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Brought the Zelos down with us on vacation. The water here is really rough and its difficult to cruise in the nearby cove at anything faster than low 40's. I may have overshot the motor spec during the design phase for its intended purpose. Everything ran cool enough at 50% throttle on my smaller 2114 prop, so not really any issue I guess. The boat landed relatively level as it jumped from swell to swell. I was worried it might turn into a submarine very quickly in those conditions. Got a chance to take the boats to the city beach cove which is relatively sheltered from the main channel and much calmer, especially in the morning. I ran 80 pretty consistently and my buddy's gas 70" CRC fountain did a best of 51mph while testing several props. I had a good flip near the end of my run and it completely sheared off the rudder. It was a Chinese dual pick-up rudder I got from RC Boatbitz so I'm not all that surprised given the weight of the boat fully loaded. I'm going to retrofit a Speedmaster dual pick-up replacement blade now that I know the general size was a good match. Would still like to try a smaller prop too, possibly an Octura with more lift.
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