Craziest Place I’ve Ever Driven An RC Car!

I went into a prison with an RC car! This video is a bit different from my normal routine and it was fun. RC Driver contributor Dean Berry set up an adventure for me to explore and old copper mine and prison with an RC car. The facility is the Old New Gate Copper Mine and Prison in East Granby, Connecticut. I take my Rllarlo MK-07 down into the old Prison for some adventure crawling and even use FPV to try and explore a tunnel that nobody has been in for hundreds of years. Can I make to to the end and do I find anything? Watch and see.
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[@ThisisTyy]

That’s so awesome, huge geology an rockhounding nerd so mixing a copper mine tour with rc is like the best of both worlds 🤙🏾 this gives me an idea for prospecting some of the old mines near me that we have been slowly re-discovering after being hidden for a 100+ years!

[@rcdriver]

Awesome! Sounds like some fun adventures ahead!

[@noahwallen4470]

What an awesome experience and history lesson 😂. Hope it was fun!

[@canuckchuck8836]

That is so cool! A 'once-in-a-lifetime' opportunity! Need to go in with a control tether or support vehicles with radio repeaters on them. That sounds like fun!

[@rcdriver]

Yup! A blast. We just put it together with the hobby grade equipment we had. It certainly needs some more powerful equipment with the rock most likely still containing some copper ore.

[@canuckchuck8836]

@@rcdriver Might be an interesting opportunity for a Radiomaster MT12 ELRS range test?

[@SuppleBun]

using RC trucks to scavenge for historical artifacts is truly epic

[@michaeldorich4485]

This a great crawling adventure, and educational at the same. When you're in an underground mine without lights there is no light at all. That would've been a hard core prison.

[@heffe17]

Amazing video. What an opportunity!

[@darrencormier104]

Brother!!! You were literally down the street from me!!! I couldn't agree more on how much history is in that place. They reopened to the public about 6 years ago I think. Keep the great footage coming my good man!!!

[@rcdriver]

Nice! I didn’t even scratch the surface on the history in the video, but heard some cool stories from the staff. Great place to visit!

[@darrencormier104]

@@rcdriver I'd love to hear your thoughts on upgrades on Mojave 4S... I just got one, and would like to put bigger tires and stiffer springs on to start with... Love to hear your input brother.. Cheers!!! D

[@Father450X]

The coolest rc video I have watched to date. Nice job!

[@rcdriver]

Thanks so much! A bit different for me. Cool spot for sure.

[@TheDudeRc]

Awesome video! Waiting on parts to fix my MK07 right now and would LOVE to find something like that to crawl down! Great video!

[@dexterbeattie7884]

this was so cool! Thanks for sharing this adventure.

[@rcdriver]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@RC-Closer1313]

You’re a ballsey dude Greg!! Going in them mine tunnels… man, anything could happen. It’s so small and rustic… the Rlaarlo did well. I wish their customer service would do the same…

[@rcdriver]

It’s a state park with daily tours. And they just had experts in to check the integrity of the mine. But yeah, let’s just say that type of space was not exactly in my comfort zone. 😬

[@RDEnduro]

The walls are rock solid, some mines are more dangerous than others.. and then it varies within the mine itself.

[@mhods4457]

That mine is probably more stable than a lot of peoples' homes.

[@RC-Closer1313]

@@rcdriver that’s what I was thinking… my luck there would be a freak earthquake while I was down there😳… at least that’s what my mind would be telling me.

[@Mikey.750]

Very cool video! Definitely a special experience. Since you already have a direct connection to the vehicle with the safety rope, there should be a way to run some wires down it to control the truck directly, rather than relying on the radio range. In order to use a regular radio still, you would probably have to leave the receiver at the opening of the tunnel and run some super long wires (200+ ft? LOL) to the servo and ESC.

[@PSF_RC-PatSmageFilms]

That was a cool adventure, thanks for sharing!

