Will a Faster Motor Make the General Fly? Let's Find Out!

The 1/25 scale RC 1969 Dodge Charger is back again! The quest to recreate the Dukes of Hazzard continues, but after the lackluster jumps in the last update, will a brushless motor send this car flying?
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[@MakeItRC]

Another quick update on the General. This video was a lot of fun to make. So glad to see the car is jumping more like the real thing. The only question now is what's next? 🤔Whatever it is, I'm sure it will be cool. Hope you all have an awesome weekend! Thank you all for watching. 👍

[@cassandra9874]

Cool!

[@crisrivaz]

Maybe do test with the general Lee,offroading it and seeing how much it can take?

[@MakeItRC]

That's a very good thought. I figure I'm going to have to pack down any dirt as smooth and hard as possible since the car is so small. Not a bad idea to do some off road testing, thanks for your comment. 👍

[@robertobuenrostro2781]

Well it's about time them Duke boys showed up. 01

[@blueboy-gd3qo]

get wood veneers it’s like small plywood plies

[@DarkDragonWing]

That was cool!

[@zaid6126]

R u gonna do any more rc drift car videos

[@DarkDragonWing]

@@zaid6126 I'm planning on it.

[@tomato_sauce_gaming2986]

@@DarkDragonWing awesome

[@daanrietman6567]

Can you make a general Lee to

[@Forcemaster2000]

Balsa wood, or styrene cut into "boards" and glued together.

[@modelnutty6503]

yup, 1/32" thick balsa cut+glued into scale size hollow 2x4's. "foam board" with paper removed sliced into "lumber" and gently spray painted from 14-16" away to give color without melting the foam.

[@jimbobjimbob8275]

Use Balsa Wood, it's very light and will easily break when the car hits it.

[@erinfogerty3843]

Watching the ol' lady fly broght back a LOT of fun memories. Thank you for sharing, and looking forward to what comes next!

[@devernpinnock8176]

Need to make a 1/10 scale of the general Lee. That would be cool!

[@erickwoodard9991]

Use Balsa wood for the break-away items like the fence boards. You can also score the back a little so it breaks away even easier

[@CK4RC]

What a huge difference between the first jumps and these. This is such a fun build!

[@TheGramee]

Great video...alot of work! So cool....nice guitar too. A classic barn jump...always good.

[@Gentleman_Jester]

Balsa wood would be perfect. Light weight. Easy to find at any hobby store. And the general should go right through it no problem.

[@portland-182]

pre 'break' the wood, and reassemble it like a 3d puzzle that's just balanced together, and will fall apart if you stare at it too hard :) . Gently sprinkle on some super fine dirt (powder paint through a sieve)

[@MakeItRC]

Great idea. 👍

[@chargerking]

You should try the first jump that the general lee did its the one when thay jump over Roscoe's cop car in the theam song of duke's of Hazzard it would be easy to recreat for your RC general lee and would be awesome to see it jumping roscoe's cop car

[@theclassiccarguy268]

YES I've been waiting for this for a while now

[@megadeth1952]

Blackout the rear panel. It's the only thing missing. Super sick work man

[@TobyCreates]

That was epic, super excited for other videos on this! Now we need to see some brushless motor action in the drag gremlin 😄

[@MakeItRC]

Thank you! Yeah I've thought about a brushless conversion or at least a faster motor in the Gremlin. Might have to make it happen one if these days.

[@713Ace529]

Don’t worry about the high quality. The slowmo does it for now. You make a great effort where is needed except the ramp but at least you have a nice ramp to showcase with the car in the air or leaving the ramp. Nice work. Mine is a 1/10 scale and heavy but I may try something later. Got a few mods left. Thanks for sharing. 👍👏👏👏

[@noneckjoe948]

Super cool! Looking forward to it!

[@antoniorivera6187]

Awesome video the car jumped nicely into the air wow 👍🏻👍🏻great job

[@chrismooneyham5279]

Have you looked into wood veneers? They are super thin. I don't know if a balsa veneer is a thing but it could be. Be careful though didn't somebody get all tore up about The Duke Boys before they aimed their sights on Dr. Suisse. Sad, sad world we live on. Awesome videos, be blessed...

[@wookie7017]

Add a little bit of dirt/dust to the ramp to make it more like the jumps on the show. YEE-HAWW!!!

[@khxml]

Make sure to do a freeze frame in midair when you recreate the jump.

[@dudebro313]

It takes some practice but once you get a feel for the cars dynamics, how much speed it likes coming into your ramp and what it likes coming off the ramp you can get some nice flights. Looks like you've got it, yee haw!

[@ShermanSteel]

This is my favorite build I've always loved this car

[@donmichaelcorbin4417]

Awesome build, takes me back to my childhood. I used to love the Dukes of Hazzard - all except for the Coy and Vance episodes, lol.

