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01-02-2009, 06:00 PM | #1 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: North Vancouver
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| How steep can you climb in degrees?
Just curious what degree some of these dialed in mrc's are crawling. Also post your belly pan heights. I know 2.2s anything over 63* is pretty good but there's alot more wheelbase. If you have video proof even better and a link to your build thread would be a bonus. My video will be up after the weekend. And build thread here: Four link, lowered, beadlock conversion, losi blues I'm at a hair under 60* probably 59* to be fair with belly hight of 1 7/8ths |
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01-02-2009, 06:52 PM | #2 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Edmonds, WA
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my mrc jeep can only climb 40 degrees. the belly clerarence is stock i dont know the measurement. the surface is cardboard.here is the thread jeep cj5 (WIP) and here is the vid http://s462.photobucket.com/albums/q...rent=video.flv Last edited by king_crawl22; 01-05-2009 at 10:23 AM. |
01-02-2009, 07:24 PM | #3 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Austin, TX, USA
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Cool idea on the thread, but without knowing info. about the surface, the angle is a rather arbitrary measurement. So people really should add surface/texture type along with the angle (at a minimum). Anyway, here's a video of an angled sandstone slab in my yard. It's approximately 54 degrees. The surface is rather course and grippy, however, the undulations of the surface definitely hinder upward progress. You can see in the video where it hesitates a couple times. I believe my belly clearance is right at 2.5". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCU61tP2Jq4 Tommy |
01-03-2009, 12:56 PM | #4 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: North Vancouver
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Oops I should have been more clear. Get a flat board and glue sandpaper to it. Then traction as a variable is eliminated and cg and torque twist are then the determining factors in how steep you can climb.
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01-03-2009, 04:00 PM | #5 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Southern Wisconsin
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The way I have my NatV2 set up, it will do 58-59* with a skid plate height of about 1.5".
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01-04-2009, 06:28 PM | #6 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: LRC
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We went to our local crawl spot today and Rockcrawler brought his board he does some of his testing on and my mini GC2 climbed it at 65 degrees the same as my Axial based Gc2. My belly clearance is 1 3/4 wheelbase is 8 7/16 Last edited by Gatekeeper; 01-04-2009 at 06:31 PM. |
01-04-2009, 07:23 PM | #7 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Southern Wisconsin
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| Wow! That's insane for an MRC's wheelbase. Anyone else getting 65* with a stock wheelbase?
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01-04-2009, 07:26 PM | #8 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Old Hickory
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I also have a 1 3/4 I dont know the degrees but it'll now climb the windshield of my 4runner.
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01-04-2009, 08:28 PM | #9 |
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01-04-2009, 09:20 PM | #10 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: North Vancouver
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65 that's fantastic I was really supprised too to get climbing so steep on such a short wheelbase. I guess cg is way lower and the smaller tires might help? I asked for this for christmas from the wife just for fun but I find myself spending quite a bit of time messing around with it. Way more capable then I thought they would be :-P |
01-05-2009, 10:12 AM | #11 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Milwaukee
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Are you guys who are getting 60-plus degrees of climbing using a 4-link rear or stock 3-link? Mine climbs pretty well but I don't know the exact angle yet. I'll measure it soon.
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01-05-2009, 10:45 AM | #12 |
Newbie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Phoenix
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mine climbs some insane angles on this shale I found but as soon as there is any sand - its all over. I like this idea of normalization with the sandpaper board. On car windshields I can climb a '95 Accord but not a '04 Element |
01-05-2009, 04:13 PM | #13 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Somewhere near the lake in IL
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Hrmm gotta make a board, I can climb a 01 xterra windshield but I will only be happy when i can climb my 03 jeep rubicon lol I think you may have invented a new mini competition! Maybey you should dictate the sandpaper grit, and length of board that must be climbed to be able to qualify your degree of climb! |
01-05-2009, 04:48 PM | #14 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SLC
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if this is a new competition I will have to zip tie my front end down all the way at full compression and put smaller tires up front.
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01-05-2009, 05:02 PM | #15 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Somewhere near the lake in IL
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01-05-2009, 06:02 PM | #16 |
Donkey Punch Champion! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minneapolis
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| ...GSAC Nothing matters until the end of a comp. "My crawler can balance on the side!" Really? Cause I don't care. |
01-05-2009, 07:11 PM | #17 |
Newbie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Phoenix
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yeah, I'm gonna break out my suction cup treads |
01-05-2009, 07:16 PM | #18 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Calhoun
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Im getting around 61 on my axial based GC2!!
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01-05-2009, 07:20 PM | #19 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Somewhere near the lake in IL
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01-05-2009, 07:27 PM | #20 |
Newbie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Phoenix
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are you kidding? - THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!!!!
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