Monster Truck Madness – 10 Years of Fun
Hey everybody and Happy Thursday!
This week marks 10 years of writing for Big Squid, which is fairly loopy to me. Back in 2013, I bear in mind studying the location and seeing they have been searching for somebody to jot down a weekly weblog on the world of Scale RC, which on the time was beginning to REALLY growth. I used to be working a brand new r/c trailing membership on the time known as Show-Me Scalers and getting WAY into that scene, so I figured I’d wish to attempt my hand at it. I had not too long ago met Tim and Cubby at a scale occasion they have been protecting, so I messaged them and so they talked to Brian, proprietor of BSRC. They collectively determined to offer me a shot (thanks guys!). Here is my first post on the location.
While I used to be into crawlers, my longtime curiosity was at all times monster vans. Full measurement, r/c, diecast, show fashions, no matter. As the dimensions scene stored rising in recognition, stable axle r/c monster vans began to go from an underground factor to extra common as extra relevant elements began to get launched to simplify constructing one.
The guys I had been crawling with in my scale r/c membership determined to begin dabbling with r/c mega vans, and we have been having a lot enjoyable with them that we determined to attempt internet hosting a mega truck mud race which might be held as a aspect occasion to a big RECON G6 crawling occasion. This mega truck race, which you can see the original coverage of here, was a lot enjoyable that my consideration instantly shifted from crawling over to mega/monster vans.
It was from there that Trigger King R/C was started in Summer 2014. While the mega mud vans have been initially the main focus, inside a number of months it shifted completely to monster vans. Now on the time, it was primarily modded Tamiya Clod Busters and residential brew Axial based mostly shaft vans. That explicit scene stored rising although, as mainstream r/c racing corporations like JConcepts and Pro-Line began releasing precise scale monster truck tires and equipment. This would’ve been exceptional a mere few years earlier than.
Then, in 2016 Axial launched the SMT10 and stable axle monster vans exploded in recognition. Trigger King was working giant scale races each month presently, and I used to be completely engrossed in the whole lot r/c monster truck associated. It was round then that Mr. Brian allowed me to modify to talking monster trucks, and that’s what I’ve been doing since (okay, I nonetheless sneak in some crawler stuff or different issues, however nonetheless)!
In all that point, most likely my favourite factor to cowl was the launch of the Losi LMT. That was a ton of enjoyable. The truck was nice, nevertheless it additionally kind of the cherry on prime for the entire stable axle monster truck scene, because it was the true acknowledgement that this was a section of the pastime with endurance.
On the bashing aspect of issues, it’s additionally been enjoyable to see how manufacturers like Traxxas and Arrma have advanced over time. The releases of the X-Maxx and Kraton have been a ton of enjoyable, respectively.
I’ve met quite a lot of improbable associates as a result of Big Squid RC, and thanks all for studying my nonsense over the past decade! I’ve far more to spout over the approaching years!
Until subsequent time, maintain it on all 4’s!