Monster Truck Madness – Talkin’ Losi LMT Spec Racing
Hey of us, comfortable Thursday to you!
This week we’re heading into the monster mailbag as I acquired a very good one involving the Losi LMT.
Hey Doug,
Recently I used to be watching some Trigger King races, is there a purpose you guys don’t have a LMT spec class anymore?
Not actually a good race when inventory LMT’s are up in opposition to a modded out clod.
What a few shock on axle class?
The trailing arm vehicles appear to have an enormous benefit.
Sorry you probably have coated this prior to now I simply miss the shut racing of the spec LMT class.Thanks for posting the races on-line, I’m trying ahead to watching the brand new season this yr.
Hopefully I can get down there and race with you guys considered one of today.
Thanks,
Steve
There are some good questions right here, however let me begin with why my membership doesn’t do a Spec Losi LMT class anymore.
I might hope at this level that people know of my love of the Losi LMT. It’s considered one of my favourite r/c releases of all time and I really like wheeling each of mine, that are modded to the gills. However, in bone stone RTR type they simply weren’t a whole lot of enjoyable for us to race.
Bare in thoughts we race on dust, often unfastened (i.e. nothing near a tough packed blue groove). Because of that, the inventory tires simply didn’t grip in anyway. That, mixed with the sluggish inventory steering servo made for the antithesis of aggressive racing. Our skilled racers had hassle controlling them, and novices merely couldn’t. We talked about permitting tire and steering mods, however then we had been modifying pretty important parts of the inventory package deal.
At this level, numerous racers had been additionally beginning to discover success within the pro-modified racing class (the place nearly something goes), just by making these aforementioned adjustments to the beforehand “spec” LMT’s, so we determined on the finish of a single season that working a spec class simply didn’t actually make sense anymore to our membership.
Some different golf equipment on the market have dropped LMT Spec class, some others nonetheless have it albeit with a number of mods allowed. While everybody has their very own particular causes for having a category or not, I hope that explains our reasoning!
As for a shock on axle class, that reply is pretty simple- we haven’t had demand for it. I do suppose that will be one thing to finally discover, although.
What you’re talking of is kind of collectively identified within the r/c monster truck racing world as “Ultra Mod”, although to my data it means a scale tubular monster truck with a scale showing driveline. Shock on axles is simply part of it.
We don’t have sufficient guys with them to make it viable for us in the meanwhile, however that might change if extra have them!
My recommendation to you’ll be take your inventory Losi LMT and are available on all the way down to race with us. We will fortunately provide you with a set of loaner tires and wheels which you can check out for the day. That alone must be sufficient to have enjoyable!
Thanks a bunch for the e-mail and I hope you make it to a stable axle monster truck race someday, whether or not our membership or another person’s! I’m bias’d, however it’s essentially the most enjoyable form of race day within the interest IMO!!!!
If you will have any r/c monster truck associated questions, drop me a line at doug @ bigsquidrc.com
Until subsequent time, preserve it on all 4’s!