Cliff drop?

[phatty]

Should be riding with that anyways IMO... but yeah, i busted 4 knee guards last year... one i busted jumping over the road, two I have no idea how i broke, and the last one i hit a drop that was bigger than I thought... moved up to a good pair of knee braces this year and they've already saved my knees from some damage.

...spent a few days this summer welding plastics on the sled from those wrecks...

Not that i know much, but i would recommend a mouth guard too.

On a cornice, I would start with your skis about 2 feet back from the edge and go WFO till your in the air, let off the gas and tap brake as needed. If you want to go bigger start further back, but dont out jump the steep slope of the hill (the farther you go out the flatter your landing, the more chance for hurting yourself)

On a actual rock cliff its a little different you may need to take the time to level off your launching platform. It could prove the difference in success or failure. You may need to start a little further back because the speed needed to get out over the rocks. Again, on the throttle till your in the air then off the throttle and brake as needed.

Take some pictures and let us know how it goes!

 

[Jaynelson]

1) Point sled at big cliff
2) Lots of throttle
3) Monster truck the landing
4) Post video on snowest
5) ???
6) Profit

 

[Wyoming T/A]

know where the BIIIIG Rocks are

 

[mil81]

The only advice I have for you is to start small to get the feel for it. When you can't see anything but sky past the edge of the cliff it is a lot scarier than you'd think too.

That is the only advice I have since the rest is more instinctive than anything. Start small to get the feel for it, and as you move bigger, it will get easier. When I started I found a nice cornice that started from nothing and got bigger until the cornice was about ten feet down. That leaves you in the air for quite a while, depending on how hard you hit it.

And as always, post picture/video. And hold on tight.

 

[Blk88GT]

1) Point sled at big cliff
2) Lots of throttle
3) Monster truck the landing
4) Post video on snowest
5) ???
6) Profit

YES! This man knows the way it works! I'm LMAO @ #3

 

[wideopenlemans]

What no sponshier

My sponsher take pics of all my cliff drops then they made blue ray dvds so all you guy can watch me drop cliffs.
cuz i am sponshers by depends cuz everything i drop a cliff it scares the -hit right out of me..

 

[backcountryislife]

Listen to fcr112, he's been on both sides of the spectrum on big hits!!!

Also what phatty said, it depends on if you have an overhang like a cornice (do you need the momentum or not) I find on cornices & drops where no momentum is needed that full throttle off then on & off the gas to keep the right attitude works, the weight of the engine tends to pull the front down for you. I almost never use the brake on cornice drops unless I way over throttle for some reason. If you have to carry speed the nose tends to stay higher so you need to get familiar with the brake if you're not already.

I find one great way to get used to using the brake is a step up hit, something where you jump up onto the level of where the lip of the jump is (no actual step), hit it as small as you want & get used to standing the sled relatively vertical as you go off, then hit the brake to level it, then like FCR said, kit the throttle to get the track spinning.

 

[mil81]

Listen to fcr112, he's been on both sides of the spectrum on big hits!!!

Also what phatty said, it depends on if you have an overhang like a cornice (do you need the momentum or not) I find on cornices & drops where no momentum is needed that full throttle off then on & off the gas to keep the right attitude works, the weight of the engine tends to pull the front down for you. I almost never use the brake on cornice drops unless I way over throttle for some reason. If you have to carry speed the nose tends to stay higher so you need to get familiar with the brake if you're not already.

I find one great way to get used to using the brake is a step up hit, something where you jump up onto the level of where the lip of the jump is (no actual step), hit it as small as you want & get used to standing the sled relatively vertical as you go off, then hit the brake to level it, then like FCR said, kit the throttle to get the track spinning.

That is some great advice. That is how I learned how to use the breaks to level out. I was going off the top of this little climb, getting a tiny bit of air, but landing on the tail. Then I got the idea to tap the breaks, the sled levelled out, and I was catching a nice 4' of air. It was the perfect way to get used to the feeling of tapping the brakes in mid air. Mostly cause you didn't have time to nose dive, and go head over heels if you screwed it up. LOL.

