Monster Madness

[SammieO]

What a great weekend of racing. Congratulations to Dave for your win in E-Maxx, your truck is so fast. I was extremely happy with my second place finish. Congrats Mike and THANK YOU again for building me an incredible truck. It was really dialed in!!


I look forward to seeing you all again real soon.

[crazyjr]

Hey Mike. Is that the final design or do they have some other things to sort out?

[RC-Monster Mike]

There will be a few minor changes, but it will be very similar to the design you see in the picture Aldo posted. Steve Slayden from Traxxas took some pictures as well, and said he was going to do a write up on it on the traxxas boards as well.

[Promod]

Mike, is the Revo suspension that much better than say a supermaxx Racer-X suspension?

Thank you,
Promod

[crazyjr]

Yea, i'm interested in what you thought to

[supermaxx4190]

mac, i agree with what you said, but to be competitive in the emaxx class takes alot of $$$. i had an awesome BL truck, but i just simply couldnt afford to keep running it. i wanted a 4 wheeler so i was forsed to sell my e. i really miss it when i hear about these kinds of races...but im glad to have nitro when i have to run 30 minute mains at my local tracks. its also alot more affordable, and i have just as much fun at my local tracks with my $350 mammoth st. if you race at xtreme like you do, its good to have an e because they have to run 5 minute mains, but anywhere else, the track favors the 12 nitro trucks to 1 emaxx and runs 30 minute mains. again...congrats on the win. i know how it is to have slower guys in your way:mad:

[RC-Monster Mike]

I love the racer x suspension. It just works! It is tough to say what is better. The Revo suspension works very well, and has many adjustments, as well as more travel(well, better dampening with more travel-the racer x can be set up to have a lot of travel as well, but the dampening/progressive rate suffers, as does the steering due to the binding on the steering linkage). The captured ends of the Revo suspension are also a nice feature. If only there was an option to put 1/8 diffs in the revo! The racer x is an awesome suspension, and it works killer, as well as being tought than the revo suspension(plastic vs. aluminum), and I would bet it is lighter as well. Tough to say, really. I like them both!

[Promod]

Mike are you hinting at your next project? 1/8th revo diffs:D .

Thank you,
Promod

[RC-Monster Mike]

The thought has crossed my mind!

[nitrostarter]

Man, hearing about these big races makes me want to fly out to one.

They need to have these big races all over so we all can have this fun too.

[rchippie]

Mike after seeing your GVO, im almost ambarresed to show mine. I thought mine looked nice but it is nothing to yours.

[Dafni]

Originally posted by RC-Monster Mike
The thought has crossed my mind!

Mine too ;)

Mike, too bad you were not One with the truck. But I'm sure it turned some heads, eh?

[crazyjr]

hey Mike, is that a lehner 19xx series motor? if not, what is it? Also, what controler were you using? By the way imay be a little slow on this. is most of that chassis a Gorilla X-brace chassis for the emaxx?

[coolhandcountry]

I have never raced a rc. It sounds like fun. Would like to try but don't have any idea of where to go for it. I have race a truck at local drag track. That was awesome as well.

[Batfish]

Here are some pictures of Mike's "vehicle" from Monster Madness. It sure was a sweet ride.
I actually got to wrench on it with Mike. :)









I also have some video that I'll be editing and running by Mike before I get it shared out.