HOW TO - DRIVING TIPS

How to Save a Roll Over:
Now when you come up to a tall ledge and you may flip over backwards. Before you start to climb, think of where you may land and what's in the way. If you start climbing the ledge and the front tires start coming over backwards on you, you have 2 choices:

1. Either hit reverse and bring the tires back down. But some guys ESC have a delay or a double tap reverse. So that doesn't always work out like planned.

2. Or as your front tires start to lift and go back you cantry to center your steering and just stay in the throttle.  You will flip over backwards, but the front tires will hit one more time.  If you stay in the foward throttle they will fling your rig back on all fours.  Having a nice arounded body like a VW Bug will help, but it can be done with any body. The key is to keep the momentum going foward.

You can try the quick reverse first and if that doesn't work, quickly put it in foward on your way over.  This doesn't work 100% of the time, but practice makes perfect.  It's better then taking points because you had to turn your rig back over.

Here is the Video showing how it's done:

How to climb a ledge using front Digs:
This one takes a little more practice, and remember every ledge is different.  This works for those ledges that may flip you over.

1: As you pull up to the ledge climb it as you would any other.  As your front tires start to crest the top, disconnect the rear axle or kill the rear motor.  Doing this stops the rear tires from pushing you up and causing the front to lift up.  Now as you are digging with just the front tires your front end should start to pull and you will see the front part of you rig squat and dig for traction.  As your rig starts to pull up and climb over the ledge, return the power to the rear tires and they will follow right up the ledge.

Here is a short video showing how it's done.  After a few tries you start to be pretty smooth with it and others won't even notice what you did.

How to: Make a tight turn while dropping of a ledge.
Now this uses Front digs aswell.

1. As you drop off the ledge. Go at an angle and point the rig the way you need to go. But not to much of an angle or you can end up just rolling off of it. Now when going at an angle each tire will drop off the ledge one at a time. Now the last tire thats left. Should be on the same side you are turning. If you need to turn left. The left rear tire should be the last one on the ledge. When you have that. Disconnect you kill the rear motor and turn you wheels the way you need to go. Front burn the way you need to go. That one rear tire will act as a pivit point for the whole rig and it will turn on a dime. Now the tricky part is to not turn to far into it and roll. This one takes some practice aswell.

Here is 3 short Videos showing how it's done.

These was a gate set up at the last comp. Sorry for the crappy Paint pic. But it should show you what I'm getting across... The first gate had you entering in a rock valley the turning up hill into and over a gap to the next gate. It was giving everyone problems. Just about everyone took the gate you rolled and few times on the 2nd gate. Now instead of clearing the first gate and being way off camber for the next. Just go straight through it and make a big turn and line youself up for the next gate. Now this may not apply for every gate or some of the Clubs rules. Check you rules before trying this in a Comp. The Blue line show the intend way and the Red line show the other way.

This kind of goes with the above idea.

This nefty little move is pretty easy to do. Just have to think and look a few gates ahead. By taking only one Reverse Bender was able to back through one gate and lined himself perfect for the next gate. Instead of making 2-3 reverses to make a sharp turn.

Side Hilling

1: While sidehilling or where ever you can get this to work is fine. Wiggle your tires back and forth and watch you truck move. Here you can see Bender use it a little. He still had to back up, but I think he could have kept it up and made it. But then agian his rear end was sliding a little to much. It may have cuased it to roll off. Again Practice, Practice and Practice again...Can't do to much of it...

Balance

1:Here is one on way Balance is important. More of a Tip then a trick. As I was approching this part. I had to carry atleast one wheel over the gap. Now you can see I get one front tire across. That only lets me have two tires making contact. As I drive up and out of the gap. You can see it level itself off. Well then all I did was Gag it. Full Throttle and stayed in it. Just happen to work out. Kind of a lucky move. But wouldn't have worked with out a well balanced truck.