RC ADVENTURES - Do They Work? Rock Crawling Tricks - RC4WD Genius Tires w/ Ballistic Bead Locks

Click to Subscribe! ► http://bit.ly/JOovvU - Welcome to my backyard rock crawling course. On occasion, I hold events here.. so I thought I would practice it up today. I have been rock crawling for 6 years.. and by no means am I a pro. But, I thought I would turn on my camera to capture some of my thoughts - and so I can review my performance.. If any of them can help you too.. then it's an extreme bonus!

I have mounted up these new RC4WD 2.2 Genius Tires on Ballistic Bead Lock Wheels - and they are sick. I want to test them on the rocks, so I am using them on my (now discontinued), Axial XR10 Motor-on-Axle (MOA) Rock Crawler. This truck was built as a kit several years ago, with upgraded hardened gears, suspension links, and little else. I am running a Dual Tekin 35t Brushed Motor setup, with dual ESC's. The Radio system I am using is a Futaba T4PX.

The tires and rims were quite expensive for me. I am in Canada, and go by CAD - but usd - Tires: $60 (for 4) Wheels - $140 for 4. Plus shipping & Tax.

As mentioned in the film - there are multiple sets of rules for Competitive RC Rock Crawling. One set of rules that is very popular are located at the following link: http://bit.ly/2bXMwiy I believe a poster put these on my RCSparks forum in the year 2012, and are a variation of the old "http://www.usrcca.com/rules/" - but this site link (usrcca) is now "closed"

How scoring works:

Much Like Golf, the person with the Lowest Score WiNS.
Everyone starts at 0 - Check this out... Rules:

-10pnts points for clearing the gate (Start gate may, or may not count) In this film, my start gate does not deduct points.

+10pnts if you touch the gate

+5pnts if you have to roll over the truck, back onto its wheels. If you are reversing while you tip, the rollover points are added, not the reverse point.

+5pnts Be returned to the last completed gate - rear wheels on the gate line.

+10pnts for a complete re-position, or “hand of God” move

+1pnt for a backup move (“rolling backward”, or sliding backwards does not count.) The Backup has to be on purpose, under power.

Normally, this is a timed event. 10 Gates =’s 10 Minutes per round.

So, my score for going through these 8 gates would look like this:

My Score starts at ZERO.

Start Gate: Clear - No reward

+5 Rollover before Gate 1:
-10 gate 1 clear
-10 gate 2 clear
-10 gate 3 clear
-10 gate 4 clear
+5 repo to the last gate 4
-10 gate 5 clear
+1 backup Gate 6
-10 clear gate 6
+10 touch - gate 7
+10 touch gate 8

31 points of infractions
60 points in deductions

-29 is my score for this round

USUALLY - REAR STEER is iLLEGAL in competition crawling. Really, it just depends on who your group is, and if they allow it.

RC Rock Crawling is a technical, but wonderful challenge! I have many rock crawling videos.. and I hope they get you excited about this part of the hobby!


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