[@PARSA-POWER]

Great job

[@DansGamingVan]

This series is so professional seeming

[@davelowman3574]

One things for sure your model looks way better than the production model that was used in the show. The one they used was probably scratch built but their proportions were a little bit off.

[@cruzacious]

instead of doing 1/2 speed, do 1/25 speed to match the speed of the original, if this is how fast the car was traveling across the screen in the series, it would have looked sped up. give it a shot I think it'd work

[@ripwreckraceway]

the coolest vid yet fun

[@steventartamella454]

You have to make Rosco's car. Have a great chase seen :-).

[@fishingroundoz]

Wow your channel has progressed so much congratulations :)

[@MakeItRC]

Thank you! Always trying to improve the content.

[@fishingroundoz]

@@MakeItRC it has improved very much and i really enjoy watching your videos :)

[@justcrawling1916]

Great content

[@c.k.hobbyshop3351]

Nice work well done looks great she runs good gotta love the general Lee very cool 😎 👍

[@crystalzues4712]

Ever thought of using resin as I think it'd be good for the scale your building at.

[@jerryjohnsonii4181]

Awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@salrusso913]

Dude....you totally need to make Roscos police car and film a car chase with a jump at the end ...maybe over a river..👌🏼😜

[@scuzzjumper]

It flies great!

[@flyingfortressrc1794]

Pretty cool series to follow... Yee Haw...

[@Pau_Pau9]

I was always fascinated with this car, jumping everywhere. But I think in real world, this car would need more shock travel, more bracing and larger tires to jump like in TV..

[@colossalbigfoot256]

Balsa would be a good start for weak realistic wood. You could pre-score like the do in Hollywood with real wood. Be sure you get balsa and not basswood as it’s light, right next to balsa, looks similar but several times stronger. So if you were to oh I don’t know wanna crash through a scale barn.. that’d be my choice. Build the frame from something more rigid, like basswood or plastic then anything you wanted to “breakaway “ use balsa.. try I scored first then I’d probably give some help in the direction you wanted breaks but light scoring on back.

[@tommywagner96]

You have to paint the back panel where the taillights go black, John Schneider made a video about hot to make a general Lee, i highly recommend it

[@JoeD500]

Are you going to make a diorama creek to jump or something simular, I'm enjoying this series 👍

[@brianglade848]

Yep,now....this will happen as soon as the Duke boys jump over diahrrea creek

[@rickbachman993]

That is Cool!! I bet your last name is Duke. 😉✌🏻👍🏻😎

[@jagerpioneer7045]

Great channel and very helpful. I don’t support you have a full written list of components and where to buy them for 1:25 rc cars? I’m trying to build a 1:25 dodge Monaco police car. I’ve built many models but not rc ones. I know adding a working light bar will be a bit trickier but I like a challenge. Thanks for your help.

[@kyleteal5888]

Gotta do the swamp jump. Probably easier to do on the first go.

[@rickythomas9698]

Nice

[@up.grayedd]

the dusttrail from the ramp is a musthave in this case

[@stevewatts3502]

I would've taken that bet (unspecified) and would owe you 20 bucks rn. Fun vid.

[@icebrew]

for the jump you talked about at the end you could paint styrofoam as the wood

[@2smallgarage268]

After watching some dukes jumps, I think suspension should be in order. Super soft suspension with fast rebound would look pretty similar to the show

[@cowcar87]

For the wood, you can use balsa that is kerfed on one side to weaken it. Or maybe partially glue strips of balsa together to make a wider sheet. Can you make a Mini Cooper S model and props and redo the scene from "The Italian Job" where they are testing the cars for the mansion heist using platforms and stairs and other props?

[@BerserkerVision]

aaaaaaaaaahhhhh more General Lee!!!!

[@rcoutdoors8176]

You should 3d print a scale version no and Luke duke to stand by the car would be really cool

[@jerryvolpini7987]

Send it!!!

[@Mindauxx]

My idea for smaah throu would be some thin 1mm thick balsa wood for RC planes.

[@ethan_wasnthere]

Hey! I was on you store and idk if you were a aware but the electrical set for the FP UC1 is sold out, I don’t know how your store works but I just wanted to make sure the you were aware of it. But otherwise love the progress keep up the great work!

[@MakeItRC]

Thanks for letting us know. Those kits are currently out of stock, however we will work to get more kits ready as soon as possible. Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@ethan_wasnthere]

@@MakeItRC ok! Have a good day/night

[@dadsfriendlyrobotcompany]

Hobby Lobby should have thin sheets and planks of balsa it would have no problem busting though

[@wheelie642]

Glue tongue depressors edge to edge. With just a dob of glue. They will look like panels you can even stain them to look good.

