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Old 03-28-2011, 11:43 PM   #121
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Old 03-29-2011, 12:50 AM   #122
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Dammit Patrick....you're scratching up my paint!
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Old 03-29-2011, 09:33 AM   #123
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Dammit Patrick....you're scratching up my paint!
He wouldn't even let us touch it for fear of scratching it but he wasn't afraid to run it into the rocks.
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Old 03-29-2011, 01:06 PM   #124
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Opps sorry!! I have to learn the EB first, first lesson need to weight the tires a bunch, I had none. Also need to run a wire up high for my receiver, get the winch hooked up right, and put a cover over the motor. I think I finished last I think but had fun!!

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Old 03-29-2011, 05:39 PM   #125
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Thanks for the pictures Ty some great shots as always!

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Cool, nice to see the EB doing work....so, who won?
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Dammit Patrick....you're scratching up my paint!
I took him a while to start to drive it, but once he did you could tell he was having a blast. It was really cool seeing your old rig in person. It's amazing how much detail is lost in the pictures compared to seeing it and watching it work. It is a true piece of craftsmanship!
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Old 03-29-2011, 05:56 PM   #126
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Some shots from the truck pull and rock crawl.
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Frame Twister.
Thanks Pat for taking some pics for me.
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Old 03-29-2011, 06:15 PM   #128
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More Frame Twister.
Thanks Pat for taking some pics for me.

And that's all I got.
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so im already looking ahead. so where is the next one going to be at?
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Old 03-29-2011, 08:26 PM   #130
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so im already looking ahead. so where is the next one going to be at?
Not too sure yet, Sunday we were talking about possible Buffalo Creek.

When it gets closer to the next event we will get a definitive answer.
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Grizz, thanks for posting up your pictures too. Some great shots in there!
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Old 03-29-2011, 11:33 PM   #132
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Nice job guys! Great pictures...looks like you all aren't shy about the mud.

Patrick...what can I say? Looks like you need to practice a little, I won our last TTC with that truck .
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Old 03-30-2011, 12:26 AM   #133
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thanx for posting up all the awesome pics guys....cant wait till the next one....cant beleive my little yota made it through lol.....upon tear down just enough moisture to make an imprnt of the bottom of a ballon in the botom of my electronics box....i think im beginning to figure this water proofing thing outnot quite ready for submersion but close
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Old 03-30-2011, 02:13 AM   #134
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WOW you guys took some awesome pics. I cant wait till the next TTC event.
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Old 03-30-2011, 09:44 AM   #135
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Nice job guys! Great pictures...looks like you all aren't shy about the mud.

Patrick...what can I say? Looks like you need to practice a little, I won our last TTC with that truck .
Pat and I talked about it and I think a big issue is that it was just too light for the suspension. With no weight in the wheels and plastic axles the suspension just didn't move like it should. Pat will have it more dialed in at the next one.
The other issue was the antennae wire. He didn't run it out of the rx box and he ended up dead in the water in our tank trap when the rx went under water. It was the same scene from my run in the Tank Trap at Scale Nats.


If anyone wants hi-res originals of the pics just email me. I use a batch resizer to save time so the quality of the pics I post is nowhere near the quality of the original.
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The other issue was the antennae wire. He didn't run it out of the rx box and he ended up dead in the water in our tank trap when the rx went under water. It was the same scene from my run in the Tank Trap at Scale Nats.
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I am using a 4pk have have gone under water and it still works. Mine is in a balloon.

Do I need to make sure I don't go to deep under water?
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Old 03-30-2011, 10:29 AM   #137
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I am using a 4pk have have gone under water and it still works. Mine is in a balloon.

Do I need to make sure I don't go to deep under water?
Sometimes yer the windshield and sometimes yer the bug.

I had driven Pepe underwater before with no issues so I didn't worry about the rx's in Guido. Now that I look back though, Pepe's antennae goes up the snorkel tube so the antennae might not have been completely submerged.

The only thing I can think of is that if you go in the water and out quick it's not a big deal, it might also be about how deep the antennae is under water. It's not about the rx, it's about the antennae.

I can't say for sure what conditions the rx will work with the antennae underwater, but I do feel confident in saying that as long as the antennae is sticking up out of the water you are fine. Keep in mind, my experience is with Spektrum.

I have heard the Futaba acts differently around water but I've never used their system so I don't know for sure.
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Old 03-31-2011, 12:41 AM   #138
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Scores.


Here is the break down:
The column titled Rock, Pull, etc. is the time plus penalties that the driver got on course. The column right next to it is the points the driver got by getting the best score, I.E. 100 points for 1st, 95 for second and so on.
The column titled scale are the scale points awarded to the driver which was added into the overall score. The overall score is points awarded for each course plus scale points awarded to get the total score for each driver.

Hope that all makes sense.
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Old 04-07-2011, 11:38 PM   #139
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A couple more today.


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Old 04-07-2011, 11:45 PM   #140
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Man...you guys ain't that far from ABQ. I should try and make it out to one of your GTGs....looks like just as much if not more fun than MSD.
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