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Old 03-31-2008, 09:25 PM   #1
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I revived an old thread on crawling in the RC Tech forums. This is where most of the posting goes on for racing at the HobbyPlex.
http://www.rctech.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=76

I posted a couple of the pics from Saturday also. Maybe it will stir some interest.
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Old 03-31-2008, 11:01 PM   #2
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I just posted over there, too. It sounds like they want to host comps.

Guys, I think it's high time we had a comp.

Yeah, we all know Jesse or Gerame is going to win, but it would still be fun. And it would push everyone in the group to build better and better rigs. it also will help push all to the next level as drivers.

Now, since everyone in the group doesn't have a comp rig, I was thinking we could assign "scale points" to help even the playing field.

Basically, it provides a handicap by giving you so many negative points to be applied towards your score for every "scale" item you have on your rig.

I.E. hardbody, working lights, roofrack, Exo cage/tube frame, winch, etc.

And then your "scale total" is deducted from your "course total" and then you get your final score.

This would give us scale guys (Jesse, Jay, and I) a shot at you comp guys.

Or the rest of you could build a scaler and we could just have a scale class.

I want to build a comp rig, but it might be a while before I can get around to it.

EDIT:now that I think about it, I've got a spare set of WK axles and a locked 'pede tranny sitting right here. All I need is a chassis, some driveshafts, and a body.

Everything else I can borrom from the Gremlin.

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Old 03-31-2008, 11:14 PM   #3
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That sounds good, but what stops us comp guys from building a comp buggy with headlights, a winch, a seat, shifters, can of Busch Light in the 1/10th scale cup holder, with cut down hard body parts for body panels

A comp sounds good to me, but try this....

Next outing I bring the tennis balls. We set up a couple short (3 to 5 gate) courses and let people at them. I can keep a lose score and after that we look at a comp. I think a lot of the guys would like to see how their truck does on a course of some type before trying a comp.
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Old 03-31-2008, 11:24 PM   #4
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Here are some pics of my old comp rig last May at Hobbytown:







Way more here:
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Old 04-01-2008, 09:10 PM   #5
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Sounds good to me... about both the practice run with tennis balls and an actual comp with scoring like Chris described.
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Old 04-01-2008, 09:36 PM   #6
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Sounds like a good idea to me too. I believe that Chris' arguments are valid, but that's why they have a separate class for "scale" crawlers.
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Scoring like that is going to be IMPOSSIBLE to get fair. There is just to much room for opinions and not enough solid guidelines to go by. It will only take one comp guy to through a bunch is scale touches on his rig that don't hamper performance to screw it all up.

Know what I mean?
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Old 04-01-2008, 10:12 PM   #8
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Yea I can see what you mean. I suppose if we have even 6 people with the group split evenly between scale and comp, we should have enough to get going.
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Old 04-01-2008, 10:57 PM   #9
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Ya know Chris, now that you've asked about putting up a flyer, we need one.

And what information would it have?

We need a logo!

Here's something I threw together quick



This is just an idea, obviously we need to work together on ideas.
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That looks great, I really like the rig in the picture
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That works for me trust me having a rig thats part scale & comp doest work to well i know!! & why does his truck have to be the one on the picture man he sucks!!.........LOL just kidding! that looks great Im really happy that there is so many great guys looking to do this! its going to be a wonderful year!!
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Old 04-02-2008, 07:58 AM   #12
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I like it!
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Old 04-02-2008, 08:06 AM   #13
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. . . why does his truck have to be the one on the picture man he sucks!!.........LOL
Well there's always this one . . . . :-P

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I like that one too! now they both suck..HA
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Old 04-02-2008, 10:19 AM   #15
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Now that the land next to HobbyPlex sold, will they also be moving the rock pile? Anyone know?
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Old 04-02-2008, 10:53 AM   #16
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I like that one too! now they both suck..HA
OK, send me a pic of your truck, and you can suck too! LOL
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Old 04-02-2008, 11:24 AM   #17
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It all sounds good to me!

Gerame's right, all it would take is one guy to throw a bunch of scale crap in/on his comp rig and it'd muck up the whole works. I think splitting classes is a better idea. I know I ain't gonna win anyway with my junk so it really doesn't matter. I just wanna compete.


I like the Logo's. Those are sweet.


But I think there's some other green ride that needs to be on 'em....

SO where's the next GTG? I want to tackle Elmwood park again, but I think we REALLY need to get out to the Hobbyplex and show them we still want to have that rockpile. I know it ain't much, but it's still fun to run on.
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I'm working on a logo right now, ill have it done in a few hours.
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But I think there's some other green ride that needs to be on 'em....
I'll see what I can do, but I'm busy tonight. I'll racing my Mini at the Plex.

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. . I think we REALLY need to get out to the Hobbyplex and show them we still want to have that rockpile . . . .
I definitely agree with this. But we need to make sure that we have a really good showing. We want to show them that are a lot more crawlers than they thought there were.
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Here's something I threw together. A slightly different take on it....

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