UL1 test with Hydra 240/ 1515 1y

[Shooter]

Nice work Scoota! Is that new water pick-up brace plastic? How is it held in place? Thanks!

[scoota]

Nice work Scoota! Is that new water pick-up brace plastic? How is it held in place? Thanks!

its a modofied black jack 26 pick up & its held in place by the strut bolt ....

[LarrysDrifter]

Your water cooling mods are awesome.Im gona do that with my ul1.Thanks for posting that.I had my Hydra120 and 1515/1Y in my ul1 for about 1 run.Too much to handle.Went back home and pulled the motor and esc out to put in a longer hull.It was fast,just too much of a pain to control.

[scoota]

made a new water pick up today using OSE transom pick up & after a solid 2+ minute run with a prather 225 she came back with motor & esc temps even lower than my first test , i had a data log session of the run , but stupid me hit delete button before saving the session . , been running 240 swordfish for a while with this set up & im very impressed so far , im drawing 200 + AMPS & its been running cool & no cap issues . When you take off you can see water being pushed up the pick up straight away at low speeds ....

[scoota]

here are some pics of my local Lake in Melbourne Australia it was a pefect day to run Hydros today , & the best thing about our lake its waist deep in the middle of it , so all we need is a set of waders to retrive our boats ..

[Xzessperated]

here are some pics of my local Lake in Melbourne Australia it was a pefect day to run Hydros today , & the best thing about our lake its waist deep in the middle of it , so all we need is a set of waders to retrive our boats ..

Nice speeds Scoota.
Where exactly is that lake? I love the waist deep bit.

[scoota]

Nice speeds Scoota.
Where exactly is that lake? I love the waist deep bit.

Its Cherry Lake in Altona , Melbourne , Paddy ...its a man made lake , the locals told me it use to be a speedway in the 60s , before they filled it with water ...

[v-spec]

That place looks nice but aren't there reptiles that eat people in it? Sorry if I'm way off just watched the movie Rogue with a giant croc flipping boats!! Nice UL-1

[scoota]

That place looks nice but aren't there reptiles that eat people in it? Sorry if I'm way off just watched the movie Rogue with a giant croc flipping boats!! Nice UL-1

No crocs lol , but the size of some the carp i seen pulled out of there could take a UL1 in one bite LOL....

[dana]

I have read a few times now about people having trouble with getting water tubing thru the hull , what i did was use 4 blanking gromets to insert in the 4 holes & pushed some copper tube thru them so changing the water tubing is a lot easier.

i used a piece of the same copper tube as a hole punch to get the right size hole in the gromets before inserting them into the hull !!

a simple answer to getting tube thru the hull is this. all you gotta do is cut about 3 xtra inches of tube, then you cut the excess tube so it's a point, a long drawn out point. now you can feed it thru, pull it thru and cut flush. simple

[LarrysDrifter]

I agree! The Castle motors ROCK! I've used the 1518 and 1515 and love them. I just finished a twin sprintcat 40 with twin Castle/Neu 1515 1y's. First run timorrow, can't wait!

Its gotta fly!When can you post a video?

[LarrysDrifter]

I agree! The Castle motors ROCK! I've used the 1518 and 1515 and love them. I just finished a twin sprintcat 40 with twin Castle/Neu 1515 1y's. First run timorrow, can't wait!

Nevermind.Just noticed it was an old thread.Sorry.

[m4a1usr]

Did you ever try an air dam on the build Jason? The hull has proven itself very fast in many different configurations. The 1515 and 4S seem to do well. Looking forward to hearing more.

John

[scoota]

Did you ever try an air dam on the build Jason? The hull has proven itself very fast in many different configurations. The 1515 and 4S seem to do well. Looking forward to hearing more.

John

Havent had to run a air dam John, with the extra weight of the 1515 & 6500mah packs over the front i havent had any trouble with lift or blow overs ..

[Laggylarry]

Running M 445 / M 447 / M645 & getting speeds ranging from 57 - 65 mph

i am looking to get a ul-1 and i already have a 2200 and a hydra240... i was wondering what prop you got the fastest speed with, or if there is even a better on i could get?

thanks