It appears that speed running is a fairly new phenomenon and most people started less than 3 years ago. I'm just curious.
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Yes new isn't the right wording, maybe gotten popular, or maybe a bit more main stream.It's not new per se, but the wider proliferation of it definitely is. I assume that's what you mean.
I think another contributing factor has been the advances in terms of ESC and battery performance and its availability to pretty much anyone willing to shell out the money for it. Compare what it took for Nic Case to hit 202mph in 2014 to what it takes today. For Nic it required a custom one off construction with a special ESC from Castle, with some custom made lipos, wind tunnel testing, etc., etc. To beat it James McCoy needed an Arrma Infraction/Limitless, some motors/ESCs/batteries that are available to anyone and some time and practice until he had the right combination of components to go 2mph faster than Nic Case did. And if you look at the sponsoring Nic had behind him...Yes new isn't the right wording, maybe gotten popular, or maybe a bit more main stream.
Fo shizzle.Always? I would say for me. Back in 2000s when novak was still around would try pushing a tt01 to the limits. I’ve always been a speed freak. My kraton was meant for bashing and ended up running 70+ nothing compared to my limitless’s. But it definitely is the adrenaline rush
Totally on point with this one. The new "bolt ons" are 100 times better than 10 years ago. Like any sport/hobby the equipment evolves as the equipment evolves.I think another contributing factor has been the advances in terms of ESC and battery performance and its availability to pretty much anyone willing to shell out the money for it. Compare what it took for Nic Case to hit 202mph in 2014 to what it takes today. For Nic it required a custom one off construction with a special ESC from Castle, with some custom made lipos, wind tunnel testing, etc., etc. To beat it James McCoy needed an Arrma Infraction/Limitless, some motors/ESCs/batteries that are available to anyone and some time and practice until he had the right combination of components to go 2mph faster than Nic Case did. And if you look at the sponsoring Nic had behind him...
Nic Case‘s Sponsors:
It has definitely become more accessible for Joey Bag-O-Donuts.
- Castle Creations
- Neu Motors
- BSR tires
- Dinogy Batteries
- RW Racing Gears
- Futaba
- CD Adapco
- RC4WD
- Ford
- Protoform
Nope, no snickering good sir. We have no sense of humor that we are aware of.I think I got a taste of it for the first time last week…
It doesn’t really qualify as speed running (and no snickering from you pure speed guys), but I had my Outcast 6s EXB out in a huge field of low grass and was able to pin it for a couple hundred yards at a time. Wow, how thrilling to see that thing run like that, especially when it was headed towards me!
Anyway, hope I haven’t caught the speed bug, but it was a nice diversion from bashing.
Going fast off road is much harder than doing it on the road. They dynamic loading the drive train is enormous and the tires don't stay on the rim. Not to mention that every little bump and crevice sends you flying in a new direction.I think I got a taste of it for the first time last week…
It doesn’t really qualify as speed running (and no snickering from you pure speed guys), but I had my Outcast 6s EXB out in a huge field of low grass and was able to pin it for a couple hundred yards at a time. Wow, how thrilling to see that thing run like that, especially when it was headed towards me!
Anyway, hope I haven’t caught the speed bug, but it was a nice diversion from bashing.
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