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I just purchased this boat on Sunday and have mixed reviews...
My first outing was Sunday night, after bringing the boat home I put the 7.2 (6) cell battery it came with on my charger (not the cheap charger it came with), while I went thru the boat, checking all the hardware, re-securing the electronics with better Velcro and what not. After the battery said it was charged, I let it cool down then headed down to the lake, I was pretty excited because the people at the hobby shop said this was a great boat for the price and I would be happy with it. So I put the boat in the water and away we go...or so I thought, lol...the boat would only run with intermediate bursts, then die, after playing with the throttle trim on the remote for a bit and trying anything I knew, boat wouldn't go. So I headed back up to the house, to do some investigation. Somewhere online I read that sometimes the battery may give a false peak during the initial charge. So I figured that was my problem. Needless to say I was kinda disappointed that night.
Monday morning I put the battery on my charger and actually cycled the battery (discharge / charge) two times, it took a while but it seemed to have worked, checked the volts on the battery after it was done and cooled down and it read 9.2v. I then also charged one of my 7 cells from another RC I have to take it just to try it out. Down to the lake I go. I put the 6-cell in, and this time the boat would move consistently, but it didn't even have enough power to plane out, it was the speed of about a toys r us tyco boat, very disappointed at that point. So I brought the boat back to the dock and switched the battery to the 7-cell I brought....and wow, what a difference, that's how I expected the boat to run, I know it wasn't gonna be brushless/lipo fast, but I at least expected it to be fun. At that point I was finally happy with my purchase.
So I have two questions:
1. Can the supplied battery just be a bad battery? Should I try cycling it again on the charger?
2. After running the 7-cell for about 5 minutes, I brought the boat in just to check things out, make sure it wasn't getting too hot and make sure it wasn't taking on water, and the motor and battery were both very hot to the touch, almost not touchable hot. Is this normal? The manual says the stock motor and esc can handle up to an 8-cell battery.
Sorry for the long post, and the newbie questions. I am pretty familiar with rc cars and trucks, but this is my very first boat.
Thanks!!
My first outing was Sunday night, after bringing the boat home I put the 7.2 (6) cell battery it came with on my charger (not the cheap charger it came with), while I went thru the boat, checking all the hardware, re-securing the electronics with better Velcro and what not. After the battery said it was charged, I let it cool down then headed down to the lake, I was pretty excited because the people at the hobby shop said this was a great boat for the price and I would be happy with it. So I put the boat in the water and away we go...or so I thought, lol...the boat would only run with intermediate bursts, then die, after playing with the throttle trim on the remote for a bit and trying anything I knew, boat wouldn't go. So I headed back up to the house, to do some investigation. Somewhere online I read that sometimes the battery may give a false peak during the initial charge. So I figured that was my problem. Needless to say I was kinda disappointed that night.
Monday morning I put the battery on my charger and actually cycled the battery (discharge / charge) two times, it took a while but it seemed to have worked, checked the volts on the battery after it was done and cooled down and it read 9.2v. I then also charged one of my 7 cells from another RC I have to take it just to try it out. Down to the lake I go. I put the 6-cell in, and this time the boat would move consistently, but it didn't even have enough power to plane out, it was the speed of about a toys r us tyco boat, very disappointed at that point. So I brought the boat back to the dock and switched the battery to the 7-cell I brought....and wow, what a difference, that's how I expected the boat to run, I know it wasn't gonna be brushless/lipo fast, but I at least expected it to be fun. At that point I was finally happy with my purchase.
So I have two questions:
1. Can the supplied battery just be a bad battery? Should I try cycling it again on the charger?
2. After running the 7-cell for about 5 minutes, I brought the boat in just to check things out, make sure it wasn't getting too hot and make sure it wasn't taking on water, and the motor and battery were both very hot to the touch, almost not touchable hot. Is this normal? The manual says the stock motor and esc can handle up to an 8-cell battery.
Sorry for the long post, and the newbie questions. I am pretty familiar with rc cars and trucks, but this is my very first boat.
Thanks!!
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