| Welcome to Making Trax. We hope you enjoy your visit. You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free. Join our community! If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features: |
| Snow Conditions And Blizzard Behavior | |
|---|---|
| Topic Started: Dec 6 2006, 08:33 PM (1,171 Views) | |
| outcastrc | Dec 6 2006, 08:33 PM Post #1 |
Administrator
  ![]](http://209.85.122.89/static/1/pip_r.png)
|
Dry powder snow: Blizzard tends to plow the front end because the tracks sink more. No noticeable packing snow issues at all. Especially if you leave the Blizzard a minute or two to cool down to outside temps before running. Doesn't tend to get stuck very often, and you should be able to walk it out of its stuck condition... Wet snow: Blizzard runs higher on the snow so it tends to run much faster. When it does get bogged in it is much easier to get stuck as the belly sits on the snow leaving the tracks high and dry. Tip is as soon as you spin out, stop and back up. Boggies and sprockets pack up quickly, and need to be cleared, I just lifted the Blizzard and blipped the throttle. Watch the sprockets for ice buildup, use a small knife or tool to pop the ice out to keep them clear. Hard pack: Out of control, very difficult to keep going in a straight line. Rubber pads on the tracks would help in this situation. All non hard pack snow conditions Pro's Wicked climbing ability in forward motion Difficult to get stuck as long as you keep both tracks spinning Gotta love that snow flying Con's Terrible climbing ability in reverse (tends to ride on a small section of track and spin out) Sharp corners (one track locked) are when you get yourself stuck (track sinks into snow and gets trapped, spin out makes sure it stays trapped) Loses traction on anything hard (ice / hard pack / pavement) |
| |
 |
 
|
| snowking | Dec 10 2006, 02:49 PM Post #2 |
Swayed by the Trax
|
Awesome review outcast!! 
|
|
|
|
| alaskadf300 | Apr 9 2008, 10:50 PM Post #3 |
Making Trax!
|
I ran it in medium-dry powder at 23F and noticed a few interesting traits. If you go full-throttle, it really rises up and goes jumping and hopping anything it hits with amazing stability. When turning, it needed to be at full-tilt (gradual turn) or just a creep (sharp turn) to not get stuck or flip. In a straight line it was incredible, it would just get airborne off jumps with huge rooster-tails. One thin area under a tree ripped the track right off the rear wheel when I tried to turn. I did run it in my front street on icy hard-pack, complete loss of control, but would spin like a figure-skater in place. So far, the absolute best conditions seem to be a hardened dry-frozen and granular snow-ice that occurs after thaw/freeze cycle. This is the consistency of rice/grits rather than flour or sugar. |
| "Rule #1, Never Run It where People Walk Dogs!" | |
|
|
|
| RCrunner789 | Nov 22 2008, 10:58 PM Post #4 |
Worthy of the Trax!
|
seems like this is going to be awsome rig wen it arrives cant wait conna plow my drive way with it ya ya ya i know it isnt practical but it would be fun this is a great revew i just want to ay the reason why the blizzard sinks in wen i turn is that the inside and outside corners of the tracks are sharp and diggin into the snow... |
|
|
|
| Cross | Nov 26 2008, 11:17 PM Post #5 |
Swayed by the Trax
|
I am seriously considering getting one of these. I would want to equip mine with a functioning blade and possibly a tiller. It is funny some of the characteristics you explain in the snow are very similar to the real thing. I drive a snow cat in the winter and would like to get one of these models as a display piece as well as something to play with in the snow. Snow cats do not like to climb in fresh snow, and as soon as a track breaks loose and spins it digs straight down to dirt. I think I would love to find one of the older versions of the Blizzard with the dual motors. It would handle a lot more like the real thing. It would also not have the problems of locking up one track and digging a hole as the tracks skids to make the cat turn. This is a sweet R/C model cat, I do not even want to know how much it costs. Plus I drive a Bombardier not sure I could buy a PistenBully  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LcNocrbw3M&feature=related |
| Kyosho Blizzards are not discontinued and still available click here | |
|
|
|
| RCrunner789 | Nov 27 2008, 06:20 AM Post #6 |
|
Worthy of the Trax!
|
ya ok no those ar all hommade from the base of the blizzard if u want one that looks close you can get a body and plow from awww crap i forgot look in some of the other posts i put it down there somewere but the base is made of a blizzard and the best way to work a plow is to make it yourself to get the ideas on how to improve things. |
|
|
|
| RCrunner789 | Jan 18 2009, 10:56 PM Post #7 |
|
Worthy of the Trax!
|
ok i have too much snow up here  and it just keeps falling along with the temp any one here ever drive there blizzard in -40 degrees farinhight it dont work that long stupid batterys anyway it just keeps snowing  any one walla come up and drive in 3 and a half friken feet the blizzard and snowmobiles are literaly bout the only friken thing that kan actualy move through this stuff besides my tracktor  yall start laughing go ahead but this is a bummer.on a good note gives me more time to drieve the rc car and tinker with it any one else got snow 
|
|
|
|
| 1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous) | |
| « Previous Topic · Blizzard EV / DF-300 EP · Next Topic » |
2:13 AM Nov 8
