The official 36" zelos twin modding thread

[kfxguy]

that is a beautiful boat kfx!!

Thanks. One of my favorites. Any time I hear beastmode, that thing comes to mind. I did 91.2mph with my first one just like it.

[Erroneous]

Thing is rediculous. Kinda diggin that green.. Im stuck on flat black with some kind of flat white accents for the Zelos. They should offer the Zelos hull/hatch in white (hint hint).. Like the look of your proto.

[Erroneous]

I'm thinking about putting a Hitech Servo in my voracity, have you had any experience with those Erroneous or is this your first?

Ive run their servos in my crawler and bashers for years. Never had a "waterproof" one before though. Never mattered. They are tough as ......

[Keagan-Z06]

I may give it a try. Thanks

[Keagan-Z06]

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52.9mph

[Rafael_Lopez]

Keagan how long are your passes? Most GPS units need to be held at max speed for more than 5-7 seconds to capture top speed. I find that to be the case with my 201.

[Darin Jordan]

Keagan how long are your passes? Most GPS units need to be held at max speed for more than 5-7 seconds to capture top speed. I find that to be the case with my 201.

Additionally... and something that should be noted... 52mph is pretty fast for an "out of the box" setup. Proper tuning and setup adjustments are going to be necessary to truly get to maximum speeds. Battery condition, Initial Battery Temps, etc., all are REALLY important. The difference between starting with 65-degree packs vs. 90-degree packs can EASILY be 1000-RPM... that's a LOT of MPH.

[Keagan-Z06]

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60.5mph

[kfxguy]

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I have some things you can do/check to push it past 60mph if your interested. As long as your just a little mechanically inclined you can do them. Let me know if your willing to do a little work.

[Keagan-Z06]

I got 60.5 as posted above just now.

Rafael, I think I'm running shy of that 7 seconds. The conditions weren't as flat as id like it to be but it was good enough to make passes. Will try and upload the 60.5mph run. For whatever reason I can't get my new SMC's to work, I had an electrician solder my ec5 plugs and he dropped solder in one of the connectors, so the male and female don't mate properly. Want to give those packs a try. It should be noted the 60.5 was with (2) 3s packs. I'm not convinced that the octura 447's are sharpened enough.

[Darin Jordan]

I got 60.5 as posted above just now.

THERE YOU GO!!

[Keagan-Z06]

Thanks for the support guys, I know I may have been a pain lately with my frustrations.
KFX-I am willing to try and get some more speed out the boat, hopefully I have all the supplies I'll need readily available.
Rafael- Any idea why the new ESC may not be going into programming mode? I connected it, turn them on and it just gave a beep every second or so. Would not emit the musical tone after following the instructions on page 9. I'm not sure if I will put back in the new one to try again today as I'm thinking I may go back to the river for a final run for the day. Really would want to get a run with 4 packs but currently I only have 3 dynamite 50c packs and the 2 new SMC 50c's.

[Keagan-Z06]

60.5 was done on the first attempt, on the second attempt I was running out of juice on the end as you can see.

[Brushless55]

I got 60.5 as posted above just now.

Rafael, I think I'm running shy of that 7 seconds. The conditions weren't as flat as id like it to be but it was good enough to make passes. Will try and upload the 60.5mph run. For whatever reason I can't get my new SMC's to work, I had an electrician solder my ec5 plugs and he dropped solder in one of the connectors, so the male and female don't mate properly. Want to give those packs a try. It should be noted the 60.5 was with (2) 3s packs. I'm not convinced that the octura 447's are sharpened enough.

I hope you can get those packs going
sounds like you're on your way to some faster speeds real soon :)

[Keagan-Z06]

I think I asked this ? Before but I figure I'd ask again to make sure. It's not wise to run 2 different brand packs? Correct?