[@jdsrcs8061]

Driving an RC in a mine is AWESOME!!! I did it 2 years ago. 👍👍👍

[@RCRoads]

This is so neat. You got an assignment for your RC. Smart idea tying a rope to the jeep. Very skillful driving over the rocks and cable.

[@rcdriver]

Yeah, I saw that rise in the pipe and knew it would be a problem. My best guess was to squeeze the truck towards the wall side and hopefully push the pipe until it passed to a low spot. It worked! Just wish we had more FPV signal range.

[@rmarkley79]

I was not expecting this, wow! Thanks for taking us on the adventure, too cool 😃

[@rcdriver]

Thanks bud! Very cool experience to share!

[@PetrolJunkie]

I've used an RC car to pull fishing string down a long large diameter pipe when the noobs forgot to do it. It was one of those moments when the boss said he didn't care how we did it, the job just had to be done. Used a TRX4. Being that the pipe was plastic and in an open trench the RF went through it. The trick was to keep the car straight. Pulled about three hundred feet of string from a building across a parking lot to a new remote panel. Used it to pull a string down trays in a ceiling as well. Even if we opened the tiles up we couldn't get to the trays because HVAC and other stuff was in the way. The alternative was to throw something and hope the string didn't hang up on anything and stayed in the tray. RCs can be useful. lol

[@scottbronson9738]

Beautiful truck!🏁🏁🏁

[@CRAZYBUILD349]

Outstanding krawling , crazy place your at ,, very cool!!!

[@rcdriver]

Thanks! Never imagined myself crawling in an old mine/ prison. It wound up being pretty cool!

[@erichawkins6231]

Definitely an awsome experience I love taking my vs4 10 on vacation and awsome adventures

[@MauzyrockRC]

Amazing adventure today! Also terrific content idea! Cheers

[@rcdriver]

It was fun and a super interesting place!

[@Elisplushies360woodierc]

Wow!! That was cool.👍🏼Thanks for making this video.

[@stephenpheonix6549]

What a cool adventure with your Truck! Maybe a DJI O3 FPV unit might give you better range?

[@AnyAssumptionBanter]

that's excellent. i've seen rc's of all types being used in geology and building (i.e. subfloor exploration). but this is new. there is technology to be able to send that signal further. from what i understand, similar to wifi, is it need to drop some extender signal devices along the way. how they get dropped and where, well, that's great engineering feat.

[@franciscovazquez4589]

That’s awesome! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@TheUnknown714]

This was an extremely epic rc adventure. Great video content.

[@leehall3181]

That was badass. I wonder if a traxxas summit would be better to try in there. Thank you for sharing great video.

[@johnvaz2048]

That was phenomenal awesome video.

[@rcdriver]

Thanks! Wasn’t sure if viewers would it.

[@ElykBoi]

you could use a really long cable for wired fpv instead of wireless, already have a rope going to the truck for recovery anyway

[@BigKidsRC]

Awesome crawl and tour Greg very cool!!👊✌

[@rcdriver]

Thanks! That experience was a blast!

[@CK4RC]

Good truck choice for the location, and a good test for a new truck! Such a cool opportunity. Did you have a GPS module on the truck so they could map that tunnel?

[@rctraildriversuk-lone-wolfvide]

Awesome video Greg, often though a crawler could be used for this type of work but as you say signal is an issue underground

[@BC-rc]

I think it was cool!

[@theheatmagazine]

Cool video

[@bucksrcworld8119]

that looked way more fun then I thought it would. had to be a blast doing that.

[@rcdriver]

Right?! Even though we lost FPV signal range and had to back out the drive and anticipation was still exciting.

[@robgto7051]

very cool!

[@ironj100]

Great great great great learn video with awesome RC’s. Hey you gotta try and do more like this soooooo koool

[@rcdriver]

Yeah, it was fun. Have to think of more like it.

[@ricklabelle9075]

Thats so awesome. You should find a to send it farther in. Lol thanks for that great vidio.

