My 1st Crawler, 1st Comp, 2nd place novice class
 

No Kidding, finished building Friday, went to 775RC's Comp @ Moon Rocks
and finished 2nd place novice out of 18 novices. -4 for 1 of the four courses.
The event was very professional and well run with everyone being helpful.
I feel that the XR10 gave me an advantage.
pinckbrown

No joke. That truck would not have been allowed in our local novice class (when we had one)...

Either way, congrats on doing well....this is a fun hobby.

Awesome!!!
 

Awesome dude, great job. Keep us posted on your future comps. Im trying to find a comp to goto around here in wv.

Great job on 2nd place, its a great hobby

Congrats, and welcome to the adiction"thumbsup"

Well done. In regard to the comment on the truck not neing allowed on novice class when there was one-
A novice driver should not be limited to having a sub-par vehicle. That seems as if it would be more discouraging than anything. With that thinking, once one got good enough to run in a higher tier they would have to go out and start spending all over again. It's novice not sportsman.

MOA's are legal but NO dig is allowed to be used

At our club we allow them to run a truck with dig in the Sportsman/ Novice class but if they win three comps in that class they are then required to move up to the pro class wich keeps everyone changing and getting better.

You can't use dig in sportsman class. I ran a sportsman series last year and zip-tied my dig shifter arm to be able to comp.

No MOA or Dig in the Sportsman/ Novice class where I crawl!!!

XR10 in Novice Class
 

I was the only XR10 out of 26 novice & Pros, I had driven it for 1/2 hour the day before. Pros all had Bully/Bergs, all novices had AX10's. 775RC rules include 3 1st place finiishes - Pro class, also 5 podium finishes - Pro class.
No Dig allowed in Novice Class
I definitely felt that I had an advantage.
The comment from many people was "how smooth it runs and sounds"
4 courses on a 1300 mah 2S Li-Po. Several people said they were going to get one at local hobby shop.
I sold my Nitro Revo to help offset cost of XR10
pinckbrown

What is the specs on your rig?

Maxstone Class
 

775RC also had a Maxstone Spec Class
$125 for the truck including battery and 2.4 radio + less than $60 in upgrades
allowed. Stock tires only. True drivers class
90% of purse went to pros, 10% to awards
The 4th course was "Blind" - meaning that no one was allowed to view the course or any one on it and we were asked not to talk about it after running it. Only the judge and driver.
pinckbrown

Specs on Rig
 

Axial XR10
Tekin FX-R ESC
Punk DIG (that I was not allowed to use)
Hot Bodies Sedona Tires
Spektrum DX3R Tx
Spektrum SR3100 Rx
HiTec 7950 Servo @ 7.4 Volts
Novak Crawler 55T's
CKRC 1300 mah 3S Li-Po
Pro-Tek ceramic bearings
Hot Racing Front Bulkhead, Motor Plate, Gear Case
Crawler InNovations Double Deuce 5.5 Foams
pinckbrown

Nice, how do you like the 55tnovaks. Do the hold nice on a incline?

Great job on your first comp"thumbsup"

Not to bump an old thread but... Um, I was running a G-Made R1, my girlfriend was running a Venom creeper not all AX10's sorry... You did a great job driving though...

hb sedonas , proline makes the chisels
not to be a dick prob just a typo

nice job though

Congrats on your finish at your first comp "thumbsup" and welcome to the hobbaddiction :mrgreen:

Having a moa rig is certainly an advantage in novice class, unless there were others. Keep it up, learn the skills and advance to the next tier.

We do not have a novice class here. The new guys have to run with the rest of us. Then again Florida does not have the largest rock crawling following. Novice class would be one or two drivers at any given event.

x2!