RC ADVENTURES - Highmarking w/ High Powered Electric Snow Mobiles (1/8th Scale)

Click to Subscribe! ► - The sun was hot, but the snow had frozen overnight into a complete field of ice. We had our challenge laid out ahead of us. Both of these sleds are powered with brushless high rpm 2250kv electric motors. These motors are powered by high output lithium polymer batteries - with a 50c discharge. Each one of these snow machines are also equipped with high current ESC's (Electronic Speed Controllers - in laymen's terms - the brains). They allow for maximum voltage to be transferred from the battery, to the motor.
Truly, these sleds are a great experiment for us to see if we can get some awesome challenges done. Our first one - HiGHMARKiNG
"Highmarking" or "High-Marking" is a popular activity performed by snowmobilers in mountainous terrain, where the snowmobile operator tries to ride as far up a steep mountain slope as possible, then turn around and come back down the hill without getting stuck, rolling the snowmobile or losing power.
This activity is extremely dangerous because optimum highmark terrain is typically in areas where avalanche danger is extremely high. Snowmobilers are the recreation group most likely to be killed in an avalanche, largely due to the activity of highmarking
A High mark begins when a snowmobiler leaves an established trail and fully accelerates; blazing his/her own trail upward toward the summit of a snow-covered mountain face, ideally lying at a 30-45% grade. As the terrain gets steeper, the machine's acceleration slows down. At the apex of the elevation gained, the rider must sharply turn 180 degrees and descend the feature. The height of the arching track left in the snow by a pioneering rider usually sparks competition within members of a rider's party, urging the rest to surpass the height of the original arch, thus initiating a competition. High marks vary in their degrees of difficulty depending on the pitch of a given ascent and conditions of the snow.
As demonstrated in todays video, Highmarking involves serious personal injury risk factors, most notably the danger of the rider triggering an avalanche and becoming buried in the ensuing cataclysm. Highmarking accounts for more than 63 percent of the avalanche fatalities involving snowmobilers in North America." Highmarking should only be attempted by snowmobilers who are equipped with avalanche transceivers and accompanied by other riders capable of detecting a distress signal and rescuing a buried snowmobiler.
No actual people were hurt during the filming of this episode of RC ADVENTURES!
Each one of our sleds are fairly stock, but with the upgrades available from the manufacturer, Art Attack Snowmobiles.
Where we bought these Snowmobile kits:
In my opinion, this is not a "first-timers" RC. This is an Intermediate learning machine. Im still trying to figure somethings out.. but I can say the fun factor is a 5 Star, plus!
The aerial camera we used in this film is the DJi iNSPiRE 1.
We hope you enjoy this film, and are inspired to get out and have fun with the radio control hobby.
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