newb question on running wet?

[Rumdog]

Something with your setup is still off here. Your boat should be plenty fast with the 9xl.

[chummer]

ok so I tossed her in the water with 0 deg. strut and she was still slow....so I for kicks added some downward degrees to the stinger to get more of the prop in the water and for some odd reason it helped a lot so this actually is supposed to push more of the bow into the water and make it run more wet but makes no sense to me.My 15 deg timing was taken down to 7 but made hardly any difference.in the pics the previous owner marked 25 to 30 % markings on the hatch seam area so I was told to move my batteries more towards the back as much as I can but why does he have % markings up to 30% on it for the batteries? and I want more speed so I may try going to a 2050kv motor in it instead of the 9xl

Did you try going pos. (up) from 0 with the stinger in small adjustments? Did you make sure there is a 1/8"-3/16" gap between your drive dog and stinger like Rumdog suggested? In your pics. it looks like it is touching your stinger.

[driftah]

in the pic the drive dog is touching but I have corrected that so I have the 1/8 req'd as per normal.It is odd I find that when I adjust the prop upwards it sounds like the prop is spinning half air half water and not much speed,but when I drop it 2 deg down from neutral it goes better wetter.I am confused also where to keep the batteries in this everyone says far back but I have seen setups in front of the motor side by side which would make me want to change the stinger angle as well to compensate back...this thing is pissin me off I agree that a 9xl should be tossin her around...arrrgh.I wish I had a baseline here lol maybe

[chummer]

Ship it to me..LOL.

[chummer]

in the pic the drive dog is touching but I have corrected that so I have the 1/8 req'd as per normal.It is odd I find that when I adjust the prop upwards it sounds like the prop is spinning half air half water and not much speed,but when I drop it 2 deg down from neutral it goes better wetter.I am confused also where to keep the batteries in this everyone says far back but I have seen setups in front of the motor side by side which would make me want to change the stinger angle as well to compensate back...this thing is pissin me off I agree that a 9xl should be tossin her around...arrrgh.I wish I had a baseline here lol maybe

Battery placement depends on where your COG is. Sometimes you need to run them forward more and sometimes you need to run them rearwards.

Are you sure you understand COG correctly?

Is this a DF or a knockoff? Does it measure 29.5"

[driftah]

ya man I am almost ready to ship it somewhere 500 bucks later maybe I got in over my head as I can make my sv fly by droppin ul-1 stuff in it with a s+b prop lmao sssssimple.Admittedly I am impatient and just want it to rip...asap maybe I will play again tomorrow and fri afternoon shux.Shoulda just grabbed a pursuit from jan and tossed my batteries in it haha

[chummer]

You are located in Hamilton. Correct?

[driftah]

yes Im in hamilton.ya cog is a percentage of the actual length of the hull usually from the transom measured forward and is the point of balance for the hull.The hull is a genuine df29 for sure yes.the previous owner had this thing runnin 6s and now Im runnin 4s so maybe I expected too much of it? he had markings I guess for cog at 25%,30% and 33% so I dont know if that affects stinger angle as well because if I add weight forward it will bring more of the prop out of the water ...correct ? causing the boat to run more wet.Ya the closest boat guys to me are doby and lipo power out at their pond in kitchener.....I may ask one of them to help me before things freeze

[Flying Scotsman]

He was running 6S, was he also from Ontario?

Douggie

[driftah]

no he was from usa I forget where now.ya 6s it was fasssst and on youtube lol ya 6s2p and a hull full of batteries apparently ah well

[Flying Scotsman]

If that is the original motor, replace it with a new 9XL and talk to Doby he knows FE boating, even, if he is from Ontario...his saving grace is he does not live in Toronto (the centre of the universe)

Douggie

[AlanN]

The trim tabs in the first shot are way too low on the hull. Raise them up a 1/16" to 1/8" from the bottom of the hull. Run them neutral and adjust a little down at a time.

ps swing back or up your left turn fin too.