The Hill-BMX - Chitown R/C - Chicago's Largest RC Car and Truck Community

olds97_lss · (#1 (**permalink**))

Went to the bmx track yesterday... apparently Thursday during the day no-one goes there. No BMX'rs or anything for 4 hours. I beat the snot out of my revo and my mammoth. I burned up over half a gallon.

The revo came out relativly unscathed.

The mammoth suffered a bent tower and banged up body. Also have a weird thing when it shifts into second. Sometimes it engages, other times it goes WOT and none of the power makes it to the ground.

Anyway, just checking to see if anyone else ever goes there. It seems to be more condusive to the long chassis vehicles. The revo did ok, but the mammoth did a lot better.

No pics or vids since I was all alone. But I did have fun.

get dustd · (#2 (**permalink**))

I ride there sometimes. I brought my tenth scale truck there. i can clear every jump and my friend tried jumping the second berm over the stand but fialed. its alot of fun to mess around but i wouldnt bring my race buggy anywere near there.

Thirdgen89GTA · (#3 (**permalink**))

If your race buggy can't survive bashing on a BMX track I'm not sure I'd want to see it on a RC track.

I'd have no hesitation to get big air at a BMX track. If I'm landing on dirt/grass I have no fear. I only really worry about making huge landings on concrete. Parts break, we fix them and go out and break them again.

If someone says BMX track I'm like WHERE?!?!? Pavement pounding with my 1/8th scale buggies is boring. And wears down on tires very quickly. I have a set specifically meant for bashing around on pavement/grass.

olds97_lss · (#4 (**permalink**))

The landing areas are almost like concrete... Have you been to "The Hill"? It's close to 31 and I90 which is about 40 miles from me... I was taking a chance on no-one being there and got lucky.

DAVEC-NITRO-RS4 · (#5 (**permalink**))

Yeah, it seems a while back someone posted about their "NO RC" policy and that they would have you escorted off by the sheriff.

olds97_lss · (#6 (**permalink**))

That may be true, but I'll leave under my own steam if anyone asks me too.

ALthough, it isn't like I'm running moto-cross. After 4 hours of serious bashing, you would have been hard pressed to be able to tell I was even there. It's so hard packed that there aren't really many tracks left.

Ponch · (#7 (**permalink**))

Cool....To bad I'm in school for Thursday moring/noon time....

olds97_lss · (#8 (**permalink**))

I'm normally at work, but I took this week off...

stiffy2054 · (#9 (**permalink**))

is this the bmx track in south elgin by all those baseball / soccer fields?

olds97_lss · (#10 (**permalink**))

Yep.

www.thehillbmx.com

AddictedtoNITRO · (#11 (**permalink**))

I have more fun at the skate parks by me. I got this one where we jump up a ramp and go over the 12 foot fence to the outside. Kinda scared to do it with my new stampede but my indestructable losi jrxt has done it 3 times lol. one time we had to hit 15-16 feet in the air. hit the 5" ramp at about 30 and landed it yea

Ponch · (#12 (**permalink**))

I wanna hit up this skate park at the park district by me but I don't wanna get in trouble...

AddictedtoNITRO · (#13 (**permalink**))

skate park in braidwood and morris don't care and the skaters actually think it's cool and don't complain

Ponch · (#14 (**permalink**))

Lucky....

Racin' Ranger1 · (#15 (**permalink**))

channahon you can do it also

maxximum_44 · (#16 (**permalink**))

Hey Racin' , how about that skatepark in Lee, IL where I jumped a 10ft gate with my onroad TC3 at about 15 mph, Talk about bored at work.

Ponch · (#17 (**permalink**))

Hahahahahaa...