Originally posted by Capt. Crash
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As posted in the "Hospital Hop" thread...here is the pic of the strut angle....how many degrees is your best guess. After I moved the prop down...this is what I had at 1 1/16" from hull to bottom of strut (table). 40X57/3 prop. Batteries were 5250 30c charged the night before and not topped off for the first set...charged two hours before and not topped off for the second set. These are new packs with 5 & 4 charges each respectively. Air temp 60. Packs were not warmed. So battery conditions were not optimal. Water condition was almost glass smooth for the first lap.
Although I'm being told here that the strut angle is way too much and the CG is off...she ran better than ever. NO HOSPITAL HOP!
CG is very close where it is now! I think my packs are lighter than most....that's why I moved them forward after seeing my boat was tail heavy.
The Montgomery Model Boat Club MMBC has a brand new member that showed me a van full of gas boats, some are hydros, and he has first FE (UL-1) on the way. (John I know your reading this....sign in and join the conversation dude!) He told me that she looked to be trimmed out pretty well for the conditions yesterday...and since she ran so well...I'm inclined to believe it.
All I know is I'm very, very close to nailing 50 mph....and yes a little tweaking may be needed but I think I am very close to race set up. Probably a professionally sharpened prop would push me over 50mph...remember I'm a newbie and that includes prop sharpening skills. Even after the last run of well over a mile...she was running very cool....100 degrees on the batteries and less on the rest....bone stock except for the prop and a thrust bearing.
I did let her rip into the 180 hairpin at full throttle a couple times just to see what would happen....and of course she scrubbed off a ton of speed but took the full rudder, full speed turns, with no problem. I did get air borne one time after crossing my wake but she landed prop down. All repairs appear to be holding up...no water came out the drain plug.
A great boat .
Once again my thanks to everyone here that has helped to make that possible!
Although I'm being told here that the strut angle is way too much and the CG is off...she ran better than ever. NO HOSPITAL HOP!
CG is very close where it is now! I think my packs are lighter than most....that's why I moved them forward after seeing my boat was tail heavy.
The Montgomery Model Boat Club MMBC has a brand new member that showed me a van full of gas boats, some are hydros, and he has first FE (UL-1) on the way. (John I know your reading this....sign in and join the conversation dude!) He told me that she looked to be trimmed out pretty well for the conditions yesterday...and since she ran so well...I'm inclined to believe it.
All I know is I'm very, very close to nailing 50 mph....and yes a little tweaking may be needed but I think I am very close to race set up. Probably a professionally sharpened prop would push me over 50mph...remember I'm a newbie and that includes prop sharpening skills. Even after the last run of well over a mile...she was running very cool....100 degrees on the batteries and less on the rest....bone stock except for the prop and a thrust bearing.
I did let her rip into the 180 hairpin at full throttle a couple times just to see what would happen....and of course she scrubbed off a ton of speed but took the full rudder, full speed turns, with no problem. I did get air borne one time after crossing my wake but she landed prop down. All repairs appear to be holding up...no water came out the drain plug.
A great boat .
Once again my thanks to everyone here that has helped to make that possible!
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