How to jump?

[sim]

I have limited experience driving a buggy indoors. Last Sunday, the local qualifiers for the Tamiya Asia Cup started again and this year, they had a big ramp that angled about 30+ degrees and was maybe 3 or 4 feet high.

My buggy was doing front flips (somersaults) quite often on that ramp and when I checked later, there was yellow paint left on the bottom rear of my buggy which I think meant it bottomed out as it caught the lip of the ramp.

Oh ya, the buggy was a DF03, which I think is a bit nose heavy to start off with.

Anybody else done this before? What's the best way to avoid it?

[Lee]

Raise the car a bit to stop it bottoming out and keep the throttle on, accelerate to lift the nose and lift or dab the brakes to lower it.

Hope this helps, some ramps can just be a bad design, but if other cars were ok then it is either your technique or setup

[dan r]

i have just learnt this weekend how to do jumps after nearly a year
but what my problem was i always brake and it nose dives

[telboy]

ooooh, you don't want to do that!

[mattym0310]

great input there Tel!

[markwilliamson2001]

Also check your drag brake setting, as this made my car very inconsistent and hard to drive on jumps. Once I turned mine down it was much easier.
This was down to 2 flashes ion 2wd on a GTB with sintered 6.5

HTH
Mark

[Chrislong]

The way to jump..... practice!

It can't be taught, the basics can be explained but it'll be wasted if you have to stop and think before you hit the ramp. Just do it, lap after lap, and its like riding a bike, once you got it, you might still fall off.....

I find the best way is pivoting the foot at the ankle, then bend the knees as you land. if yellow paint on nose, thats diving - aka Arsenal style.

[sim]

Thanks for all the help. Will try and get the hang of it.

[bigred5765]

the way i do it is take a run up at it
lift one leg then the other, try to land on both at the same time lmao

as Chris said,
you can be told a 100 times (Chris cocker ) lol
but the only way to learn is, practise,
get your self to a track bring plenty of towers and spares,
and just go for it, brakes bring the back end up, throttles brings the back end down,
we wont even get into the steering bit,

[MikePimlott]

Originally Posted by bigred5765

you can be told a 100 times (chris cocker ) lol,

LMAO

[Spencer Mulcahy]

When was the last time you jumped anything Carl with you glass back.

[bigred5765]

ha ha but i remember how to
now i can only manage to jump horizontal

[ben]

Originally Posted by bigred5765

the way i do it is take a run up at it
lift one leg then the other, try to land on both at the same time lmao

as Chris said,
you can be told a 100 times (Chris cocker ) lol
but the only way to learn is, practise,
get your self to a track bring plenty of towers and spares,
and just go for it, brakes bring the back end up, throttles brings the back end down,
we wont even get into the steering bit,

isnt it the front end tht comes up and down carl?

[bigred5765]

nope the front hardly moves at all, it's the rear that goes up and down lillben