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so my roomate "GroupB" and i, decided to do some digging in the front yard and this is what we came up with.........

action shots soon, we broke both of our cars before we could snap some in flight pics

lowrydesign wrote:we broke both of our cars before we could snap some in flight pics

Well it's no wonder with a telephone pole in the middle of the jump!

Halgar wrote:Well it's no wonder with a telephone pole in the middle of the jump!

its not the pole its the landing.......

lowrydesign wrote:its not the pole its the landing.......

This is very true...

Today that very landing claimed a Lundsford punisher titanium turnbuckle:



I've had enough of this nonsense, I'm gonna upgrade to the super-duty Lundsfords!

lowrydesign wrote:

Halgar wrote:Well it's no wonder with a telephone pole in the middle of the jump!

its not the pole its the landing.......

Dont worry,It`ll be the pole soon enough!

WillyThickfoot wrote:

lowrydesign wrote:

Halgar wrote:Well it's no wonder with a telephone pole in the middle of the jump!

its not the pole its the landing.......

Dont worry,It`ll be the pole soon enough!

We're prolly gonna staple a big chunk of thick foam rubber or a pillow to the face of that pole, just to thwart possible damage.

lowrydesign wrote:

Halgar wrote:Well it's no wonder with a telephone pole in the middle of the jump!

its not the pole its the landing.......

So if you're lucky enough to miss the pole on take off, you hit the fence post on landing? Group B needs a Clodbuster which would knock the posts out and clear the way for those delicate little buggy thingies.

Group B wrote: Today that very landing claimed a Lundsford punisher titanium turnbuckle:

I've had enough of this nonsense, I'm gonna upgrade to the super-duty Lundsfords!

Yes, busting up super duper duty Lunsfords is soooo much more satisfying.
Any kid can bust up punishers, but it takes a REAL kid to wipe out a super duty!!!

what do you guys think we are amatures.. were pro drivers, were not gunna hit the pole or fence!!!!...

lowrydesign wrote:what do you guys think we are amatures.. were pro drivers, were not gunna hit the pole or fence!!!!...

Maybe not, but is sure is fun teasing ya about it.

Halgar wrote:So if you're lucky enough to miss the pole on take off, you hit the fence post on landing? Group B needs a Clodbuster which would knock the posts out and clear the way for those delicate little buggy thingies.

We came to this realization, and so now we don't run our nice stadium trucks and buggies in the front yard anymore; they have been retired to track use at a nearby LHS only (practice and racing).

For the front yard bashing, I have my "Bash Buggy", which is a circa '94 Traxxas Bandit (story here: http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=8665), and lowrydesign is in the process of building a Losi XX/XXX hybrid "Bash Truggy", but just in case he's scouting around for a deal on a Duratrax Evader Truck.

I don't know that a Traxxas product is a suitable replacement for a clod. I had a T-Maxx get away from me once. It took about half a second to go from me, twenty feet, and directly into a fencepost, upon which it wrapped itself, quite nicely breaking several front end parts, steering servo, and a few misc pieces.