Monster Truck Madness – Monster Mailbag (and Pulling!)
Greetings everybody and Happy Thursday! I obtained a pair questions by way of e-mail final week (doug@bigsquidrc.com) that made for good mailbag fodder, so let’s get to ’em.
Hello I’m concerned with stepping into the pulling truck factor been in RC for the reason that 80s have over 35 Plus automobiles want to construct one from scratch however unsure what chassis to make use of redcat gen 10 or a Losi drag truck or CENb450. I simply don’t realize it’s a brand new avenue for me nevertheless it appears fairly cool I’m type of a fan of the two-wheel drive actually lengthy pickups possibly you’ll be able to assist me as to what to make use of or possibly a chassis to purchase after which go from there any enter can be appreciated thanks.
– Hobie F.
Hey Hobie. Thanks for the e-mail.
R/C Pulling is loads of enjoyable. I’ve not taken half in it for a pair years as I stepped up from 1/10 to roughly 1/4 scale with backyard tractors, nevertheless it’s wanting like I’m about to become involved in r/c pulling once more this winter.
I feel you’re making the precise name of going with a 2WD. They are a ton of enjoyable to drive as they are going to carry the entrance finish within the air as you go down the monitor.
Given you’ve got loads of r/c automobiles and expertise within the passion, I’d advocate leaping proper in with a “real” pulling setup versus modifying a scaler or one thing like an SCT drag truck as I feel you’ll have extra enjoyable with the construct and finish outcome.
Sutton Motorsports & Machine makes a few of the finest stuff on the market. This is the brand new JAWS 2WD chassis, which was designed to be in comparable building to the 1:1 2WD’s. This chassis bolts up a Redcat Racing Everest 10 or Axial Racing AXIC3488 axle. Hitch is adjustable from 2″-4″. Wheelbase is a set 16″ and makes use of Tamiya entrance spindles. There are a number of locations to hold and stack weights between the two weight bars and three chassis trays. These are pics of the chassis, together with one with a physique sitting on it-
If you need some totally different type of 2WD enjoyable you may additionally go along with an RH Designs Mini Rod. These are getting very talked-about in r/c pulling and I’m hoping to construct one myself this winter!
Hope that helps!
We are beginning a monster truck racing group in Oregon. We like Trigger king’s guidelines and the youtube movies have been nice for concepts. Could you reply a number of questions for us? It seems like your jumps are 36″ extensive. Is that right? Your lighting system has purple and inexperienced lights. The inexperienced lights are self explanatory, however what do you utilize the purple lights for? Do you’ve got any phrases of recommendation to be used as we attempt to get a gaggle began?
Glen M.
Hey Glen, thanks for the e-mail. I’ll reply your questions first after which give some recommendation.
The jumps are certainly 36″ extensive. We tried utilizing skinnier jumps up to now to be extra scale acceptable, however in follow they wound up being troublesome and everybody stored lacking ramps. 36″ has been the candy spot.
We use a quite simple beginning system of a inexperienced/purple bulb fixture hooked to a swap to begin our races. We have a chosen starter that flips the swap and it’s not hooked as much as timing. We’ve messed with timing methods earlier than, however with monster truck racing it’s very limiting on monitor designs as laser traps must be in a spot that monster vehicles solely move by means of as soon as, and never within the air. We use stopwatches to time qualifying and whereas it’s not exact, it does a ok job of separating quick vehicles from slower ones. As for the purple mild, I feel you simply see us flipping the inexperienced again to purple in the course of the movies as I do know I do that rapidly once I work the sunshine, as in any other case I overlook and the sunshine will nonetheless be inexperienced when different vehicles pull as much as the road!
As for recommendation, the most effective I can provide is try to begin with one kind of sophistication in order to have the utmost quantity of vehicles attainable, and go lax on the foundations up entrance as nicely. Once you’ve got a devoted group of oldsters operating with you, you’ll be able to then agree on some guidelines to tighten issues up a bit. Monster truck racing is enjoyable and hopefully it catches on along with your gang!
Thanks for the e-mails! If you’ve got a query, shoot an e-mail to me at Doug@bigsquidrc.com.
Until subsequent time, maintain it on all 4’s!