Big Jump (by accident) at the OHV park 

First! I loved this video. Although short, it was really cool to see Wratchet floating through the air in the drone shots.

LETS GO!!!! Glad to see you getting more daring, been a while since I've visited and I remember you taking your first bug out on pretty casual rides on flat dirt roads. Glad you didn't get hurt with minimal battle scars on Wratchet!

I enjoyed this footage very much. The bug seems solid, agile, and durable.

Suuuper, I like it very much, im happy for you that finaly you enjoy your builds. Have a nice life

"We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents" Bob Ross

What a cool track! Your bug is working great!

I still say your Baja looks very smooth over the jumps.

Great video, That car launches, Hits those doubles like nothing, I am going to consider bump stops on my car, I don't jump my car but in the sand dunes when coming off of steep dunes you hit the G outs and I bottom out hard and break stuff. Great job on your car.

Here's a tip: Wrap a cable tie around the shaft of your rear bump stops, then you can see how much the bump stops are working.

Looks to me with that overnight the double, you have the suspension set up pretty damn good the way it sucked it up! Could have been a lot worse.

From being raised on buggies. I think playing with compression might help or your spring rate needs to go up

Awesome!

You didn't panic. Didn't lead notch that tree. Id call it a win

Great video. Start calling you Doug Danger. ( dating myself)

Remember to keep your thumbs from rapping around the steering wheel. So your hand is not throw or broken as the steering wheel snaps back.😮

Nice Mike, wow you really get an appreciation for how fast your going when we’re in the cockpit with you, I know your number one reason is to be on the track but going to the store in the Baja would be a blast too, what would it take to make it border line street legal, oh yeah a haven’t forgot your gift I’ve just been to busy at work to make it😀😀

Wow I love how level it flies! Looked like a pretty hard hit there 😮

Nice! Glad you made it out of there alright. I had a crash next door at the Aztec MX track and that's what got me started on my truck build. Your videos going over Bend-Tech were what inspired me commit and back half a perfectly good Tacoma with only 40k miles on it lol.

Wow! Looks like your getting a smooth ride in the drivers seat.. Nice work alll around

I wish there would be life sized RC parks in Europe

Looks like fun! Have you looked into like a Prius(or some other vehicles) electric power steering(EPS) conversion? I bought a Nissan Versa steering column with EPS and got it working on the bench with a car battery. I'm planning on putting it in my Baja Blast when ever I start working on it again. Only saying this since I broke my wrist at The Mint 400 in my 1450 class Ranger hitting a boulder... Then my co-driver drove it to the pits so I could swap out and he was braking for a turn with some whoops in it. The steering wheel yanked his arm and pulled his shoulder real bad. We're upgrading our steering too. My bosses 1450 truck you can drive with 1 finger lol.

Love the video Doug ❤ got me itching to make some improvements again!

Looks fun as hell to me. Judging from my bike experience, it just looks like a little line correction on the entry where that landing went sketchy. I am sure that is typical for that type of driving. Still have to learn and deal with it in real time since the perfect line isnt always available. Being from a state with little public lands (Texas) that opportunity and type of track looks fun AF. There are a few private ventures I am aware of but that is it. Enjoy, thanks for the footage and hope that place is always open for you.

you seem to be coming out of your seat alot on the zero G jumps? looks like more than a few inches?

Steering looks brutal

Finding weak links is part of building anything custom. I've watched all your build videos and you did a wicked job!!

Motivation for my bug build..thx for so many details you put in your videos and downloads if needed. Thx you sir

When the drone loses you at around 330 I would assume it’s the combo of changing direction and the color shift from the bug hitting the shadow and going behind the tree

Really wish youd stop speeding the video up when your driving, especially interior views.

Man that bug is awesome! I’ve always loved your channel and your builds. Sucks your drone wasn’t working but the on car shot looks and sounds awesome!

Awesome! That bug is perfect for the track.. looks like fun

You went for a soft setup, making the bug very nice to drive, and especially land. Until it lands a it too rough, or on one side first Did you notice you hardly (or ever) touch rhe the hydraulic bumpstops? But when you do, they cant support the load. My advice; let them engage a lot sooner, so they actually have the travel to get the vertical motion stopped in time, before bottoming out. Or should I say: bottoming through? They even might be a bit longer in travel. And add some additional conical rubber bumpstops as a ultimate last resort so you crash-dampen the travel, but also prevent the suspension to go beyond it's intended path. Might be a rough landing, when that happens, but at least it will survive the landing unscathed. It might be teeth-rattling, but at least the bug will be ok 😂 The more you drive it, the more confident you'll get, thus the more you'll push the boundaries and then miscalculations *will* happen. Edit: I just saw the rest of rhe footage and it seemed the front is bouncing on landing. You might want ro stiffen up that rebound a tad. Or lower the tire pressure, so the tire acts as a second, initial damper.

That place is awesome,probably even better after a decent rain.

Bad ass bug. Wish I could post a pic of mine. I want to upgrade my suspension but not too crazy because I drive it everyday. I drive it on long camping trips back in the woods. Still have stock suspension with adjusters welded in the front and adjustable rear spring plate. Any suggestions let me know.

What tires did you finally go with on the bug??

Alooo my friend, nothing new? I miss your videos, are you having fun? I hope everything it's ok

I'm not to far from that off road place. Maybe one day we can meet up out there. I have a real good drone that I could use the googles and chase you around. I would love to play with my buggy out there also.

Your ride turned out good. It lands nice on video.

great video! love the bug on the track..

Does the drone hone in on the remote controller??

ROCK AND ROLL!!

looks like fun

professionally filmed

That looks like a lot of fun

That looks like a blast!

I noticed your bump steer with your first hitting. You probably got a couple inches of bump steer there I had to do a lot of work on my A ARM front end to fix it. I have less than 1/2” bump steer now. Flying through the air is quite amazing Isn’t it, and then followed with a soft landing it’s just amazing.

Very IMPRESSED with Wratchet. I'm blow away by how SMOOOOTH she runs. You have to be so stoked! Congratulations 👍👍😎👍👍

Is that the one just out of the Springs?

That's awesome man. Wratchet is looking good. Would love to see just the tube chassis drive around without the fiberglass too

Fantastic, Amazing, Bravo!!! So nice to see all this coming together and so reliable

Numero Uno! 👍🏻