P1 overhaul

[Jesse J]

well no buddy, so had to film AND drive. I took a few warm up laps to make sure she would go and to get a feel before splitting my attention. Quick lil vid - chine walk makes me think inline might need to go - wanted to see before ditching the idea.

Also, was on 6S my max target voltage, and didn't spend any time adjusting. and yes the white stuff is snow.

Here is vid.

[JEDNJONES]

Crap, It came to a dead stop at 46 mph! Any stress cracks? It seems to run and turn pretty well. Thats beautiful country where you are.

[H&MWill]

Awesome boat Jesse. That thing is quick! I dont know how you drive and film I have a hard enough time just driving. LOL

[Jesse J]

Thanks guys. Yes I love the scenery of that pond, even if its snowy.

It had its share of stress cracks before, but fiberglass floor and sides should nip that one.

I hate driving and filming, but its better than no video at all... especially for test runs.

[forescott]

That motors itchin for a big prop.

[Jesse J]

ya, it was only 72F, but 200 a speedo was 140F. Thinking I need a 240 or something bigger.

Next run will be on 4S with 445 ish prop. I found that the rudder is kinda woblbly, so might need to rethink that part.

[tiqueman]

Looks great Jesse. Nicely done once again... Ill be waiting for it

[Jesse J]

..... I have a couple more tricks up my sleeve. Then once I have it running perfectly, I let you know.

[forescott]

..... I have a couple more tricks up my sleeve. Then once I have it running perfectly, I let you know.

Tricks???? Do tell....

[JEDNJONES]

Jesse,
I recieved the flex cable and tube. Looks like itll get me in the water tomorrow to race my brother. Thanks pal.
Jerry

[antslake]

Thanks bro. I have that Casio camera showing up Tuesday for some slo mo, but will take out my vidcam for test runs. I am pretty psyched to see how the overhaul holds up to field test. I have tried to incorporate all the issues I have read about in my redesign of the interior and hardware set up. Will post updates as soon as I get out to test. Sposed to snow later this afternoon and my LHS buddy might stop by on his way to work, so could have results around noonish

Which Casio? I got the EX-fh20. filming at 210fps is best. I love that camera.

I think I am going to replace my flex drive with a wire drive like you. Where did you get everything to do the swap?

Nice pond too.

[Jesse J]

thanks, pond rules and the scenery is always different, but always beautiful.

yep the very camera. I really like it. can you get yours to focus on the fly, or does it stick to a focal length during filming? What editing program did you use? My free Movie Maker is frustrating me - probably can't handle all the frames; it gets to a point and gets jerky. I played one of the clips in Quicktime and no jerky but no tunes either...

For wire drives, go to Jeff Wholt's site and tell him I sent you - he will take care of you.

Note, I went with .150 flex for now, not wire - but if you wanted to, it won't change the hardware below. I tore out everything and laid fiberglass, then the stuffing tube. I think the best stinger will be the Speedmaster with offset rudder.

[Jesse J]

Jesse,
I recieved the flex cable and tube. Looks like itll get me in the water tomorrow to race my brother. Thanks pal.
Jerry

[antslake]

thanks, pond rules and the scenery is always different, but always beautiful.

yep the very camera. I really like it. can you get yours to focus on the fly, or does it stick to a focal length during filming? What editing program did you use? My free Movie Maker is frustrating me - probably can't handle all the frames; it gets to a point and gets jerky. I played one of the clips in Quicktime and no jerky but no tunes either...

Which resolution are you trying to edit?
In slo-mo, I don't think it will focus on the fly, in HD, and VGA, it will if you press the record button half-way. The focusing skills of that camera are less than favorable. I was going to write to Casio about it actually.

For all my editing, I use Pinnacle 10.8, which is old now. Editing HD takes a good video card to do. My old laptop won't even edit HD, because it tells me the video card doesn't have enough ram. The amount of frames is the same 30fps on play back for all recording modes. So if you record in 210fps, playback is still 30fps, that's how you get the slo-mo effect. In all slo-mo modes, there is no sound recorded. And in HD zoom mode, there is no sound recorded.(I hate that fact).
Recording in youtube mode gives the best resolution for playback on youtube, but I think in slo-mo the clips come out shorter.

And how the heck do you video and drive at the same time?
I tried driving my rowboat, and the RC at the same time, While having a helmet cam clipped to my hat, it was not all that much fun, LOL.

[Jesse J]

video and drive sucks.

I got me a high speed flash card on the way, hoping to solve the herky jerky.

Got some vid to rival yours - did you see?