Whiplash P Sport Hydro Build

[jfrancisco892]

For the first race this weekend I am going to stick with the H7 just because I'm comfortable with a setup that I think will keep it on the water. Once I get some more time after the first race I'll start messing with other props and see what I can come up with.

[jfrancisco892]

Well on the first race of the year for the boat it blewover which I wasn't surprised by as I was in dirty water and it was a little flighty as is. Anyway some tape peeled back and a little water got inside (happened today on my Motley Crew at practice so I got rid of that roll of tape) and the BEC got screwed up on the speed control so I was done for the day. Put it in rice for about a week plugged it back in and like magic everything was working fine. Today I tried out the ABC H-10 which is a little smaller in diameter than the H-7 but has more pitch. It was running fairly well but just died on the second lap. Given the track record I assumed it was the speed control and sure enough it was. The boat is pulling a little to the right on the straights and I think the turn fin bracket might not be square so I am going to check that and if it isn't square it will likely get shimmed to fix that problem. I threw my eagle tree in just for giggles to see what kinda speed I am getting just to see where I stand. I checked it when I got home and I was thinking it was probably 54-55 mph. I was shocked to see 61.2 mph pop up on my eagle tree dashboard. With others running 1521s in the club I didn't have much hope in the boat but that speed gave me some faith in it. With some tuning and dialing in I think 65 should be feasible with this boat. I currently don't have another speed control to run in it so I'm gonna throw a p-limited setup in it (Aquacraft 2030 kv motor and Grim 45x68 prop) for Saturday's practice to get a little practice with it in that trim for the nationals which is about two months away. Although the speed controller got toasted I have some faith in this boat and feel once I get it dialed in it should be pretty competitive.

[fas]

What do you mean should be that thing can run with us with out problem you just need a little stick time to trust it

Fred