I brought the CR-01 to the East Coast Championships to run it on the comp courses and see how it'd do.
Both shots by rbl.
I didn't expect it to keep pace with the comp rigs, but I did expect it to be fairly capable. After seeing how the 11" wheelbase would've killed it on the comp courses I just drove it around and let others drive it as well.
This first shot is on a huge rock that several of the guys were playing on with the 2.2 and Super comp rigs. This is a steep incline. No camera tricks here...look at my feet/legs in relation to the truck. Remember, this is a stock CR-01 climbing this steep of a grade with a stick pack mounted on the chassis. With some axle-mounted batteries (or lowered battery placement) and a tad stiffer spring/thicker damper oil in the rear end it would have made the climb.
But for a bone stock rig with an 11 inch wheelbase, it didn't do too bad there.
This next shot is of a smooth, steep little rock that I was playing on. I drove up to it, eased into the throttle, and it crawled right up with just a slight hint of wheelspin. Someone made the comment that a bunch of the comp rigs did nothing but spin tires trying to get up that same rock.
So I wet the tires (soaked'm) and hit it again. Same result. The little CR-01 inched right up. A couple of guys brought their comp rigs over and tried the rock (one had claws, the other badlands) and spun tires. :lol: With a burst of throttle one of'm shot up it, but they just couldn't creep up the rock like the CR-01. Interesting.
I let several people drive the little truck, all of them were impressed with the thing. The torsion bars do cause it to load/unload at odd times, resulting in a rollover, but once you learn how it handles it's a fun, capable truck. Everyone kept commenting on how smooth it was, how long it ran (ran it for a long time on a 3800 Ni-MH), and how the axles weren't as bulky and wide as they had thought.
A few folks actually commented that "I wasn't going to get one, but after seeing it, I'm ordering one when I get home." :lol:
Both shots by rbl.
I didn't expect it to keep pace with the comp rigs, but I did expect it to be fairly capable. After seeing how the 11" wheelbase would've killed it on the comp courses I just drove it around and let others drive it as well.
This first shot is on a huge rock that several of the guys were playing on with the 2.2 and Super comp rigs. This is a steep incline. No camera tricks here...look at my feet/legs in relation to the truck. Remember, this is a stock CR-01 climbing this steep of a grade with a stick pack mounted on the chassis. With some axle-mounted batteries (or lowered battery placement) and a tad stiffer spring/thicker damper oil in the rear end it would have made the climb.
But for a bone stock rig with an 11 inch wheelbase, it didn't do too bad there.
This next shot is of a smooth, steep little rock that I was playing on. I drove up to it, eased into the throttle, and it crawled right up with just a slight hint of wheelspin. Someone made the comment that a bunch of the comp rigs did nothing but spin tires trying to get up that same rock.
So I wet the tires (soaked'm) and hit it again. Same result. The little CR-01 inched right up. A couple of guys brought their comp rigs over and tried the rock (one had claws, the other badlands) and spun tires. :lol: With a burst of throttle one of'm shot up it, but they just couldn't creep up the rock like the CR-01. Interesting.
I let several people drive the little truck, all of them were impressed with the thing. The torsion bars do cause it to load/unload at odd times, resulting in a rollover, but once you learn how it handles it's a fun, capable truck. Everyone kept commenting on how smooth it was, how long it ran (ran it for a long time on a 3800 Ni-MH), and how the axles weren't as bulky and wide as they had thought.
A few folks actually commented that "I wasn't going to get one, but after seeing it, I'm ordering one when I get home." :lol:
