Topic: 88pathy, jon82toy, and myself at Millerton Lake [UPDATED WITH VIDEO]

[BigMike]

Kyle (88pathy), Jon (jon82toy) and myself took another trip out to Millerton Lake last Friday for a little showdown.

The water has come up so much most of our crawling spots are now 20 feet under!

We only stayed for a couple of hours and I didn't take many pics.

It was a lot of fun and our rigs are working really, really good!

It was good to finally see the Venom out on the rocks without breaking parts!

Kyle has the White Venom, Jon runs the "nearly-stock" ARTR, and I'm packing the Green/White unstoppable powerhouse of RC throwdown

[trx450rdude]

sweet mike glad u guys are still crawling...

[Joey88RUNR]

so who won the showdown?

[toyotanner]

luckily no one went for a swim

[46&2]

Kyle has the White Venom, Jon runs the "nearly-stock" ARTR, and I'm packing the Green/White unstoppable powerhouse of RC throwdown

you would get along great with my friend Ryan he says the SAME exact thing about his Axial hahah

How do you like those tires BigMike?

[88_Pathy]

The Badlands work great. He just need a little softer compound and it would be perfect.

[88_Pathy]

OK went out again... Lil rain and chill but overall it was perfect. Besides the ever raising water level eating up our sweet spots it was a good day. The Venom worked a ton better with the weight moved forward more Big Mike was the pioneer of sick lines, and Jon has a turboed 3rz in his beast and can jump over things that are impossible to crawl. Fun times.

[BigMike [OP]]

We had a lot of fun! Jon (jon82toy) and myself got there around 10:45 am and Kyle got there around 11:15 am.

Tim (TURBO) showed up about an hour later only to discover that he left his radio back at home! Poor TURBO!! An hour of driving for nothing

Kyle is right regarding the water level. All of the good spots are twenty feet under. We drove around a lot searching for better rocks but didn't find anything really good. There was one small spot where we stopped first but it was only fun for about 2 hours max.

Has anyone checked out the north side of the lake? Is it still $7 to get in there? We need to find some good rocks for free that are between YLP and Fresno for convenience!

Here is a short video I took. Brought the good camera and the tri pod only to discover that my memory card was like 90% full and only had room for this 1 video, no pictures!!

GPS location of this video, approximately 36°59.513'N  119°41.474'W

Short video of only 88_Pathy and myself:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Oqlg1830RZc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6&amp;border=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/Oqlg1830RZc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6&amp;border=1</a>

YouTube direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqlg1830RZc
Info:
Here is a short video of 88_Pathy's Venom Creeper taking a tough line versus my Axial AX10.
Location: Between the Courthouse and La Playa Beach, Millerton Lake, CA
GPS Coordinates: 36°59.513' N 119°41.474'W

88_Pathy's white/red Venom Creeper:
ESC: Castle Creations Sidewinder
BEC: Stock 4.8 volt?
Servo: Hitech 645MG, 107 oz/in
Receiver/Radio: Airtronics MX3FHSS
Motor: 35-turn Integy Lathe
Tires: 5.5" HPI Rock Grabbers
Front Tire Weight: 6oz each
Rear Tire Weight: 3oz each
Battery: 8-cell 1500mAh NiMH

BigMike's white/green Axial AX10:
ESC: Moped V16R Bravo
BEC: Custom NTE962 6.2 volt X2
Servo: Hobbico CS170, 333 oz/in
Receiver/Radio: Traxxas TQ3
Motor: 45-turn Integy Lathe
Tires: 4.9" Proline Badlands
Front Tire Weight: 7oz each
Rear Tire Weight: 4oz each
Battery: 7-cell 1500mAh NiMH

[88_Pathy]

Good vid. Man I should have made the line on camera jees. Oh well. Got worked by the tire eating hole more than once.

[BigMike [OP]]

Yeah well you still made it, plus I had already driven that line before hand

We just need to keep tinkering with em. Both of ours perform better and better each time out

Jon's is just stupid fast it's insane!

[HxCmudBogger]

that's no mountaineer