70MPH ZX5 and a rather big jump - RC-Monster Forums

Sean · **70MPH ZX5 and a rather big jump -** 06.13.2007, 04:47 PM

Hi all not been on here for a while used to post under the name Monkey but with summer coming around and being home from uni im starting to get out and about with my RC's more. Here are a few pics from today speed gunned my ZX5 at 70 MPH then jumped it was really funny till i got home and looked what it was going to cost to repair it :035:

A speed run or two (with a nackered spur gear)

Mid air

And after the second jump

zeropointbug · 06.13.2007, 04:49 PM

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t-maxxracer32 · 06.13.2007, 05:04 PM

HOLY !@#$ that is some sweet airtime! haha! how did the lipos hold up after you landed?

jnev · 06.13.2007, 05:05 PM

Holy sh*t!!! Thats crazy!! Should have gotten some video of that. :027:

How high do you think it was, and how far?

zeropointbug · 06.13.2007, 05:13 PM

Looks like 30 feet air to me.

Hey Evil Canevil!

Sean · 06.13.2007, 05:10 PM

lipos are fine all though i have had one blow up in the past after doing simlar jumps.

not really much of an idea about how far or high id guess at about 70 foot its on video from two angles [plug]will be on the TM DVD[/plug]

06.13.2007, 05:16 PM

HOLLY!!!!!

DAMN! thats INSANE!!!! whats the damage? bessides what we see? lol

Sean · 06.13.2007, 05:20 PM

maybe its very hard to tell from that angle only measured a jump once and that was 70 foot (measured on the ground with a tape measure the jump is at the end of one of the TM DVD trailers) and it was going slower then thats what i based my guess on.

The damage is by far the worst ive ever done and ive done jumps this big quite a few times with it now but normally on to flat concreate this was like rubble and quite bumpy.

off the top of my head:
both shock tower
chassis
top brace
slipper shaft
drive shaft (which i bent back)

silentbob343 · 06.13.2007, 05:34 PM

I honestly lol

It's a car not a plane ;)

bdebde · 05:41 PM

Serious hang time!

Gotta see some video of that!

06.13.2007, 05:44 PM

It's a bird, it's a plane, no wait it's an RC car!

Pretty sweet man! Question; is that a 2 speed I spy:dft012:? I saw some of those on ebay a while ago...

Bye:018:

rchippie · 06.13.2007, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by cemetery gates

It's a bird, it's a plane, no wait it's an RC car!

Pretty sweet man! Question; is that a 2 speed I spy:dft012:? I saw some of those on ebay a while ago...

Bye:018:

Were do you see a 2 speed ?. I dont see it.

06.13.2007, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by rchippie

Were do you see a 2 speed ?. I dont see it.

You see the gold can-thingy on the motor? That is the 2 speed, though I could never figure out how you would have brakes while using it...

Bye:018:

rchippie · 06.13.2007, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by cemetery gates

You see the gold can-thingy on the motor? That is the 2 speed, though I could never figure out how you would have brakes while using it...

Bye:018:

Very cool will that work on any BL motor ?. Also since it's a two speed how would you know what pinion to choose ?.

BrianG · 06.13.2007, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by rchippie

Were do you see a 2 speed ?. I dont see it.

If you look real closely at the pic where the truck is in the air, you can just barely see it.

lol, j/k. Looks like it must be that yellow part of the motor. I wonder if it's a planetary drive setup that has a clutch that engages different parts of it to make the two ratios, kinda like how an automatic tranny in a real car works. That would allow the use of brakes and reverse too.

EDIT: Argg. cemetary beat me to it. I gotta stop getting distracted when replying...