RCC demo for Hobby Town

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Here's a little preview of the demo Dirk set-up at the HT in Colorado Springs. I didn't shoot enough footage for it's own video, so there's a little SW2 footage mixed in. Along with a little R/C rock racing test.
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[hexlink]

Cool video as usual, and I love the rock racer!

[666]

SWEET! I like how the music steps it up for the rock racer! How 'bout the scoop on the racer? Is it a gorillamaxx?

[JohnRobHolmes]

That looks pretty cool. Any idea what motor system was powering the tlt tug of war winner?

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Originally Posted by johnrobholmes

That looks pretty cool. Any idea what motor system was powering the tlt tug of war winner?

I think jason is just running a 55t lathe motor. I had all the power I needed with the Revolver motor, but my rig was too light.

Originally Posted by TXT-666

SWEET! I like how the music steps it up for the rock racer! How 'bout the scoop on the racer? Is it a gorillamaxx?

It's a Bendermaxx. This was my original crawler, I built this about 6 or 7 years ago. I bought the shock towers, bulkhead skids, and aluminum steering bellcranks. I designed and machined the rest of it, extended chassis braces, titanium skids for the chassis braces, custom extended upper chassis mount(which is 4ws capable), aluminum battery trays, rear driveshaft extension, titanium front bumper/bash guard, aluminum bulkhead standoffs, etc. I also have custom machined upper A-arms and MIP CVD's, but I'm running the widemaxx kit right now.

Here's a few pics........

[Nicklepimp]

How you keep the music and footage in sync-brilliant! Too many people just take some clips, put 'em together, add some music that they like and that's their video. The fact you take the extra time to make it coordinate is what makes your videos enjoyable.

And we get to see another sweet Bender creation!!

[666]

Nice! Are you able to use the 2 speed on your tranny? Diffs locked? And the custom rear driveshaft? Hardcore shock towers? Titans? That thing looks SICK!

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Originally Posted by TXT-666

Nice! Are you able to use the 2 speed on your tranny? Diffs locked? And the custom rear driveshaft? Hardcore shock towers? Titans? That thing looks SICK!

Right now I manually shift it. I need to buy an unmodded TQ-3, so I can shift on the fly again. I've got spools front and rear, stock Titan motors, aluminum male driveshaft (that's splined to mate with 2 female halfshafts). The towers are Hardcore racing. I'm running 12t pinions on a 72t spur. She's about 13lbs RTR right now. I was testing it out in my kitchen in second gear, gave a little blip of the throttle. Now I've got a posi burnout marks on my kitchen floor.

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Originally Posted by Nicklepimp

How you keep the music and footage in sync-brilliant! Too many people just take some clips, put 'em together, add some music that they like and that's their video. The fact you take the extra time to make it coordinate is what makes your videos enjoyable.

And we get to see another sweet Bender creation!!

Thanks for the compliments Nickelpimp.

[666]

I've got a TQ-3 i will give you if you want? It's used but works fine!

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Originally Posted by TXT-666

I've got a TQ-3 i will give you if you want? It's used but works fine!

Thanks for the offer, I think Sparky has an extra one too. If he doesn't, we'll figure something out.

[onlyinajeepxj]

Nice video Bender. The Satriani adds some cool points.

[Unimoger]

nice vid bender, rock racer maxx looks like it works VERY well!

[pro beater]

cool vid man , i make that stuff you were crawl'n over in the demo , YEAY KEYSTONE , Intermediate I Open core

[MaXX_CrAWlER7]

sweet rock racer
my maxx is extended just like yours
good job

[Falldownboy]

Great vid. Usually when I view an rc vid, I turn the sound off because most of the time the sound track is some ghetto or thrash crap, but when onlyinajeepxj mentioned it was Satriani, I had to have a listen.

Great job of sync'ing it up to the vintage Joe tune!

... now i gotta go see where my "Surfing..." album is at

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Thanks guys.