Rc adventures & projects in the mojave desert
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Known for its majestic beauty and harsh landscapes, the Mojave desert covers much of the Southwest. Offering snow and freezing cold temperatures in the winter, and soaring above 110 Fahrenheit in the summer, the Mojave Desert has impressive diversity.
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With this landscape at close hand, it's a perfect area to explore with various RC platforms. On this site I research the performance of rock crawlers, desert buggies, wheels and tires, and other related accessories in this arid landscape.
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* New: The JConcepts 1.9" Landmine Performance Scaler tire review is now complete.
* Website Update: We are moving a few things around in the Crawler Tire section to make navigation easier.
Last Update: 9/18/2021
To see sub-topics, hold your cursor over the tab of your choice and drop down menu listing sub-topics will appear. These contain additional information.
* New: The JConcepts 1.9" Landmine Performance Scaler tire review is now complete.
* Website Update: We are moving a few things around in the Crawler Tire section to make navigation easier.
Last Update: 9/18/2021
Gatekeeper testing out the Injora 114 crawler tires.
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We have started testing the 1.9" Injora 114 Crawler Tires on the Element Gatekeeper, and as you can imagine, it has been a bit challenging. The review will be a bit shorter than the others, and then we will jump into the JConcepts Rupture tires.
The 2.2" tire testing is back in business. After taking a $200 loss in total on a SS transmission for the Wraith Spawn, we were able to install a Team Garage Hack 2.Low transmission. Fitting this transmission was a bit tricky, but we got it figured out and so far it has completely changed the level of crawling the Wraith is capable of.
Desert Buggy tire reviews are on hold until the weather cools off. The motors reach 180 degrees within the first five minutes on the track, so we just can't get the laps in for good data collection. This fall we will jump back into testing and evaluation.
There is also some consideration to add in the Losi DB Pro for evaluating 1.9" U4RC racing tires and their performance on the desert race track. We know the DB Pro is an excellent buggy, but I'm interested how it would do in 1.9" U4RC.
We have started testing the 1.9" Injora 114 Crawler Tires on the Element Gatekeeper, and as you can imagine, it has been a bit challenging. The review will be a bit shorter than the others, and then we will jump into the JConcepts Rupture tires.
The 2.2" tire testing is back in business. After taking a $200 loss in total on a SS transmission for the Wraith Spawn, we were able to install a Team Garage Hack 2.Low transmission. Fitting this transmission was a bit tricky, but we got it figured out and so far it has completely changed the level of crawling the Wraith is capable of.
Desert Buggy tire reviews are on hold until the weather cools off. The motors reach 180 degrees within the first five minutes on the track, so we just can't get the laps in for good data collection. This fall we will jump back into testing and evaluation.
There is also some consideration to add in the Losi DB Pro for evaluating 1.9" U4RC racing tires and their performance on the desert race track. We know the DB Pro is an excellent buggy, but I'm interested how it would do in 1.9" U4RC.
Nice and easy....
My goal is to provide unique and information useful to curious RC enthusiasts looking to learn more about particular products before buying them.
I believe that the more we can learn about the technical side of the RC world, the more we can pick the right parts for our needs and fully enjoy our time "behind the wheel."
Recently our focus has been on rock crawler tires and their performance on the natural terrain in our area of the desert. It seem that there is an unending selection of wheels, tires, and foams, so it looks that I won't have any shortage of these to review.
For the remainder of the summer and fall I will be sticking with the crawlers, but once it starts to cool off, we will get back to desert buggies and desert trucks. There are a few things in this area which have my interest, but testing in cooler weather is necessary.
I do appreciate everyone's time and interest, and I hope you enjoy the content on this website.
- Steve.
I believe that the more we can learn about the technical side of the RC world, the more we can pick the right parts for our needs and fully enjoy our time "behind the wheel."
Recently our focus has been on rock crawler tires and their performance on the natural terrain in our area of the desert. It seem that there is an unending selection of wheels, tires, and foams, so it looks that I won't have any shortage of these to review.
For the remainder of the summer and fall I will be sticking with the crawlers, but once it starts to cool off, we will get back to desert buggies and desert trucks. There are a few things in this area which have my interest, but testing in cooler weather is necessary.
I do appreciate everyone's time and interest, and I hope you enjoy the content on this website.
- Steve.
The new Losi Lasernut U4..!
What you will not find are the ubiquitous cut-n-paste descriptions passed off as "reviews" on this website.
Few things frustrate me more than trying to research an item, and finding that nearly every website simply uses the very same description from the manufacturer.
From the manufacturer's point of view this is probably not so bad; they have complete control over the message and content, but for a consumer, this is a great disservice.
It's also lazy and doesn't count as any form of technical writing or journalism. Basically it's a form of click-bait for you to spend time on their website and learn nothing new.
If there is one thing that I would like to accomplish, that is to share with you information that cannot be found anywhere else on the internet. This website is unique because the information here is not leveraged or biased to support any manufacturer or distribution group.
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Few things frustrate me more than trying to research an item, and finding that nearly every website simply uses the very same description from the manufacturer.
From the manufacturer's point of view this is probably not so bad; they have complete control over the message and content, but for a consumer, this is a great disservice.
It's also lazy and doesn't count as any form of technical writing or journalism. Basically it's a form of click-bait for you to spend time on their website and learn nothing new.
If there is one thing that I would like to accomplish, that is to share with you information that cannot be found anywhere else on the internet. This website is unique because the information here is not leveraged or biased to support any manufacturer or distribution group.
s.
Note on Photo Quality
For unknown reasons, Weebly's software processes all photos posted on their website and degrades the quality. This problem is now in it's 5th year with no solution known of at this point. We spend hours refining photos, only to have them slightly blurry when posted. Just FYI.
For unknown reasons, Weebly's software processes all photos posted on their website and degrades the quality. This problem is now in it's 5th year with no solution known of at this point. We spend hours refining photos, only to have them slightly blurry when posted. Just FYI.
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