HVACTeacher
Pebble Pounder
I decided I would try my winch for the first time, thought this should be no big deal. Hmm
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Trying to winch out my Knightrunner
- Thread starter HVACTeacher
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The winch is going to pull you in the direction of the line. Turn into the stick and help the winch instead of trying to fight it. Or find a different place to hook the winch to pull in the direction you want to go. It almost climbed itself at the 45sec mark but you turned away again.
HVACTeacher
Pebble Pounder
What you're saying makes complete sense. It was mostly sand around there with the odd rock and root clump. That was what I thought was the best place to connect.
Are you talking about where it popped up on the stick for a second?
I can see now that I could have rode that line out. Thanks for your insight. First timer.
I was concentrating on framing the shot and not losing my balance while running the tx.
My mind was illustrating the truck just jumping out of the ruts.
I need a tripod or something lol
Are you talking about where it popped up on the stick for a second?
I can see now that I could have rode that line out. Thanks for your insight. First timer.
I was concentrating on framing the shot and not losing my balance while running the tx.
My mind was illustrating the truck just jumping out of the ruts.
I need a tripod or something lol
It's all things you learn with experience. I've never used an rc winch, but I've used the winch on my 1:1 crawler more times than i could count over the years.
Yeah at 45 seconds you let the wheels straighten out a little and it started to jump up the root before you steered away. A slight turn to the right, into that root, and it would have likely climbed on top easily with the winch assist and driven out.
Yeah at 45 seconds you let the wheels straighten out a little and it started to jump up the root before you steered away. A slight turn to the right, into that root, and it would have likely climbed on top easily with the winch assist and driven out.
HVACTeacher
Pebble Pounder
No doubt!
You also learn so much watching video of your runs.
I can totally tell turning the wheels away from the direction of the pull turns them into shovels.
It was never going to drive "up" the trail like I was picturing.
I needed to do as you said, ride the log with the passenger side tires to pop up and out.
In the end I gained experience and got to see a failure recreated in 1/10th scale LOL
Edit:
I went through and took a few screenshots showing things kinda frame by frame.
You can see when it started to climb the log, it compressed the suspension and lifted the skid out of the sand. It was so close to a win, if only I knew what I was doing lol
You also learn so much watching video of your runs.
I can totally tell turning the wheels away from the direction of the pull turns them into shovels.
It was never going to drive "up" the trail like I was picturing.
I needed to do as you said, ride the log with the passenger side tires to pop up and out.
In the end I gained experience and got to see a failure recreated in 1/10th scale LOL
Edit:
I went through and took a few screenshots showing things kinda frame by frame.
You can see when it started to climb the log, it compressed the suspension and lifted the skid out of the sand. It was so close to a win, if only I knew what I was doing lol
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