs? Sure would like to join a run sometime.

[NaZ-T]

Originally Posted by Natedog

Great pics and scenery as usual.
What are your future lighting plans, fix and leave as is or?

I have already fixed the Rock Sliders and re-installed the lights on them. I plan to fix the headlights in the near future, but no Tail lights due to body damage

I'm debating on installing a VP light bar. But trying to keep Dudley as low cost as possible is tough when the name "Vanquish" is involved.
So I might just add LEDs to the existing stock light bar.

Originally Posted by Natedog

What set pin fell out? WB8 screw pin or?

It was the set-pin that holds the driveshaft to the transmission output shaft.

[NaZ-T]

Originally Posted by scaled

With all the snow falling today, good thing you got the trail run in. Should be back to normal in a few days. So do you guys post when you are heading out for trail runs? Sure would like to join a run sometime.

Most of the local activity can be found on Facebook.
Just search 801rcc on Facebook. Then you'll get all the info, like when and where the monthly events are, along with when people are heading out for get togethers and/or trail runs, etc.

[NaZ-T]

MOAB!!

That's right Dudley made the trip to Moab for the "Bump 'n Dance" G6 hosted by Recon at Area BFE.

This was quite a treat for Dudley, not only was this his first time in Moab, but also his first "official" Recon G6. This was a two part event with a day stage and a night stage. The course covered a wide verity of terrain, from general trail running, flexed out crawling, steep climbs, and an incredibly gnarly silt hill, along with the usual navigation challenges.

During the event Dudley logged 2.2 miles of driving and no breakage.

A few people getting ready for the event




On trail adventure.
















Like I said earlier, the silt was insane!! this section saw a few rigs go down due to packing motors full of the stuff.






But that didn't stop J-rad and I from doing some drag racing through it.










The Trail had some really beautiful overlooks.

[NaZ-T]

WEROCK was also at Area BFE for a Dirt Riot Race that week too. I didn't get many pics, but figured I'd share the ones I got.


A few shots form the pits.












Some of the racing action














Some other random shots from the weekend

[NaZ-T]

Getting in another run.

Dudley and a few friends hit Bell Canyon again. Yeah I know we've done this one a few times already, but it's close and it's lower elevation make it one of the few trails that isn't covered in snow still. Don't worry we'll be getting in some new locations shortly.

I guess I don't need to give any trail info as we've ran this one a bunch so I'll just get straight to the pics.

Dudley logged 4.8 miles this time out with no issues at all.


As I stated last time out part of these rocks were used to build the Mormon temple




A familiar look when out trail running with friends,






A look over the Salt Lake Valley before getting up into the canyon




Back on trail heading up to the reservoir.




A quick stop at the reservoir to take in the beauty of Mother Nature before heading into the canyon.




From left to right Poncho the Honcho, Dudley Deadbolt, and Randal Rubicon. Seems like everyone has a clever name for their "stock" rigs in 801rcc.




Oh no!!! More weeds. I still have some caught in the hub from last year.




The trail above the reservoir is tough for a "Stock" rig










Gotta make a couple stops by the river.








Goal Accomplished!!! Once at the Waterfall We always take a while to soak in the surrounding beauty of this awesome place. Although we've done this trail many times it's always great to take in the views and enjoy the gifts that only Mother Nature can provide.

[NaZ-T]

Dudley hitting some trails out of state!!
Had to go to Vegas for work, but I brought Dudley along and made a stop by Valley of Fire on our way home.

Valley of Fire is about 50 miles north east of Las Vegas just off I15. This Nevada state park is loaded full of Petroglyphs and some of the most beautiful red rock I've ever seen. Native Americans also believed that this place was magical and considered the area sacred.

I'd really like to go back and spend a couple days camping and explore more of the park. The pics do this place no justice, you really have to see this place for your self.

We only had a few hours to kill so we didn't get in a ton of drive time, but we were able to get in a good hike before hitting the road home.

Dudley logged 1.3 miles of distance without any issues.


Entering Valley of Fire State Park








Getting started down the trail








There was a huge amount of art on the trail.






Back on the trail after taking a break to check out the rock art










This place is just amazing!!












Once we reached the trail destination we took a few moments to enjoy one of the most beautiful places I've taken Dudley (I'm a sucker for the desert and red rock)














After our hike we spent another hour or so driving around the park enjoying the sites and views from road side.

[RiderZ]

That terrain/scenery is outta this world.Gotta get out there one of these days.Bucket list entry!!!

[Prime]

Congrats on the feature on Axial's Facebook page!

[skywker51]

Originally Posted by Prime

Congrats on the feature on Axial's Facebook page!

Well deserved! Keep up the log, awsome place to go for a walk I'm jellous.

[im4est]

Originally Posted by NaZ-T

As the title of this thread reads, Dudley is all about adventure and many of you know that the ultimate scale adventure is the legendary event, Axialfest, hosted by Recon. Axailfest is truly the most epic Scale event around and what better place to start logging drive time. I was running in the 2.2 Ultra class so Dudley didn't hit the trails till Sunday morning for the Sunday Fun Run. I wasn't going to take it easy on Dudley though, we ran about half of one of the G6 trails before detouring off for some good rock down by the river. Of course with water near by and Dudley being equipped with a waterproof ESC, I made sure to test just how water proof Dudley is. So we spent a good amount of time splashing round in the river. I logged 2 full packs and 4 hours of drive time on Dudleys maiden run. As for carnage there was none to report. Dudley ran flawlessly through the 2 packs. So No wrench time yet

I also would like to say that this rig performed far above my expectations for a stock rig. In fact Dudley out performed some pretty heavily modified 1.9's on more than 1 line through out the run

A couple pics from Dudleys maiden run
(some pics are from a distance to give you an idea of the terrain)

Dudley looked so innocent T-Money!


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[roksloski]

Just Awesome pictures in this thread......

And a great read...


thank you..........

[NaZ-T]

Thanks everyone for the kind words and encouragement. It has been a ton of fun doing this thread. Not only have I never used an R/C like this, but Dudley has got me out into nature and to some places that I never would've visited had it not been for this amazing little rig. Your posts and comments keep me excited about the upcoming adventures with Dudley. So a big thanks goes out to Dudleys fans.

Dudley has a few mile stones coming up in the very near future
**1 year anniversary (Actually got this one a few weeks ago)
**100 miles of distance
**Axialfest 2015 (Axialfest '14 was Dudleys first run)

Thanks again for following along with Dudleys adventures

[Natedog]

Very nice!

[RiZZa]

I really enjoy this thread, as to me it's about the 'real world'. Modifying and repairing as required rather than throwing money at it every week.

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[NaZ-T]

Getting out again, this time we hit a new trail

"Jacobs Ladder Trail" up Corner Canyon in Draper Ut. This trail was very easy for the first mile. I'm not sure if it gets tougher further up, as a broken motor wire had me carrying Dudley back down to the car. But at least it was an easy free repair. Before the wire broke we did deviate from the trail a bit to play in a dry stream bed in search of some tougher terrain.

We'll have to come back and see just how far up the trail actually goes.

Dudley logged just 1.1 miles of distance before a broken motor wire ended our run.

Of course some pics from the run.


Trail Head




Map of the Corner Canyon area




Some images from the parking lot






A mud hole to splash in at the trail head along with berm to bank off while waiting for friends to arrive










On the trail






A few pics from the dry stream bed






And some scenery shots