Makinen Mayhem...
Picked up this little brute for an awesome price on eBay, new in the box! This is my first TB-01 kit and have been getting a lot of joy from it. It's sporting a full set of ballraces, JR z550 servo, Rooster ESC, and Futaba radio. Next will be the Tamiya steering upgrade kit to fix all that steering slop...
Heer are some action shots that I took a couple of weeks ago. These Rally cars are a real hoot to bash around with. Hope that you all enjoy them...
Picture 1: The year…1999; The car…Mitsubishi Lancer EvolutionVI; The place…Texas; The event…Never aired! (remember, this is in your imagination). :)
The start of the rally was great! Makinen and co-driver Mannisenmaki were leading the event in every section! It was not until the last leg that the team started to run into trouble!
This series of photos, you can see clearly that Makinen was laying on the power into a gravel left-hand drift. The first sign of problems began when Makinen stayed on the power and lifted the front tires…
Picture 2: …at this time, the front end finally dug in…
Picture 3: …which started to bring the rear end around…
Picture 4: …and resulted into an uncontrollable spin!
Picture 5: Makinen and Mannisenmaki quickly recovered and regained their composure and were on their way through the tundra and over the bridge…
Picture 6: The trouble did not end there, however! Another left-hand sweeper got the best of these drivers. This time it was on a dusty loamy road with only a few rocks! The real blame goes to the shear power breathing through the Diamond Star hulk! Entering the turn started smooth…
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Camera Used: Olympus D-370.
If you would like to see some more pictures of this car, please feel free to visit my photo album at: http://imageevent.com/torquer/evolutionvi;jsessionid=aq529vjuv1.chipmunk_s
Comments
PurpleBugsy
Cool story and great pics
moosey
FANTASTIC!! These pics are what 'action photos' should be like!!
Bibbo
These must be the best RC car photo's I have ever seen!!
Onetenth
Your story and pics are so entertaining! I enjoy them very much.
craigj2118
nice pics,ur m8 must have sore knees now!!!
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