New Geico 36 zelos

[Zzoom]

Thoughts on new Geico zelos, are the upgrades worth the extra price

[Chevoholic]

Wicked looking boat!Also has a different canopy than the Zelos. ( no scoop on the top) Ordered mine today! Says it will do 75+mh on 6s. Looks to be very stable.A04679F0-F6DF-4C7A-B6E0-138B6D16E0BC.jpg mine arrived yesterday !

[1coopgt]

Looks great . The Hull looks Identical to the Twin 36. Wonder if they made any changes to the hull . Looks like a few upgrades, Extra water pickup, new motors and new strut mounts . 2 thumbs up.

[fweasel]

Looks great . The Hull looks Identical to the Twin 36. Wonder if they made any changes to the hull . Looks like a few upgrades, Extra water pickup, new motors and new strut mounts . 2 thumbs up.

The hull seam has been reinforced around the entire perimeter. Rafael Lopez ran his onto shore at full speed and only suffered a hairline crack across the front bridge. That hull was a preproduction model that did not have as much reinforcement as the production hull does.

Modifications and upgrades include:
MR4000 receiver for longer range
Extended motor mounts with rear support that can also accept 40mm motors
Revised ESC's with larger cap banks & better cooling
ABC 1716 style Props
Water exits now out the top
Sonicwake 3674 motors
Extended struts with support brackets, makes the boat much more stable at speed
"Lots and lots of hull reinforcement too"

[1coopgt]

Nice .

[4343]

I have a question about this new geico 36 inch boat. you can use 2 packs in series than paralled out to both motors, but what will the 2nd set of 2 packs give, you , more run time, so packs total??

[prepered]

You can run 2x3 s but it will not give you full power and runtime will be about half of if you run 4x3s. So 4x3s will be recommend .

[4343]

hi, so you mean by running 4, 3s packs, say the 4 are 5000 mah each, does that mean you will get 6s 10000 mah??

[Bulldog21]

No he is saying run 2x 3s to each motor for 6s 5000mah ln each side. If you want 10000mah you can do 2x 6s 5000mah in parallel to each side but is not recommended

[Erroneous]

Cant wait to hear some feedback on this new setup.

[4343]

what would be the connections for this, if using 2 3s you hook a series up to both packs than parallel to esc, how about the next 2 packs??

[fweasel]

what would be the connections for this, if using 2 3s you hook a series up to both packs than parallel to esc, how about the next 2 packs??

Using the included series/parallel harness, two 3S packs are connected together in series to create 6S voltage, which is then split with the parallel portion of the harness to feed both ESC's 6S voltage. This is not the optimal way to run this boat, but that harness is provided so that those with only two lipo packs are able to run the boat.

The preferred method is to removed the series/parallel harness and run two 6S packs, one to each ESC, or use four 3S packs, connecting two packs together using the option series harness.

[RC Freak 69]

Im new here not sure if this is right place but got my Miss G Zel;os this afternoon one of the drives is all messed up. Need help.

[4343]

so if you connect first 2 packs in series, how is the second set of packs connected than parralled out??

[Bulldog21]

so if you connect first 2 packs in series, how is the second set of packs connected than parralled out??

It’s a cheaper 2 pack setup only useing 2x 3s packs in series then paralleled out to the esc so the both esc receive 6s power without loads of batts. It’s less weight and easier on the wallet but not as good of a set up and the weight of a 4 pack setup helps keep it on the water