Harvo
I wanna be Dave
So I've been doing this a few years now. (Not as long as some, much longer than others). Have had a lot of highlights and lowlights during that time.
I finished 6th in TN my first year. A Second place finish in TN my 3rd year got me invited to Nationals in OK. where I finished 50 something I think. Then there was Nationals in Las Vegas where I came in ... um... last
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I had a good run at Battlegrounds winning 2 non-consecutive years, and I almost won ECC once or twice. In my best Nationals showing, I finished 10th. That was the first year it was called "Worlds" so I was 10th in the world... yay.
More than the trucks, the parts, the building, the buying, the travelling... the big competitions have always been my favorite part of R/C Crawling. I got to shake hands with all the guys that build all the crazy parts I use, and I got to compete (and sometimes beat) the guys I read about for the first few years I was into the hobby.
I know it sounds like a brag, but my point is R/C crawling is a great activity and it has been very good to me. It has allowed me to meet people, go places and do things I never would have done.
I was looking back at the old builds, and the progression is kind of like an evoloution of the Berg. Yeah... I started with a TLT, but as soon as the Berg hit the scene at ECC that first year, I wanted one.
The First Berg. Stock Axles / Kamikaze Steering / Tekin Motors / Home made dig-a-ma-jig / Losi Claws / The original Rockshow Chassis. Unfortunately the video of this was lost... but the next gen was exactly the same but with the T1E Moonbuggy.
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2fLJ313yiGI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
After a while with the Moonbuggy Berg, I got distracted by the XR10 and this happened.
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/21682721" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="https://vimeo.com/21682721">Untitled</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user6345166">Kevin Herndon</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
But when Mike reintroduced the Rockshow Chassis, I wanted to build one for both the XR and the Berg. I never would have guessed the Berg crawled MUCH better
Stock Berg Cases / Clover Customs Tubes / Rockshow Chassis / HH 45 T Machine wound motors / Twin Tekin EXCs / SLWs.
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/26862091" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="https://vimeo.com/26862091">Rocksow@Ocoee</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user6345166">Kevin Herndon</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
Then the lightweight craze started. It was all about cutting weight at all cost. For me it was cutting weight at no cost. I used Plastic wheels, Minimal knucle weights, Dlux started doing half Delrin axle tubes so I got one for the front, and I got the Berg to an AMAZING sub- 5 pounds. Go ahead and laugh... it was a big deal then. ;-)
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jSTRcMQUXkA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
That's when it got crazy. Dlux started drilling out gears, milling cases, and making full delrin axle tubes. I switched to a carbon fiber Rockshow Chassis but then quickly swapped over to the new and improved geometry of the T1E Special Ops. Dlux started turning out the Plate wheels in carbon fiber with true bead locks and they were the thing to have. Links went from fat steel to fat aluminum to 1.8" titanium. I started using Brood 40T Motors. I also tried Pink Shaved Rovers during this time. It was 3 years since my first Berg Build.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1DcSYllqQDk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
To Be Continued....
I finished 6th in TN my first year. A Second place finish in TN my 3rd year got me invited to Nationals in OK. where I finished 50 something I think. Then there was Nationals in Las Vegas where I came in ... um... last
.I had a good run at Battlegrounds winning 2 non-consecutive years, and I almost won ECC once or twice. In my best Nationals showing, I finished 10th. That was the first year it was called "Worlds" so I was 10th in the world... yay.
More than the trucks, the parts, the building, the buying, the travelling... the big competitions have always been my favorite part of R/C Crawling. I got to shake hands with all the guys that build all the crazy parts I use, and I got to compete (and sometimes beat) the guys I read about for the first few years I was into the hobby.
I know it sounds like a brag, but my point is R/C crawling is a great activity and it has been very good to me. It has allowed me to meet people, go places and do things I never would have done.
I was looking back at the old builds, and the progression is kind of like an evoloution of the Berg. Yeah... I started with a TLT, but as soon as the Berg hit the scene at ECC that first year, I wanted one.
The First Berg. Stock Axles / Kamikaze Steering / Tekin Motors / Home made dig-a-ma-jig / Losi Claws / The original Rockshow Chassis. Unfortunately the video of this was lost... but the next gen was exactly the same but with the T1E Moonbuggy.
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2fLJ313yiGI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
After a while with the Moonbuggy Berg, I got distracted by the XR10 and this happened.
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/21682721" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="https://vimeo.com/21682721">Untitled</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user6345166">Kevin Herndon</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
But when Mike reintroduced the Rockshow Chassis, I wanted to build one for both the XR and the Berg. I never would have guessed the Berg crawled MUCH better
Stock Berg Cases / Clover Customs Tubes / Rockshow Chassis / HH 45 T Machine wound motors / Twin Tekin EXCs / SLWs.
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/26862091" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="https://vimeo.com/26862091">Rocksow@Ocoee</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user6345166">Kevin Herndon</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
Then the lightweight craze started. It was all about cutting weight at all cost. For me it was cutting weight at no cost. I used Plastic wheels, Minimal knucle weights, Dlux started doing half Delrin axle tubes so I got one for the front, and I got the Berg to an AMAZING sub- 5 pounds. Go ahead and laugh... it was a big deal then. ;-)
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jSTRcMQUXkA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
That's when it got crazy. Dlux started drilling out gears, milling cases, and making full delrin axle tubes. I switched to a carbon fiber Rockshow Chassis but then quickly swapped over to the new and improved geometry of the T1E Special Ops. Dlux started turning out the Plate wheels in carbon fiber with true bead locks and they were the thing to have. Links went from fat steel to fat aluminum to 1.8" titanium. I started using Brood 40T Motors. I also tried Pink Shaved Rovers during this time. It was 3 years since my first Berg Build.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1DcSYllqQDk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
To Be Continued....
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