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My Blizzard outrigger seems to be a pretty stout boat. It handles really well, is pretty fast and I havent had any real issues with it.
Im looking for advice to squeeze more performance out of her. Im not looking to really replace/try anything but maybe prop (unless there is good reason). So this is more of a setup situation.
Leopard 3650 3900 KV
Hobbywing 120A ESC
Sky Lipo 4000mah 3S1p 40C
5.5 castle bullets (going to switch out real soon)
3/16" stepped to 1/8" propshaft w/ .130 cable
Octura X632 by m4a1usr (not sure what all he did to this gem but its nice
The boat is setup just like I pulled it off the table. The bottom of the strut is flat/even with the bottom of the skis and sitting on the sponsons. The boat wants to pull to the right. Even in flat water it will start to hop a bit when I adjust with the rudder.
Strut:
In some light wind/chop I was able to get 55.9 mph in these conditions. Today the pond was almost glass. The rigger ran EXCELLENT but my speed was only slightly more- 56.5 mph.
Only worthy thing to note is I have had the Castle 5.5's desolder and loose tension. I noticed when I brought the boat in you could easily twist the male connector in the female. This tells me while there is spring tension there is not much contact area at all.
Heres the video's:
Chop/wind
Flat/calm
After Run/temps
Im looking for advice to squeeze more performance out of her. Im not looking to really replace/try anything but maybe prop (unless there is good reason). So this is more of a setup situation.
Leopard 3650 3900 KV
Hobbywing 120A ESC
Sky Lipo 4000mah 3S1p 40C
5.5 castle bullets (going to switch out real soon)
3/16" stepped to 1/8" propshaft w/ .130 cable
Octura X632 by m4a1usr (not sure what all he did to this gem but its nice
The boat is setup just like I pulled it off the table. The bottom of the strut is flat/even with the bottom of the skis and sitting on the sponsons. The boat wants to pull to the right. Even in flat water it will start to hop a bit when I adjust with the rudder.
Strut:
In some light wind/chop I was able to get 55.9 mph in these conditions. Today the pond was almost glass. The rigger ran EXCELLENT but my speed was only slightly more- 56.5 mph.
Only worthy thing to note is I have had the Castle 5.5's desolder and loose tension. I noticed when I brought the boat in you could easily twist the male connector in the female. This tells me while there is spring tension there is not much contact area at all.
Heres the video's:
Chop/wind
Flat/calm
After Run/temps
