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So she had her maiden voyages today. Some minor issues, but a raging success overall! We were running a 2-lap event (just stopwatches, nothing too fancy), so my first ever run was a timed run. So much for doing a couple of laps and bringing her in...... Well, she just flew! Steering is eerily fast, but never bucked or anything, just ran as hard as I could drive. The first run was pretty conservative, gave the buoys a wide berth, but still managed a good time (19 something seconds, 2 laps @ about 220m/lap).
When it came in, I could se that the booms had slid across in one drirection, so I need to nip the collars up tighter. I also lost my nice H5 prop as it came in - the thrust must have kept it on the shaft under power, but when I backed off it dropped off
Temps were fine in the first run so I bolted my H7 on, turned the steering throw down a bit and tried again. Whoa, the H7 is awesome! She was noticeably faster but still handled brilliantly. Went a little closer to the buoys this time and managed an 18.48s for the 2 laps (only 0.2s off the 6 cell hydro record). So I'm very happy. Next tweak is to bump the timing up on the ESC (it's set at low, which is about 5 degrees on the Etti, I prefer about 12-15 on the 1Y). Then I"ll start grovelling for help on props
I have a video of the first run, so I'll upload that in a few hours. My little picklefork in the background managed 25.00s for the 2 laps, which is a new class record too!
When it came in, I could se that the booms had slid across in one drirection, so I need to nip the collars up tighter. I also lost my nice H5 prop as it came in - the thrust must have kept it on the shaft under power, but when I backed off it dropped off
Temps were fine in the first run so I bolted my H7 on, turned the steering throw down a bit and tried again. Whoa, the H7 is awesome! She was noticeably faster but still handled brilliantly. Went a little closer to the buoys this time and managed an 18.48s for the 2 laps (only 0.2s off the 6 cell hydro record). So I'm very happy. Next tweak is to bump the timing up on the ESC (it's set at low, which is about 5 degrees on the Etti, I prefer about 12-15 on the 1Y). Then I"ll start grovelling for help on props
I have a video of the first run, so I'll upload that in a few hours. My little picklefork in the background managed 25.00s for the 2 laps, which is a new class record too!
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