PARC Boulder Battle #1 Competition, Results and Pics

[kevinlongisland]

PARC
Phoenix Arizona Rock Crawlers
Boulder Battle #1
Remote Control Rock Crawling Competition
November 20th, 2004

I had a great time at the comp. I was happy with the turnout, better than expected. The carnage at the end was more fun then the comp itself. It was reminiscent of footage I’ve seen of toyo’s comps.

Carnage Results:

1rst Place: SR5Dave
2nd Place: Minitrucker
3rd Place: Fireman
4th Place: Lunatic/Kevinlongisland

Dave broke a ton of stuff! C-hubs, axle carriers, the list goes on! Minitrucker broke both servos on one good fall. He also pulled out a rod end. Fireman broke the center out of the rim. Lunatic and I suffered no damage.

The Competition:

We ran three stages, using the rules Jason posted for the end of summer run. Each stage had approximately 5 gates. Some stages contained an alternate route that was more difficult. These more difficult gates had bonus points associated with them.

Stage 1:
9 Kevinlongisland
30 Fireman
41 SR5Dave
22 Lunatic
57 Minitrucker

Stage 2:
13 Kevinlongisland
35 Fireman
55 SR5Dave
44 Lunatic
63 Minitrucker

Stage 3:
-8 Kevinlongisland
37 Fireman
48 SR5Dave
70 Lunatic
20 Minitrucker

Totals:
14 Kevinlongisland/LS (Light Stick)
102 Fireman/Tubicon
136 Lunatic/Mach1
140 Minitrucker/Modified TXT-1
144 SR5Dave/Rock Hammer (didn’t know the name of your truck Dave)


photos:

















CARNAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Videos:

http://www.thecrawlerstore.com/DSCN4771.MOV

http://www.thecrawlerstore.com/DSCN4785.MOV

http://www.thecrawlerstore.com/DSCN4788.MOV
























all photos here, click on slideshow:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/kevinl...bum?.dir=/1166

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[SR5Dave]

Awesome time

About 5 miles out from flag it started dumping down snow so hard I was idling home behind a semi Made it back around 12 8O

I'd also like to tell everyone that K-Rocks SUCK, and I fully blame my pathetic placing on them

As for my full carnage list:
4 servo arms (BlueBird servo's rock!)
Two knuckles
Axle Tube
Gear Case (big crack)

And Kev's last picture is Fireman hauling my rig back down the mountain "Nobody walks home!"

[Lunatic]

nice pictures. ill try to get to work on the video soon.

hey dave where was it that you got your servos from? i remember you mentioned the site but i dont remember what it was.

[SR5Dave]

http://www.balsapr.com/catalog/Servo...ductId=U569935


I got their strong servo arms too, (I only ran one of them today) and I had been running it for a while, until today when I stripped out the splines. They are stronger, but not strong enough. I'm thinking aluminum arms next time..

EDIT: Als on my carnage list, I killed a lathe motor, one of the wires broke off in the armature, and my brushes are 85% gone.

[Lunatic]

cool thanks.

[SR5Dave]

See, K-Rocks are good for something...

http://www.thecrawlerstore.com/DSCN4788.MOV

[kevinlongisland]

Originally Posted by SR5Dave

Awesome time

About 5 miles out from flag it started dumping down snow so hard I was idling home behind a semi Made it back around 12 8O

I'd also like to tell everyone that K-Rocks SUCK, and I fully blame my pathetic placing on them !"

damn, it took that long to get home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sorry to hear. you left at like 7:30pm, didn't you?

yeh, those k-rocks do suck. They don't grab little edges at all.

[SR5Dave]

Yep, we left around 7:30.

The truck is super slow going up hill, so that held us off... About 15 miles from flag we hit snow and had to slow down, about 5 miles out we were idling home because it was a freakin blizzard! I couldn't see at all. Just had to tailgate the semi.

I got to have some fun drifting at Wendy's later though

[kevinlongisland]

Wendys parking lot fun in the snow, huh?!

yeh, that's true. i miss sliding slidways in the snow and driving like i'm in a rally. all i need to do is drive a couple hours north.

[Grizzly4x4]

Nice pics guys. Looks like a good time.
I caint believe all the carnage 8O , you guys are nuts!

What did you think of the rules? Did the judging seem to go well?

[kevinlongisland]

hey griz, you got an afro now too, huh? congrats. i like the rules because they are simple, but found some fundamental flaws in them that we will be changing.

if you roll over, and then manually roll the truck back over rotating about two side wheels, the truck will be pointing in the opposite direction. that's no good.

allot of time we had people rollover and roll down the hill and past gates they had cleared, sometimes past multiple gates. they then had to re-do those gates and continued to receive penalties. don't like this. so for rollovers we will allow re-position to the original location.

i love a high point system, because that allows you to give a minor point for things like reverse.

we learned allot from this event and things will go smoother next time.

[kaetwo]

I've been hearing that people really don't like the krocks all that well. I thought with the right cut and using them in warm weather they worked well. Probably my second or third favorite tire.

The key with a silicon rubber (aka dog toy rubber) material is the temperature. The juggy's and pro-lines run well in the cold, but the others (i.e. IMEX and HPI) need that warmer temperatures.

[Grizzly4x4]

Just wait till the next batch of KROCK's come out. Somebody has been listening.

[PinchFlat]

Originally Posted by Grizzly4x4

Just wait till the next batch of KROCK's come out. Somebody has been listening.

Now don't be stating something like that with out any fallow-up or pics...

[Grizzly4x4]

There is change in the air...but I dont know when.

[PinchFlat]

Originally Posted by Grizzly4x4

Just wait till the next batch of KROCK's come out. Somebody has been listening.

Now don't be stating something like that with out any fallow-up or pics...

[Grizzly4x4]

What do sex and crawler tires have in common?


They both need a good rubber.

[SR5Dave]

Kev, I'll just go with the name you gave it, it seems very appropriate...

Rearranging some obstacles and shearing a huge face off that one rock probably earns it the name

[kevinlongisland]

yeh, rock hammer just seems so appropriate for your rig! It’s the only crawler I’ve ever seen that has chipped away rock.

[clodossal]

Holy busted axle batman. Must have been a demanding day. NICE.

Originally Posted by Grizzly4x4

Just wait till the next batch of KROCK's come out. Somebody has been listening.

Griz I hope your right, I was soo looking forward to getting some, till I herd the stories.