What did you do to your boat today?

[Tamelesstgr]

2nd coat of bondo on the Chopper hull, this stuff is pretty easy to work with, about the consistency of toothpaste. Sands pretty well, on the first coat I knocked down all the high spots and with the ruler noted that I still needed to build up some areas.

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[Beaux]

Put a tp 4070 and a sf 300 in my mean machine 2. try and get some pics later. Great idea for a thread.

[Tamelesstgr]

Can you dial down the sensativity on the steering controls? I am running a Traxxas Tx/Rx, and I had to set the endpoints on the servo to limit the throw on my Deep-V. That's why I love the ProBoat Tx/Rx, all adjustments are dials on the transmitter, very easy to adjust on the fly, but I love the way the Traxxas feels in my hand.

[Hemifear]

Strange. The only parts that have to be ont he correct side are the flexshafts and props.

Ya, I thought it was kinda weird considering the wires coming out of both motors are color coded exactly the same as the warranty motors ,and the same left to right on the old motors. Maybe I got an early build Z36!

[fweasel]

the stock ones are actually labeled left and right, whereas the warranty motors are not.

Strange. The only parts that have to be ont he correct side are the flexshafts and props.

[Hemifear]

Took the Zelos 36 out last night with the two new warranty motors installed. Ran like a champ. GPS'ed at 58.4 mph. Everything ran nice and cool. Comparing the new motors to the ones that came in the boat....the stock ones are actually labeled left and right, whereas the warranty motors are not.

[fweasel]

Took the Spartan out today for the first run since the strut height modification. Pretty smooth water, x642 prop, 6S, 1650kv motor, trim tabs reset at neutral, and strut angle only slightly positive. First run, packs were as far forward as the trays allow which just barely makes COG at 30%. Hull was bouncing, aired out, but still saw chine walk if you rolled onto the throttle too quickly. Second run, packs moved back about 2", less bouncing, same amount of chine walk. Top speed was 41mph, pretty much a failed attempt.

The steering is way too sensitive. I could use a different hole on the servo horn, but I'm fairly certain I just have too much rudder in the water. I'm going to cut about an inch off and re-profile the bottom on the grinder. I only have about 1.5" to play with because the cooling inlets are low on the blade.

Water temps are still pretty cold, but with dual cooling paths, the motor was barely even warm and the ESC and batteries were just 100* after 5min runs. Definitely room to prop up. I'll run either an Octura m645 or one of my ABC props from my Voracity next weekend. The boat is also running too loose. I'm going to run the inner trim tabs a hair lower than even and lower the strut angle about 1mm.

[SD Eracer]

That must have been agonizing. I remember running my first Dumas Hot Shot years ago, trimmed with the nose too low in the water, and stuffed it at full speed. Felt like an hour went by before it surfaced again covered in clay and mud.

I almost wrote it off in my mind, it was down for so long. The motor was running so hard it was actually creating a small tidal effect on the surface almost 20 feet away. Luckily I think she flooded quickly, which kept the electronics cool.

Seeing it slowly bob back up to the surface probably 4 minutes later was a big relief. The fact I was running in fresh water instead of our usual ocean location was another big plus, because my lipos survived.

What was weird was that my Pursuit rides higher on the nose than any of my boats, it never runs wet. I have no idea what freak event caused it to dive the way it did.

[fweasel]

Some weird current pulled the boat down and it hit the bottom of the lake still running, it kept running for almost 3-4 minutes until it finally ran out of power and slowly floated to the surface

That must have been agonizing. I remember running my first Dumas Hot Shot years ago, trimmed with the nose too low in the water, and stuffed it at full speed. Felt like an hour went by before it surfaced again covered in clay and mud.

[SD Eracer]

Got my old Pursuit ship shape after cracking the hull and flooding the inside of the boat a few months ago at the lake.

Some weird current pulled the boat down and it hit the bottom of the lake still running, it kept running for almost 3-4 minutes until it finally ran out of power and slowly floated to the surface. It was completely flooded, luckily it was fresh water this time, no damage to any of the electronics including the batteries. Luckily I spray my receivers with Corrosion-X, so it was fine as well.

However, the front seams of the hull were cracked, either due to the initial impact with the bottom or the pressure of 20 feet or so it dived. I cleaned everything up, but put in on the shelf since I started doing more RC car stuff. I finally got to fixing and reinforcing all the cracks, did a few upgrades as well and got everything put back together ready to run again tomorrow morning.

I missed the old girl, probably one of the best running boats I've ever owned, sometimes I find it more fun then even by big HPR 115.

[Mxkid261]

Ya I bet there isn't much room in there I thought my rivercat had no space I can only imagine these Lol.

[fweasel]

Twins? Single? Couple TP2940's would be sweet.

I was all about twins until I saw inside the hull. Not worth the effort/agony to stuff it all in there. Kfxguy's single runs fast enough for my needs. Whole lot cheaper too!

[Mxkid261]

Got my GPS friendly fiberlgass hatch in for the Mini Zonda today. Not as cool looking, but it fits perfectly. Undecided if I'll have it hydro dipped in carbon to match the hull or just paint it black. I've got plenty of time to decide that as this is my lowest priortiy/funded project.

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Big thanks to kfxguy for getting these imported from TFL. Arrived much sooner than expected.

Twins? Single? Couple TP2940's would be sweet.

[fweasel]

Got my GPS friendly fiberlgass hatch in for the Mini Zonda today. Not as cool looking, but it fits perfectly. Undecided if I'll have it hydro dipped in carbon to match the hull or just paint it black. I've got plenty of time to decide that as this is my lowest priortiy/funded project.

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Big thanks to kfxguy for getting these imported from TFL. Arrived much sooner than expected.

[Hemifear]

yup typo 7.5... I usually time my runs and don't let it get to LVC. Force of habit from running my helicopters.