The First Ascender....Thanks Natedog
 

Since almost day 1, Nate AKA "Natedog" has been a huge supporter of the Ascender platform. Even while i had my hiatus from Horizon, Nate was still here supporting it.
Recently while digging through my garage i found the original test rig of the Ascender. Though i always like to keep #001 or the R&D test rigs, I thought that Nate would like to have this one. As you can see from the images, it was used to test all kinds of different parts and accessories over it's life span.

Thanks Nate for all your help answering questions, testing setups and supporting the members and consumers here on this board. It's just a small token of my appreciation and hope you enjoy it...whatever you do with it :)

Rich
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How cool you still have the no.1 sitting around. WEL deserving gift for too.


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Well deserved.

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WOW!!!!
see, THAT is why i chose the ASCENDER FAMILY. very awesome of you to do this, Rich.

CONGRATS NATE! a nice trophy for the ascender fam! display that proudly on your mantle, dirt and scratches intact!

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How great is this?!?! Natedog is a big reason why I picked up one of the Blazer kits before they went away. It's next on the docket to be built! Hopefully I'll do y'all proud.

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Very deserving of this cool piece of history.

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Rich,
Thank you VERY MUCH, can't wait to put this puppy on my display shelf! I enjoy helping others, especially with tiny trucks! Happy Friday! :)

Thanks everyone for all the nice comments too! :)

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Like. "thumbsup"

Oh, and we have a shirt for Rich...need an address.

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Love it!

Did the First Ascender begin as a Jeep?

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Thats awesome!

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Very deserving... Congratulations, Nate. So cool.

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Perfect recognition prize!

Natedog is one of the top-tier participating members here, pushing out so much info to newbies and experienced crawlers alike...

Never seen anyone know a rig so inside-and-out!

"thumbsup""thumbsup"

...and, not to leave out Rich Trujillo, the one-two punch of a product designer and crawling aficionado being present on the forum sure helped the Ascender become one of the all-time most recommended rigs in the R/C crawler world.

Fantastic idea to pass that particular example from one member to another!

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Congrats Natedog. I know he has helped me out several times since I have had my Ascender. Thanks again.

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What a fantastic gesture Rich, and Natedog is the man!!!!!

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Nice job Rich!!! Thanks for all your support. And Nate, you the man! Here is a good example of how Nate is always passing it forward, He won a Losi Night Crawler at Proline by the Fire last month and ask if I knew of a needy person who could use it better than he. SO...…...Nate is sending it to me, I'm going to build axles for it with some newly designed 3D printed axle housing done by CM9000 , do a little tuning and send on to someone on here. All part of the theme we push about passing it forward. Thanks a bunch Nate and Rich! "thumbsup"
Ernie

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Thanks guys! :)

Ernie, yep package enroute to ya! Emailed you the tracking number! :)

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Sweet! PM coming Thanks!

No, it was the body i used from Proline to keep the rig "incognito" when i was out on the rocks testing. :)


Rich

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Wow this is awesome, Rich! And it's well deserved by Natedog. Congrats!

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This might just have inspired me to keep my Ascenders, not that I had any issues with them. :)

Congrats to Nate, and kudos to Rich T. positively repping Horizon!

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That's pretty dang neat "thumbsup".