[@RedsRCVlog]

How awesome, and what an amazing experience! Great video

[@rcdriver]

Thanks! Driving an RC car so far UNDER the ground was interesting for sure.

[@Paul__FC]

First! 2:23 sooooo cool! 5:05 this definitely a very cool video

[@rcdriver]

Little different for me. Fun to make. Little freaky too lol

[@eddiebatter]

I’ll have to take a ride up there from the CT shoreline. Now which crawler I bring is a tough question lol 😆

[@whittosrc8928]

Very cool bud👍

[@Rlaarlo]

Wow, this is a place full of copper mines. What is the biggest gain from your exploration with MK-07?😄

[@rcchronicles25]

Nice. Love a little something different like this 👍

[@rcdriver]

Thanks! Yup, was nice to get out of the same cycle of videos.

[@AgeOrmstad]

Cool video man 🤙

[@RandyandCyndi]

That was a great video bro keep up the great content

[@redvikinghobbies]

Very cool! Mine still hasn't arrived though....😢

[@rcdriver]

Weren’t they offering some slow free ship option? Is that what’s holding it up?

[@redvikinghobbies]

@rcdriver I'm not sure. I ordered in the first wave, a red one, at 9:01a.m. on May 14th. They generated a label on May 17th at FedEx in California. FedEx has never received it. Rlaarlo hasn't responded to my emails or their own chat. I own every Rlaarlo, Amoril, Crobull product. Unlike the problems people had with the 917, 787, and OT mine came right on time. Guessing it's my turn to suffer. Was really looking forward to this one. Between you and Joe from Exocaged I'm dying to try it!

[@CoachD386]

That’s pretty cool 👍🏾💯

[@madmaxximus1234]

Cool indeed 👍👍🤙

[@johnvaz2048]

Thanks!

[@rcdriver]

Thanks so much!

[@just.jose.youtube]

Awesome! :) Funny you chose that Rlaarlo. Aren't they releasing an FPV version of that truck?

[@rcdriver]

Supposedly. To be honest, I chose it simply because it already had a ton of lights, it could carry all the cameras and it had the extra weights already installed to keep it stable. Still needs better steering and after this run, 3 shocks started leaking. 😕

[@just.jose.youtube]

@@rcdriver yeah, that thing looks like a Christmas tree when lit. 😅 Too bad about the shocks. That's quite a premature failure... =/ I didn't get what you lost signal in... Was it the FPV or the truck's radio?

[@rcdriver]

@@just.jose.youtube It was the FPV signal we lost.

[@johnbray8855]

Very cool! That would've been awesome if you found something! Great video tho!!

[@rcdriver]

I wish we could have gone further. I drove until the signal cut out completely. Apparently the tunnel is really long.

[@ironj100]

Thankssss mannnn for this videooooooo sooooooooo kooooool

[@rcdriver]

Thanks! It was a wild experience for sure.

[@JamesBond-hz2tn]

Cool footage I bet that place is haunted 👍👍

[@rcdriver]

I think they said Halloween is one of the most popular days there. There’s some stories for sure. 😬

[@chrisdean8235]

I wonder what those prisoners would have thought if they could see into the future and see an RC Crawler navigating through there. Years from now when the earth is overrun with AI powered androids it could look different again.

[@lylekehrer6159]

IF they're curious - just for the sake of nosiness I wouldn't mind crawling down there, that would be really something to do - expecially if you would find any artifacts!

[@rcdriver]

With the copper ore in the rock, it would take some special equipment outside of hobby grade to get down that tunnel. But definitely a cool spot to check out nonetheless.

[@EdisonRCWorkshop]

Remote control is coming soon! You can control anywhere you want at home! As long as there is a signal!

[@davidrivero7943]

I can get you cigarettes & other things . A shank , maybe . One cool spot & truck .

[@rcdriver]

Just a cake with a file in it would be great! 😂

[@matthew-jy5jp]

Your last name Trump? Then don't worry about it 😂