Not my best day at the pond

[ozzie-crawl]

for the sake of about $50 have you thought of trying a himodel 200a
i and others have given some of these hell and there still going, yes you here of a few going bad but hear just as many if not more hydras going up in smoke

[bustitup]

if your hydra 240 is an LV castle will take it no matter how badley damaged and give you a new one for $150

Prognosis.... HYdra 240 Shagged ( no surprise there) one of the internal wires had come off and shorted, and as for the NEU 1521 1y, its just the bearings than need replacing,

outcome $200 for a new 240
$20 for bearing
Bottle of johnny for the fixer

Not too bad an outcome. Still not sure if this caper is worth it, still trying to work out if i can ever race, if no then i'm probably out, give it a couple of weeks and see.

But if anyone is seriously intrested in a BBY CF rigger RTR @ 120kph, PM me. it might help me make up my mind,

[Apples1]

if your hydra 240 is an LV castle will take it no matter how badley damaged and give you a new one for $150

Bugger!

But with the excahange rate it is close to 200AUD anyhow, but will keep it in mind for future, what are the likely hood of getting a new one under warranty?

i am possibley a little clost to the 200amps to be trying a himodel 200 amper, but will keep it in mind if i decide to reprop.

Should get all the internals back by early next week and on the water the weekend after.

[sailr]

Of all the hobbies I've been into, boats are the biggest biatch of all (well, never flew helis and I won't!). Airplanes are easy, relaxing, reliable. Not sure what it is about boats and then add the element of 'electric' and it can become a nightmare. Every time I go run I swear I'll never run another boat. Haha. I think we just like to be punished.

[Apples1]

Of all the hobbies I've been into, boats are the biggest biatch of all (well, never flew helis and I won't!). Airplanes are easy, relaxing, reliable. Not sure what it is about boats and then add the element of 'electric' and it can become a nightmare. Every time I go run I swear I'll never run another boat. Haha. I think we just like to be punished.

I hear Ya Brother.

[sailr]

I wish they would come out with a water cooled version!

for the sake of about $50 have you thought of trying a himodel 200a
i and others have given some of these hell and there still going, yes you here of a few going bad but hear just as many if not more hydras going up in smoke

[screwball]

today i went to run my micro scat cat bl for the first time and since i live on a nature preserve their are nature trails running all through it, so i hopped on my dads atv and road down to the river but since their was a huge lightning storm the other day a giant tree was down in the middle of the path so i had to ride through the brush were i got numerous ticks i kept on going down to the river and when i finally got their i went through a check and my strut breaks so i head home but i cant get the atv started so that takes me like 10 minutes and then i head home

i take a shower and find like 3 ticks on my legs, later i decide to take out my hpi savage i drive that for like 5 minutes then a little black plastic piece breaks that connects to the throttle

needless to say JB-WELD TO THE RESCUE!!!!! lol


-James

[Simon.O.]

Well that was not so much fun.
I was running the cat with a K40 and pulling around the 40mph mark when there was a big ball of water and out of came a floating wreck.
It was drivable back to the launch area and came home so all is good.

This is my oldest operational Balsa boat and was built when I was running 23 turn brushed cans on 6 Ni cells.
It has had a few small cosmetic changes and has served me well. It is clear that this one will not be repaired and I will now replace it.

Matt among others have always warned me of the limitations of balsa and I knew all along that this was on borrowed time running nuts out BL setups.

I am now on the hunt for a glass cat about 18"-22" long. A cheap Chinese hull will do the job so long as it looks nice.

This one is done !!

[CornelP]

Make sure you clean it and keep it on display...
Next time: fiberglass it!!!