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On road RC cars get a little repetitive after a while because the tiniest setup changes make all the difference when racing other people or getting faster lap times. However in off-road the playing field is leveled a bit due to all trucks needing to handle rough terrain so this means they are not as tightly calibrated as a pavement car. Pure power and appropriate tires are the name of the off-road truck game. The beefier your treads the better your truck will find grip in the loosest of track conditions. They even make tires specifically for good traction on wet tracks. This means any time any where good fun.
There is a huge adrenaline pump for the more sane in society who don't actually jump human scale trucks 10 times their height. These trucks with good motors are really quite fast. Most will go about 30mph with light resistance and some nitro trucks will go 45mph. If they are 1/8 scale trucks that would be equivalent of driving a monster truck 360mph! These little trucks accelerate rapidly and don't need much room to get up to speed. 30 mph on a truck that weighs 10 pounds means jumps are epic at full speed. You want to start out just barely getting air at first to practice air control. You have to modulate the throttle properly to keep the nose level with the horizon for a good landing.
Throttle control really is what it is all about. You have to blast the throttle to load the springs as you hit the apex of the ramp. In other words, at the moment when your land speed is converting into jump height you want a little throttle left to squeeze out more pressure on the ramp to get air. If you hit the ramp with full throttle it will not dampen the springs enough to get as much air. It will still fly like crazy though.
Tricks are very possible using brakes and reverse and sometimes more throttle. Just like you see motocross guys doing flips the same principles apply. If you jump and hit the brakes your nose will come down hard. If you jump and hit the gas or hold the gas, the nose will stay up and you might land on the back end of the truck or do a partial back-flip and land on your lid. So what you do is use what's called in racing throttle blipping( or blip the throttle) to modulate. From 0 to 100 % throttle you find the "sweet spot" to hold the throttle or you can blip it until you level it properly.
Practice landing all four wheels at once before moving on to the more complicated tricks. Also when you move on to the hot tricks you will need to beef up your truck with aluminum shock towers to protect it as much as possible. You might want to consider new tuned shocks for tricking. Springs that rebound well will give you incredible height. Most suspensions out of the box will work fine for basics and huge air. You want to get foam cushioned bumpers with aluminum parts to prevent bad landings from ruining your day quickly. Try to keep the ceiling low until you are confident you won't land on one wheel over and over. Busting a plastic shock tower is not the worst break in racing or playing around but will happen quite a bit. Aluminum shock towers can bend, but just get some thick ones. They will take a lot of punishment.
Electric and nitro versions of trucks both can be tricked and jumped. The ones set up for racing will perform best at stunts. Don't forget about local BMX tracks or even bike trails in the woods. These can be perfect locations for existing ramps to be used and these trucks tear those courses apart. All in all RC trucks are some of the most fun that can be had in radio controlled hobbies. Flying planes are great but seeing the interaction of something without wings doing flying tricks is pretty amazing.
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