Anyone else think swordfish

[T.S.Davis]

then the ESC gave up the smoke in Michigan last year.... nasty.

Sorry Ray. Had to come back to this. I can still taste that speedo on my soft pallet.

[Rocstar]

Sorry Ray. Had to come back to this. I can still taste that speedo on my soft pallet.

Kind of like the smell of gasoline, you're not supposed to enjoy it...but for some reason I do. Something is wrong with me.

[Rumdog]

I think a gas boat is more up your alley.


"I'm a professional"

[T.S.Davis]

I love the smell of a crispy critter. There is absolutely something wrong with me.

Great signature by the way "I'm a professional". Makes me giggle.

[Rumdog]

Mmmmmm 2 stroke smell :)


"I'm a professional"

[darryl whitman]

If I may, Engelkefarm , these guys have the time an EXP, in FE boats . when I ask for help, like you did here , step back
an take in what they are saying, the info they gave me , have made me a faster an saved me money,
yes I run GEN ace 2s hard packs, turnigy hard packs , zippy 4s soft packs , and out of 30 packs , 2 packs died on me.
1 thing is charging batts , I do 1c rate also I never run them down under 3.70 per cell. after reading MPs an posts
from these guys, al I'm saying is no 1 here wants you to fail. Darryl

[Engelkefarm]

You guys are the ones that dont get it. The boat ran fine for over a year those junk batts i got did there job the lvc kicked on everytime everything ran cool with the seaking. Now i know it was my fault i blew that up from hooking batts up backwards. So now i buy this swordfish from day one it was issues trying to load the program on to my computer was a headach i used three computers and think i got a virus on one from downloading drivers to open it. Swordfish has a lvc setting and is advertised but i should have known better that the lvc wont work. The example in the instructions is a little confusing. Btw it would always auto detect lvc6 cell anyway so that was not the problem. Can i not have a opinion? I dont like the swordfish i have and i wish i bought another 180. Everyones a expert on here but i have seen alot of bs answers.

[Engelkefarm]

kevinpratt823
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Like Ray said, I was thinking something similar. Has it occurred to you that the 180 was limiting the power that the motor could draw, and the more robust controller is allowing more power to the motor, hence a heavier load on the packs?
My private off road rc track

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjkb...qMm6yJUtyaNZNA

??? So a boat with a swordfish will be faster then a boat with a 180? Theres a governor on a 180?

[Engelkefarm]

Rumdog anyone can use a stopwatch mf

[Engelkefarm]

Any experts ever look into how many Differnt factorys produce lipos?

[Engelkefarm]

The Seaking are really nice. I can just plug it in and not have to figure anything out. Frustrating when I have to learn something new.

Why should i have to learn something new? The only new thing is lvc wont work and experts dont use lvc. Heres a question why dont the build them with a built in timer instead?

[Doby]

SO BUY ANOTHER SEAKING 180 AND QUIT WHINING.

You probably had the Seaking set properly for the LVC cutoff and messed up the Swordfish setting...thats probably why it worked "perfectly" for all the 70 runs. Whatever the reason, your batteries are FUBAR'd right now.

We all know that all LiPos come out of one factory in China "LiPo's R Us" and just get different labels put on them before shipment.

[Doby]

Rumdog anyone can use a stopwatch mf

What's and "mf"????

If its what I think it is, then that's not very nice...

[revoltrunner]

I think this all boils down to any product can
be called junk if used improperly.

[Doby]

I think this all boils down to any product can
be called junk if used improperly.

Yup!