I had no idea such a thing existed. Good lord, high CG, really stiff front suspension, and really soft rear makes for some crazy chassis dynamics.
[edit] fixed the video embedding, thanks!
I had no idea such a thing existed. Good lord, high CG, really stiff front suspension, and really soft rear makes for some crazy chassis dynamics.
[edit] fixed the video embedding, thanks!
EDIT: berk, the old way doesn't work anymore
EDIT2: It's the button that says "Media embed" and the video URL apparently.
That suspension setup is crazy. These look super fun and I totally want a street legal one for maybe a few rallyX events.
There’s a video of one going through an intersection, lifting the front wheel, that keeps popping up on my insty feed. Makes me giggle every time.
In reply to ebonyandivory :
OK that was hilarious. I liked the number of them that got into a little trouble and decided that the throttle was the best way out. Wheel up on a wall? Throttle! Chicane right in front of me? Throttle! Truck in front of me doing dumb stuff? Throttle! It almost looks like a remote control truck race, only more hectic and with more contact.
I've watched those things race at the Detroit round of the Indy cars. Great fun to see in person. The tires are Toyo off-roads, too. No race rubber involved.
Everything about those looks like a stupid amount of fun.
Well that looks amazingly fun and terrifying
More body roll than a 70's police chase.
DeadSkunk said:The tires are Toyo off-roads, too. No race rubber involved.
I bet that's why there's not even more roll-overs; the tires slip before the truck rolls.
In reply to dculberson :
Oh, they can still flip pretty easily. One guy rolled his truck on his victory lap a couple of years ago. Race rubber would make them undrivable I'd think.
If I had the budget, I'd buy one tomorrow.
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