ejimbo4
08-21-2011, 02:58 PM
I ordered a Impulse31 and was actually one of the first ones to get one and it is my first boat! It has been sitting on my workbench for a few weeks now because I was sent a defective hull and I am still waiting on my new one but I managed to squeeze some silicone up in the hole I found up in the stuffing tube and did a temporary fix! I am having knee surgery tomorrow so me and the wife just took it to the lake and man o man am I hooked now!!!! I ran it stock with a x445 prop and 2-5000mah 40c turnigy packs and boy did that thing move!!! I didn't get any video because I had the wife in the kayak paddling around for my retrieval system (which was a good thing because I flipped it over twice :banana: ) and what a great retrieval system she is :rockon2: Like I said this is my first boat (I have been into trucks for a few years) but I just can't believe how fast and smooth t'his boat is! My hull stayed completely dry, not a drop of water so now I just have one question.... I ran it for about 4 minutes and temped it and the motor was at 108 and esc 146.... does that sound about right? There was a little wave action from boats so it wasn't wide open for to long so I really couldn't tell if the porpising was from COG or waves but I will figure it out after I recover from my knee.
I also just want to say thanks to everyone for being patient with my newb questions and that this is awesome forum! I am a member at beatyourtruck.com which is a very family/user friendly forum with a great bunch of very helpful people over there and they are the one's that recommended this site. Thanx to EVERYONE :cool2:
This is a pic of the hole in the tube the way it came from factory........not a easy one but I Mcgyvered it!
http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab116/770ejimbo3/RC%20Boat/DSC02995.jpg
I also just want to say thanks to everyone for being patient with my newb questions and that this is awesome forum! I am a member at beatyourtruck.com which is a very family/user friendly forum with a great bunch of very helpful people over there and they are the one's that recommended this site. Thanx to EVERYONE :cool2:
This is a pic of the hole in the tube the way it came from factory........not a easy one but I Mcgyvered it!
http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab116/770ejimbo3/RC%20Boat/DSC02995.jpg