Setups

[RCprince]

Hey Rumdog... I cut some foam out of the canopy and stick my GPS device inside the hull now. I Still don't know what I missed on the inside joke earlier in this thread.

It started from guys posting bogus speed runs with out videos and gps actually in the boat for confirmation. Some alluded to the fact that the gps speeds were acquired by driving down the highway.

[Brushless55]

OldSoldier99, great job on this new speed!
Looks like you could be the first over 50mph!

[Brushless55]

It started from guys posting bogus speed runs with out videos an gps actually in the boat for confirmation. Some alluded to the fact that the gps speeds were acquired by driving down the highway.

yes, and never came back to back it up..

[NitroVal]

It started from guys posting bogus speed runs with out videos an gps actually in the boat for confirmation. Some alluded to the fact that the gps speeds were acquired by driving down the highway.

Yup, and some fail to realize that even videos of GPS in the boats can be faulted...

Apparently the honor system no longer exists

[chummer]

No need to balance aluminum props guys, just sharpen em up!

Why is this not important? Does it have to do with the weight of Aluminum?

Meaning that it would take alot of extra material on one blade to make it out of balance?

[Rumdog]

Correct

[Brushless55]

Correct

This is good to know, I would have balanced the prop..

[OldSoldier99]

It started from guys posting bogus speed runs with out videos and gps actually in the boat for confirmation. Some alluded to the fact that the gps speeds were acquired by driving down the highway.

Oh...so I gotta do video too? OK....starting to sound like work.

[Brushless55]

No, your doing great man!
just some got all bent when asked for some pictures or something to back up their claims of having high speeds with this boat..

[OldSoldier99]

I can't break 48MPH with my current setup. I have a pair of 4s 5000 25C Zippy Lipos that I run in parallel. I'm going to clean up my wiring as suggested in this forum as soon as I get some more time to work on it.

After that, I'm not sure what to try. I'm already using the aluminum Venom blades (36mm). I don't know if the batteries are not as strong as advertised or if something else is keeping me below 50MPH? My last run only made it to 46MPH according to GPS.

[Brushless55]

have you done any strut adjustments?

[Rumdog]

I don't think that it will break 50 in stock form.

[OldSoldier99]

have you done any strut adjustments?

No...I have not tried any strut adjustment...Are you talking about the angle of the blades relative to the Transom?

[OldSoldier99]

I don't think that it will break 50 in stock form.

Any suggestions Rumdog???

[OldSoldier99]

OK...I cleaned up the wiring and if all goes well, I'll take it by the lake tomorrow morning when I drop my son off at school (school is near the lake). I'll be sure to take the GPS and let you guys know what happened.