TFL Genesis Cat Testing & Video

[ozzie-crawl]

i would first look at the steering,some of these rtrs have really bad steering rods very thin and some times bent,also the servo is generally very weak,with inline strut/rudder the rudder is under a lot of force from the prop it needs a strong servo and steering rod.

[Rumdog]

How deep is the strut? If it is too deep, the cat will tend to torque roll more. On my 34" cat, I run the prop 1/2" abone the rear of the sponsons.

[Steven Vaccaro]

Thanks for all the help. I didnt get a chance to check it out last night. I will do some testing tonight. I'm going to start with the steering rod. Because i thought it was thin when I first put it together. And work with the strut shim and other things next.

[Eodman]

Are the props counter rotating?

[Steven Vaccaro]

Are the props counter rotating?

It running a single kds 540 8xl

[Eodman]

Sorry steven I thought I read somewhere that it was dual drive

Senility is setting in!!!!

[Darin Jordan]

So is this Genesis the 41" one (1045mm) from Hobby King?

[crabstick]

The torque from the prop will do this as well. You need to shimm the strut to point to the left when standing behind the boat. Or just bend the strut with your hand to the left . I have to do this with most of my boats.

Mark

Spot on, I also have had to do this on a few boats

i would first look at the steering,some of these rtrs have really bad steering rods very thin and some times bent,also the servo is generally very weak,with inline strut/rudder the rudder is under a lot of force from the prop it needs a strong servo and steering rod.

Good Point, another thing to check

[Brushless55]

i would first look at the steering,some of these rtrs have really bad steering rods very thin and some times bent,also the servo is generally very weak,with inline strut/rudder the rudder is under a lot of force from the prop it needs a strong servo and steering rod.

this very thing happened to my MM, I changed out the steering servo and it fixed my issue

[Brushless55]

Here is the video.

On a side note YouTube trashes the quality of the video on upload. Anyone have any tips on getting better quality of video to stream on YouTube?

Looks like the Cat turns ok..
are you going to sell these Steven?

[Himalaya]

TFL does better job in making hardware than hulls.

[Jeff Wohlt]

Anyone have the TFL site? What I fiond is nothing good.

[Jeff Wohlt]

I found it...not much on there for parts.

[sailr]

One concern expressed for this hull was whether or not it would turn because it has such a narrow beam. Looks like it turns just fine.

[Doby]

One concern expressed for this hull was whether or not it would turn because it has such a narrow beam. Looks like it turns just fine.

Agreed