Scale Driving..am I the only one?

[gottorque]

Scale Ultra 4s and bouncers simply get lumped in the crawler genre of RC. Last I checked, they aren't SC trucks....or drifters. Besides, the roots of both those disciplines, is crawling.

Not everyone gets their kicks from farting around on a trail at a snails pace. So...you like "scale trailing" and others like "scale go fast and dirt slinging"
Don't really see a need for further argument.

[TacoCrawler]

Ultra's and KOH rigs are in a class by themselves.
They are designed to go fast thru obstacles
and don't really crawl anything.
They blast WOT thru, up and over obstacles.

And even tho' they may share a similar look...
they would share little kinship with a true crawler.

Rock crawling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

a stock showroom production rig...
similarly designed to that of the SCX-10 chassis
would never survive a 1:1 competitive KOH event.

ya'll are not going to change muh thinking...
but feel free with yer futile attempts.

I'm not saying that rock bouncers aren't scale driven.

but... crawling is crawling
and rock bouncers are not crawlers

simple english isn't that hard to understand

[WHITE-TRASH]

Originally Posted by gottorque

Scale Ultra 4s and bouncers simply get lumped in the crawler genre of RC. Last I checked, they aren't SC trucks....or drifters. Besides, the roots of both those disciplines, is crawling.

Not everyone gets their kicks from farting around on a trail at a snails pace. So...you like "scale trailing" and others like "scale go fast and dirt slinging"
Don't really see a need for further argument.

Exactly my point. I haven't said one way of doing things is better than the other or that one is correct and the other is incorrect. Rather exactly the opposite, 2 years ago.

Originally Posted by TacoCrawler

Ultra's and KOH rigs are in a class by themselves.
They are designed to go fast thru obstacles
and don't really crawl anything.
They blast WOT thru, up and over obstacles.

And even tho' they may share a similar look...
they would share little kinship with a true crawler.

Rock crawling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

a stock showroom production rig...
similarly designed to that of the SCX-10 chassis
would never survive a 1:1 competitive KOH event.

ya'll are not going to change muh thinking...
but feel free with yer futile attempts.

I'm not saying that rock bouncers aren't scale driven.

but... crawling is crawling
and rock bouncers are not crawlers

simple english isn't that hard to understand

Not trying to change your way of thinking, rather just show you that you're simply confused. While you use wikipedia links I use my nearly 20 years of experience actually participating in the hobby ( ) as it went from purely slow and calculated crawling into a hobby/sport where you crawled what you could and used momentum when needed or to save you from winching. Not long after that came the first KOH race which spawned the next offshoot of the hobby as desert terrain was mixed in with the classic rock crawling style and ability. The KOH guys getting into Ultra 4 just flat out worked since they needed practice in the desert sections since they already had the rock crawling side of the sport figured out for the most part.

[kunas]

I like scale driving, but I cant drive by something that isn't scale without attempting to make it up/over the obstacle

[Bananaclip]

This is a pretty interesting thread... I build my rigs to look the part and I like to build them strong with thought out upgrades. The added components are there for strength not so I have a green light to bash the hell out of my hard work. I like to run strong motors and 3s so I can power up steep stuff. Not so I can skip across rough sections out of control. I would much rather have the reserve power than set at the bottom of an incline bouncing/ struggling. I love watching the suspension cycle and scale driving in general. So.......... I side with the creator of this topic

[TacoCrawler]

Originally Posted by WHITE-TRASH

Not trying to change your way of thinking, rather just show you that you're simply confused.

since I was born into this world in '62
confusion could be of issue.
but it's not

Originally Posted by WHITE-TRASH

While you use wikipedia links I use my nearly 20 years of experience actually participating in the hobby ( )

are you and 6sharky9 related ?
He claimed to have 30 years experience Lol

seriously...

I was into this rc hobby before it even existed.
Did my share of cut throat competition back in the early 80's
We had to convert toys back then... or design and build our own.
Nowadays folks have mfgr's vying for you all to spend yer monies
on their bolt together kits.
And how hard is that ?

I'll let you keep thinking...
that your vast knowledge/experience is superior
to everyone else whom may have dabbled.

but old farts like us... paved the way for you young buck "know it all's"

btw... I took a break from the RC illness...
so that I could break in my 1:1 rig.
15 years later... it still rolls... and looks better then most new junk.

yeah... it was wheeled hard... but I was careful and smart
Not a crawler per say... but it survived rolling thru 98% of Moab...
and on more then a few occasions.
Not to mention the countless local runs on moderate - difficult trails.
I even drug my '53 M100 thru a difficult trail that had never seen the like.

Since I had abused my 1:1 for so many years...
decided to give it a break... (the costs for that entertainment wasn't cheap)
So... I decided it would be cheaper to thrash an RC toy
rather then my 15 year old Tacoma.

^ breaking my RC crawler costs a whole lot less.
Plus... getting old... finds the 1:1 driver's seat less comfy to my arse. Lol

[WHITE-TRASH]

So many words and yet you just can't seem to grasp the simple concept that going fast over rocks, up hills etc was born directly from good old fashioned wheeling.

[Crank]

Wait!......Wait just a Minute!

You mean to tell me I can "Crawl" over rocks with my toy truck!?

So I guess my tiny scale pilots license is worthless now..

[TacoCrawler]

Originally Posted by WHITE-TRASH

So many words and yet you just can't seem to grasp the simple concept that going fast over rocks, up hills etc was born directly from good old fashioned redneck wheeling.

^ fixed it for ya


so here's my concept...

if ya call it a crawler... then an operational video should represent that.

If it's a Rock bouncer/KOH/U4/Basher rig... then an operational video should represent that.

...simple it is.

The original beef isn't so much about the differences of haulin' or stallin'
but more along the lines that the posted videos don't reflect what the title's read.

hauling arse is not descriptive to a crawler rig...
no matter how many times you might say it is

...bored now
so have fun with yer final insults wgasa

edit:
and so as to make my opinion understood...
these videos replicate, what I would call
an rc scale rock crawler - crawling.

http://youtu.be/-nNtIskvkt8

http://youtu.be/lQXDUMH7hVk

http://youtu.be/oIQB1L65M9g

[djjiz]

Watched 1:1 rock crawlers struggle around on some waterfalls and bowels in moab and none of them made it until they were in 4 high and spinning like a mofo. Wheel speed was the only way to go up the man line. Right side is easy, middle hard, left is god status.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpUohpAZDmk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKtKLVb96KE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmyUhe57e70

Did the same waterfall in fat girl and launched out of "Suicide Hill" and almost cleared a 5ft boulder at the top. Same climb. Just more wheel speed. No red necks involved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRdGjkZIcl4

I guess you could use a winch to slow things down but that's pretty lame.

[TacoCrawler]

Originally Posted by djjiz

Just more wheel speed. No red necks involved.

wuz' raised in 'sota, so I know thar's some redneck's up that-a-ways

Originally Posted by djjiz

I guess you could use a winch to slow things down but that's pretty fawking gay.

...not really
I think is shows a consideration towards others
whom might attempt a follow.

[djjiz]

We try to hide it when we're on the road.

There's usually a bypass for the guys in a hurry.

[johnnyh66]

There's been a complaint regarding language used in this thread.
Please refrain from using mentally delayed references while insulting each other.

Carry on D-Bags.

[pardonmyn00b]

Nice truck.