I need help with my geico 29!!!!!!!!! Please

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  • rude5150
    Senior Member
    • Feb 2014
    • 339

    #1

    I need help with my geico 29!!!!!!!!! Please

    I cant make her run full speed with out her flipping?? any suggestions???I NEED SOME ADVISE........ I need a way to control power .
  • photohoward1
    Fast Electric Addict!
    • Mar 2009
    • 1610

    #2
    Tell us your set-up. Lets see some pictures of it too. inside and out.

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    • rude5150
      Senior Member
      • Feb 2014
      • 339

      #3
      TP4050 2220KV SEAKING 180 WITH EXTRA CAP BANKS. Also off steering on hull. posting pics later.

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      • ray schrauwen
        Fast Electric Addict!
        • Apr 2007
        • 9471

        #4
        Have you blueprinted the sponsons yet? This will help a bit. If you also try to modify the transoms of the sponsons so they are closer to 90 degrees the water will not try to stick to the transom(s) as much.

        Adding weight forward or pushing packs forward may also help.
        Nortavlag Bulc

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        • rude5150
          Senior Member
          • Feb 2014
          • 339

          #5
          Blue printing helps. Before it bounced at half throttle with lipo forward. Check out second video with battery at the sweet spot. It seems bounce free, winds was about 14 mph.

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          • Luck as a Constant
            Make Total Destroy
            • Mar 2014
            • 1952

            #6
            Where is your strut and what prop


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            • kfxguy
              Fast Electric Addict!
              • Oct 2013
              • 8746

              #7
              Your fighting a losing battle. That hull packs a lot of air. Your going to spend lots of time tuning it. First thing I suggest is a method of recovery. Your going to have lots of blow overs with that hull. I recommend building yourself a recovery boat. Then, you need glue everything in place on the inside of that hull better. On about my 10th blowover it all came detached. I think it's held in with Elmers school glue lol. You cannot run into the wind..blow over city right there. Angle your prop down a touch at a time. You'll lose some speed for the same throttle input but it looks like to me your not giving it full throttle much anyway. What prop are you running? Mine liked an x642 and an m645.
              32" carbon rivercat single 4s 102mph, 27” mini Rivercat 92mph, kbb34 91mph, jessej micro cat(too fast) was

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              • rude5150
                Senior Member
                • Feb 2014
                • 339

                #8
                M447. I also reinforced hull by adding fiberglass resin inside.how fast do u think I am going now?
                Last edited by rude5150; 04-22-2014, 08:12 PM.

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                • Luck as a Constant
                  Make Total Destroy
                  • Mar 2014
                  • 1952

                  #9
                  Ok well, how high is your strut?


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                  • Luck as a Constant
                    Make Total Destroy
                    • Mar 2014
                    • 1952

                    #10
                    what I'm getting at is, if the prop is too large and/or too depp, it can really dig in and want to make your boat a plane.
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                    • rude5150
                      Senior Member
                      • Feb 2014
                      • 339

                      #11
                      My strut is about level with the sponson and I raised ot an 1/8 up so it dont touch ground. How fast do you think im going in video?

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                      • rude5150
                        Senior Member
                        • Feb 2014
                        • 339

                        #12
                        Is there any one out there with similar problem? Is the the same case with blackjack 29?

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                        • rude5150
                          Senior Member
                          • Feb 2014
                          • 339

                          #13
                          Know what. My boat probably is ok. In both video's its windy and I drove my boat in the wind. It is suppose to flip. I will take the advise and try smaller prop. Anyone in the NJ area wanna race?

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                          • Luck as a Constant
                            Make Total Destroy
                            • Mar 2014
                            • 1952

                            #14
                            Raise the strut up to like 3/16 and try. You'll prolly gain speed and handling.


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                            • rude5150
                              Senior Member
                              • Feb 2014
                              • 339

                              #15
                              Interesting.ill try that. I love that m447 prop. Can you answer me on my question of how fast do you think my boat is going.

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