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01-01-2009, 02:57 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Millstadt
Posts: 8
|  anyone done this? water skipping arctic style truck? Just saw those crazy arctic trucks climbing impossible hills and, which brings me to my idea, skippin across water. .. Anyone ever done it with rc? or am i wayyy off base even thinking its possible. Something lightweight, 4wd, extremely fast, and some paddles. I think it could be done. Any ideas on a platform? |
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01-01-2009, 03:47 PM
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| I'm a stupid C U N T!  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In the Garage!
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| I had though about it with my old WK and some panther paddles but never got around to it. Build it run lipo and the new 9000kv Mamba max motor  |
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01-01-2009, 04:17 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lake Mary
Posts: 378
| a long time ago I saw a video of an 8th scale buggy do it with buggy paddles. you'll need a long smooth run up area before you hit the water and very smooth water conditions. a full and smooth belly pan would help out too. |
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01-01-2009, 04:58 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: lumby
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| ive done it with my mgt with proline dirthawgs |
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01-03-2009, 02:59 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Millstadt
Posts: 8
| really? wow. thats pretty amazing if you did. Just to me it seems like a mgt would be wayyyy to heavy, and dirt hawgs wouldn't provide enough " lift" to stay on top of the water. . . |
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01-03-2009, 11:33 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Atlanta GA
Posts: 384
| i plan to do it with my rusty, 8000mah 2s lipo, 5900kv motor, i just need to find a way to keep the front end down so i could go across a lake. |
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01-03-2009, 12:12 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: PF, WI
Posts: 498
| I've seen a Savage-X converted to brushless do it a couple times. Put some skis on the front of that rusty and give it a try |
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01-04-2009, 01:02 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Katikati, (BOP),New Zealand
Posts: 261
| Saw some full size ones doing it on tv a few years ago. Somewhere like Scandanvia, or Norway, can't remember exactly. |
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01-04-2009, 11:46 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: um, Houston?
Posts: 364
| Cliff Lett did it with a Yokomo across a swimming pool about 20 years ago.  |
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01-04-2009, 01:24 PM
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| Hell's Gnome   Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: I'm mean because you're stupid.
Posts: 308
| I would love to see video of an RC doing that. Seen 1:1 do it a lot. I have one I would like to think would do that, but no body of water to try it. |
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01-04-2009, 01:45 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: windermere
Posts: 7
| There was a vid on UK youtube of a clodbuster doing it. Seal the tyres, waterproof the lot and away you go |
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01-05-2009, 04:08 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: winnipeg
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| I'm going to be trying it in the summer with this badboy   |
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01-10-2009, 12:26 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: middle of
Posts: 41
| Here are two projects of mine that were inspired by those lake skipping Formula Off-Road trucks. The widened wheels is an attempt at achieving more flotation over the surface. I would like to try water skipping too but need to research more about "waterproofing" lipo and brushless systems (especially the batteries). My PTI Goliath project...  and my Axial axled project truck...   |
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01-10-2009, 11:59 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Grande Prairie AB
Posts: 251
| those are awesome look like mud draggers! |
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