Quad Cities area?

[m1smokey]

New to the board and have been seachin around here for people in the area with no luck.

[Cole82]

I don't know of any in your area off hand, but there could be a lurker out there.

[m1smokey]

havent seen anyone but the local hobby town guy.

[Crawl It]

I live 45 minutes away from the QC. Are you talking about the guy that runs davenport hobbytown?

[m1smokey]

yeah Joe

[bimmerben]

Just moved to Rock Island from Wisconsin. I hear they do some crawling at the Blackhawk State Park here in the QC area. Been snowing since I moved here so I haven't had a chance to check out any of the area. I've just been working on bulletproofing the truck so she'll be ready when the ground dries up...

[jenzorace]

I work in the qcs. I have a ax10. Looking for some places to play.

[bimmerben]

I've been doing some research on the area and guys have told me they usually get together around the Blackhawk State Park along the Rock River on the south side of RI. I have also found some info on the Mississippi Palisades Park about an hour north od the cities that I may check out. It would really be nice to see some other crawlers out there so if anyone wants to brave the cold let me know. I been itchin'for a good crawlin' since the snow started flyin'!
bimmerben@charter.net

[jenzorace]

Im not big on getting wet. been playing in the basement. Ive raced rc in the qcs for 20 years. Everyone knows me. We race at twin bridges in eldridge. Carpet oval and tcs. Check it out at www.twinbridgesrc.com We have a race in 2 weeks. A friend of mine is getting a rtr we will be ready to play..

[colesdad45]

I am out in long grove, haven't really met anyone else from the area though. Me and my boy were out to watch you guys before christmas Jenzo, we were going to go last sunday but something came up. you can look in the iowa section, we are planning a indoor get together in CR with some homemade panels.

[jetboat]

nothing to speak of at Palisades outside of Savanna. Back in the 50's they planted trees all over the park and now there are no good rock formations for rc crawling. There are some cool formations that people fall from every year though... Im out there about once a month and have explored most of the areas, Mt Carrol city park has some good crawling but, you have to know where your going to find them as its about 1/2 mile hike with about a 10' verticle climb.

[jenzorace]

You guys hear of anywere close to play indoors. LMK Winter bites. I like warm weather. Going to fort wayne this weekend for a BRL race. They have a nice indoor course. Im bringin my ax10 for some fun between races.

[bimmerben]

There has to be some good places somewhere along the Mississippi. I drive to WI every day and see all kinds of formations along US 61. I bet if a guy was in the right spot he'd get lucky out there somewhere.

[bimmerben]

Out n about today I found a perfect place to crawl, along the Rock River at Ben Butterworth Park on River Dr. in Moline. I plan to go out Saturday afternoon with my AX10, if anyone wants to join me just let me know.

[jenzorace]

My buddy told me there is a group of guys at thunder road. By the airport in moline.

[jenzorace]

Stopped in thunder road today. They have some axial stuff, and tons of offroad stuff. They dont have any course. But they talked about building one. Alot of the local racers have crawlers. Hoping they will get something together.

[bimmerben]

Originally Posted by Crawl It

I live 45 minutes away from the QC. Are you talking about the guy that runs davenport hobbytown?

What happened to the Davenport Hobbytown. Down there a couple weeks ago and looked like they were closed up???

[jenzorace]

Ya theyve been closed for a while. Twin bridges hobbyshop closed to. We are racing there sunday. Check out the site. www.twinbridgesrc.com

[bimmerben]

Now that the SCX10 is out, I assume there are going to be a lot more scalers out there looking for company/competition. I was thinking we may be able to organize an off-road get together and have competitions and just have some fun. I have already had my trucks out this weekend and there are a lot of places in the cities where scale off roading is possible, i.e. parks, riverfront, hiking trails, etc. Any small patch of land would work great. I was kind of thinking about something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1_flY8lxO8
If anyone would like to get together for something like this let me know.

Later:-P
Ben ben.gifford@mchsi.com

[bimmerben]

I'll be running the beach and the rocks at Sunset Park in Rock Island Saturday afternoon. If anyone wants to join in, you know where to find me...