sofasticantseeit
04-15-2001, 09:44 PM
Well, first off, I should point ouot the fact that Im a ***** for not getting any pics of the event. But, I went out to west Texas over the weekend, and decided to bring the MB to see just what she could do. hehehe
Some friends and I went out to the oil feilds and bashed away. Thank God for the KnN filter, cuz after a few minutes, she was covered in dirt. After a while of the usual donuts and power slides, we took it to a place where they run dirt bikes. I was looking for some killer air, and soon spotted the king of huge air- a 7 ft MONSTER. I dubbed the hill (wasnt really the size of a jump) the "You gonna jump that?" hill. http://www.traxxas.com/ubb/smile.gif
I started about 30ft back and gave it all she had (and as much as the traction would allow), and let it rip, just as she got to the top, she took the top of the hill wrong and cartwheeled on the upper part of the hill- not what I had hoped, but still cool. http://www.traxxas.com/ubb/wink.gif
The next few she hit right on the money, launching through the air as Texas dirt fell below her landing about 6ft past the jump. I was supprised to see it go that far as heavy as it is. About the 6th or so jump, the front shock broke off the tower.....she was limpin but that didnt stop me. http://www.traxxas.com/ubb/smile.gif
I took a few more jumps (some not so pretty) then the rear shock shaft bent, it was on the opposite side of the front damage, but now I so addicted to seeing this thing take off like some old bomber I kept on going, and let me tell ya, she wasnt at all to happy bout running up the hill anymore.....it took all I had to keep her straight!
Then, on what would be the final jump, she belly flopped on the dirt and finally gave out. The Zenoah was still breathing, but the drive line was flatlined.
I took it home to assess the damage.
1 busted front shock mount
1 way bent up tuned pipe
1 bent rear shock shaft
and one bent chassis.....
I took the tranny apart, but could not find anything wrong with it. I put it all back together and fired it up again and she seems to work fine...dunno what happend on that one. LOL
Anywho, I thought you guys would like to hear the story. It really help up well considering all that I put it through.
But now comes the clean up.........
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Some friends and I went out to the oil feilds and bashed away. Thank God for the KnN filter, cuz after a few minutes, she was covered in dirt. After a while of the usual donuts and power slides, we took it to a place where they run dirt bikes. I was looking for some killer air, and soon spotted the king of huge air- a 7 ft MONSTER. I dubbed the hill (wasnt really the size of a jump) the "You gonna jump that?" hill. http://www.traxxas.com/ubb/smile.gif
I started about 30ft back and gave it all she had (and as much as the traction would allow), and let it rip, just as she got to the top, she took the top of the hill wrong and cartwheeled on the upper part of the hill- not what I had hoped, but still cool. http://www.traxxas.com/ubb/wink.gif
The next few she hit right on the money, launching through the air as Texas dirt fell below her landing about 6ft past the jump. I was supprised to see it go that far as heavy as it is. About the 6th or so jump, the front shock broke off the tower.....she was limpin but that didnt stop me. http://www.traxxas.com/ubb/smile.gif
I took a few more jumps (some not so pretty) then the rear shock shaft bent, it was on the opposite side of the front damage, but now I so addicted to seeing this thing take off like some old bomber I kept on going, and let me tell ya, she wasnt at all to happy bout running up the hill anymore.....it took all I had to keep her straight!
Then, on what would be the final jump, she belly flopped on the dirt and finally gave out. The Zenoah was still breathing, but the drive line was flatlined.
I took it home to assess the damage.
1 busted front shock mount
1 way bent up tuned pipe
1 bent rear shock shaft
and one bent chassis.....
I took the tranny apart, but could not find anything wrong with it. I put it all back together and fired it up again and she seems to work fine...dunno what happend on that one. LOL
Anywho, I thought you guys would like to hear the story. It really help up well considering all that I put it through.
But now comes the clean up.........
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