 

[duke1n]

When you're in the air, give some thought about how you wish to touchdown. Do I want to taildrop and cornhole myself or hook a ski and cornhole myself? After pondering those options, begin to adjust the sled's attitude with throttle or brake depending on which cornholing method you have selected. Have someone take pictures or better yet video so we can see which methodology was chosen.

 

[Wheel House Motorsports]

I always forget, dropping on shorty tracks, 136 and down is WAY different then the longer ones, getting the 162 to adjust just aint happening, and they fly nose high really easy.

eaither way, pin it and get some video.

 

[HuskyPower]

but the boys on the gas cap...as demonstrated in apesh!t's pic. just don't leave them there when you land or else you'll be talking an octave higher

 

[Big Kahuna]

Originally posted by Phatty:
"On a cornice, I would start with your skis about 2 feet back from the edge and go WFO till your in the air"


Hey Phatty.....
Why didn't you give me this little tip during the filming for Elevation Season 2 ?????

BK

 

[phatty]

Originally posted by Phatty:
"On a cornice, I would start with your skis about 2 feet back from the edge and go WFO till your in the air"


Hey Phatty.....
Why didn't you give me this little tip during the filming for Elevation Season 2 ?????

BK

Thats a really good question! hahahaha
You been out yet? I expect to see you on our ride this year!!!

 

[Clarke673]

Tapping the brake will bring the nose down (Locking up the track will put the thing into a Y-Z-axis spin), gas will bring the nose up.

I've found that letting off the gas a little when you get off the ground is key... otherwise you end up landing on the tail-end of the sled... uuuhh huh.

Yeah if you do that on big jumps you are going to mess up your tunnel. Granted you are on a IQR that’s got balls and is built a lot tougher than the average consumer sled.

I pogo’ed my 900(see pics below) going through a hard packed cornice way to fast. I was hitting it all weekend long going faster actually and I was whipping around and coming back down the hill. Well it didn’t snow for a few days and the sun was on it so it got really hard packed. I hit it doing about 25 mph and it launched me about 20-30 feet up in the air upside down. Not wanting to commit to a back flip I baled and gave the sled a spin when I did so that it wouldn’t land upside down.

So 30 foot pogo with a 900rmk= no good.

Doing drops is a lot of fun because when you are landing going down hill it is very soft. I like to go off at full throttle(obviously the run up varies depending on how far you want ot go, its always better to go to small then to big) then right after I am in the air I lean forward and tap the break hard but fast. This snaps the front end down hill. I have gotten to the point where I actually go to far when I hit the breaks so it looks like I am going to nose dive. Then I get on the throttle to correct it and I match the contour of the hill and land with ¾”s throttle. Landing with the track moving a lot faster than you is a little hard on the sled but it makes the landings so much softer it don’t matter to me.

With the IQR, doing drops is so easy and fun that it embarrasses all other sleds. It is so flickable and easy to move in the air that you will look like a pro at the end of the year once you get used to the funk ergonomics of that sled.

Hear are some pics of my 900 doing small drops and the results of pogoing.

I like to start small and work my way up a cornice so I don’t ever go to far.

 

[stevemartin]

land level, watch out for old bomb holes.

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[Jaynelson]

When you're in the air, give some thought about how you wish to touchdown. Do I want to taildrop and cornhole myself or hook a ski and cornhole myself? After pondering those options, begin to adjust the sled's attitude with throttle or brake depending on which cornholing method you have selected.

Ahahahahahahaha I like I like

Steve Martin - that is huge man!

 

[iq440r]

steve that is some sick air. Have you been in any films?

 

[stevemartin]

I had my own segments in Sled Heads 2, Slednecks 9 and 10 and I was in Slednecks 11 in the team section because i didnt get enough footage. Then I have a part in 10 High 5, and a couple shots in the new sledheads.

 

[mil81]

I had my own segments in Sled Heads 2, Slednecks 9 and 10 and I was in Slednecks 11 in the team section because i didnt get enough footage. Then I have a part in 10 High 5, and a couple shots in the new sledheads.

There is a celebrity amongst us. LOL. Keep up the HUGE work. I wish I could keep up.

 

[Ex-Member]

Yeah if you do that on big jumps you are going to mess up your tunnel. Granted you are on a IQR that’s got balls and is built a lot tougher than the average consumer sled.

My RMK 900's an IQR? That's news to me