[@gabrielpichardo1492]

You should put a cross brace over the motor from one strut tower to the other . I saw that you cut the one that was there. That could possibly cause stress cracks on the chassis . You did a great job though. Where can i get a general lee like that?

[@blueboy-gd3qo]

you can get cheap wood veneers it’s like the plies in plywood but a lot smaller and thinner

[@tripleefl5053]

You should make a landing ramp for it

[@A-LoDaDingo]

Throw a little dirt on the ramp and let the dust fly lol

[@victorvangrimgamming6784]

I know this is a wierd request, but do you think you could do a few videos on the WPL trucks and modifying them?

[@doggydogg4813]

Btw try boulder creek rail road tutorials for the jump set

[@IowaBudgetRCBashers]

This thing is awesome. Do you sell the chassis? I have a body

[@Wannaridebikes]

Dig it I am big fan of that car.

[@jeremygeorgia4943]

Woodlike? How about those double decker wafer cookies?

[@alvinmortimer7536]

Pulls crazy jumps.... cant understand the play in the steering 🤣

[@goldenart1215]

I’d love to buy a chassis for my own project! If only everything wasn’t SOLD OUT

[@brianglade848]

$1129.00 for the whole thing

[@JPSkriP]

Higher KV motor, lower torque, but more rpm for top speed. You want lower KV motor for more torque. Like a 3600kv or 4300kv or even a 5800kv will still provide more torque than the 10500kv motor. Obviously the 3600kv or lower like a 2300kv would be more torque heavy than a 5800kv, so the 5800 would be mid balance of torque with decent high rpm available. Possible, the driveshafts will get twisted.

[@rejectedprojects7702]

Well I’m joining ur fb group

[@kaimartinson9414]

ayyyy second comment. I love these builds man. Could we get a current line up and drive of each car?

[@MakeItRC]

Glad you like them! Although not every car I own, this video might be of interest to you if you haven't yet seen it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6iucppvibSBgrc

[@SecondHandDIY]

i'd recomend balsa wood super light easy to break used to use it alot making rc airplanes

[@doggydogg4813]

"Has a little bit of play in the steering ,I have no idea what could be causing that" Hucks a plastic toy five feet

[@JonPYbanez]

How bout some thin balsa wood to act as barn doors to crash thru?

[@Tri-ZF450]

Ultra thin balsa wood might be an idea for a easily breakable wood for a prop

[@W.Afton154]

You could try bosol wood it will break pretty easy

[@williamgerow811]

Have you considered doing a 1/25 awd how too yet?

[@whatswiththissassylostchilld]

What esc did you used?

[@codyjames.mccrary]

I would like to purchase one of these general Lee cars. I would prefer a 1/10 scale? If there's any way we can make that happen?

[@ahmetcemcosgun2062]

Brushless motor needs a gearbox for more torque 🤙

[@Triggered-RC]

Use balsa wood for your weak wood issue.

[@bobtierney6946]

Look for luan (phonetic spelling) It is a thin plywood that has some flex. It would make a good ramp surface. Then make a landing ramp. This will give you a landing target. Then use the towel against the wall to save the General.

[@DC_ABC_123]

He's talking about the barn I bet

[@carloshnunez]

Very nice video 🔵🔵🔵👍👍👍🙂🙂🙂🔵🔵🔵

[@gamingandroid277]

Use hungarocell őr depron sheer For the Smash both is used tó make heat sealings on houses you can get a huge sheet For 5 Bucks they are easy to brake and very easy to costumise and Paint and cut you can make your track more interesting with it if you heat it up IT bends nicely

[@michaelclarke4629]

A more sophisticated sensored brushless system is available

[@jaidenaxtell9366]

Hey how much do u think it would be worth?

[@katrina7715]

6:36 to 6:42 awnser is ITS THE GENERAL LEE YEHHHAAAAWWW it can do AnYtHiNg

[@MrJuvefrank]

A car like that will be worth a fortune if it's in good condition.

[@allenbrian72]

Around the tail lights is supposed to be black.

[@theclassiccarguy268]

You could make the police cars, and do a police chase into the final jumps, just like the show.

[@MakeItRC]

That would be cool, but all the late 70s/ early 80s police car models I see are kinda pricey. Might wait to see how the first few stunts go before putting more money into this project.

[@rcaddiction4191]

Add head lights now

[@the_ltz_guymaster7912]

Where can I buy one

[@briadonmaize613]

How did you get that?

[@stephenhudson6543]

They destroyed several of the cars during the filming

[@w.e.s.]

Is this a damn 3d print video or a rc video?

[@blknightsixtyfo]

Delaminate some plyboard. Should make for some realistic scale wood panels.

[@justintravis7207]

You can get paper thin balsa wood

[@206beastman]

Jump it thru a fire hoop or over a small creek. Clear a puddle on a rainy day