hi
the annuel RC rock crawling event is coming up at pipers lagoon
the classes are TLT (2.2 spec rules) and a clod/txt
here is a brake down of the points system:
At the start of every cource you have 0 points, The Max amount you can get per cource is 1000, You want to keep your points as LOW as possible...
1 tire on or over the rope = 5 points
2 tires on or over the rope = 10 points
3 tires on or over the rope = 25 points
Whole truck out of bounds = 50 points
Hand of god to move truck back = 75 points
Repair or battery change during the cource = 100 points
Hand of God to move truck forward around an obstacle = 200 points
If there is a really difficult obstacle you get 3 try's at making it.. If you dont its an automatic hand of god forward.
10 minute time limit per truck on each cource.
Directions to Pipers Lagoon
Leaving Duke point ferry terminal take Island Highway North (19A)
Follow 19A thru town til you get to Departure Bay Rd, You will pass a Midas muffler on your right side, there is one set of lights right after it, then another right away before a strip mall on your right. Take the right turn on the 2nd light.
Follow Departure bay rd down past the beach on your right hand side and the first right after the beach is Hammond Bay Rd. Take that!!!!
Follow Hammond bay rd a lil ways and you will see a big sign in blue on the right hand side saying Pipers Lagoon Turn right onto Lagoon rd..
Then an immediate right again onto Place Rd.
Take place rd too the bottom where the parking lot is located for Pipers Lagoon.. Follow the path way on foot to the big mound of rocks.. You wont miss us!!!!
If anyone has any questions please get them to me asap so I can answer anything before hand.. Thanks once again from West Coast Crawlers and Lower Island Rock Crawlers..
this is an example of a TLT 2.2 spec rig, on a 3 cell lipo
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I had a few people ask about RC Rockcrawling and the TLT 2.2 class is the most affordable form of rockcrawling and the most easyest to get a great working truck.
You can build the rig in the above pics for under $250, depending on the price of the doner Tamiya TLT kit. RRP had these kits for $149. The kicker about buying a kit is that you only end up using the axles, diffs, shocks, steering knuckels, tranny(the truck above has a cut down electric traxxas stampede tranny which makes the drive shafts easly to fab, but the stock TLT one works great, you just run it layed down), servo mounts, shock and link hangers, and few other peices. Finding a pair of axles is perfect but rare, building them from parts costs more than the kit 8O
The links are 3/16 rod with traxxas revo ends and knukles. These rigs require a intergy 55t motor which gives you tons of low end and elimates the need for a gear reduction unit. The speed control is a proboat $60 waterproof esc that is good to 12V, hence the LI-PO :twisted:.
Of course $250 doesn't include radio stuff but as this class alows only front wheel sterring a $55 hitec HS645MG has more than enough torque(133oz).
The other expenise is the alu for the chassis, body mounts, servo and link mount and battery hold down; oh don't forget hardware, 3mm works great.
http://www.rccrawler.com is a great resource and has a good forum but as with any R/C its best to find out what other guys are doing and what your up against locally. This class has proven to be that best for people getting into this form of competitive R/C.
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that is so trippy man
that is so trippy man
Finished the lid and some last minute tuning and I'm ready
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Dave,
Very nice lid...............I can not make it out this sunday as I will be out of town. Are there any other days when you guys are out crawling around? Wednesdays at Parklands or somthing like that seems to ring a bell.
Any progress on the possible off road track in Sooke that you have been secretly working on???
Let me know about the rock crwaling as I am interested in see more.
RYY