Shockwave-M Rebuild - 26" FE

[Raylon]

So I bought my little MHZ Shockwave-M about 6 or 7 years ago. Ran it for a few years, probably put a thousand batts through it, and then it has set in my closet for 2 years due to moving and just not having time in general. So over the past week I pulled it out and have been fixing it back up. Restored the batts to fully functioning, cleaned the dust out, regreased everything, got the ol 27mhz AM radio replenished with 8 AA batteries. Life was good. Took it out to the pond yesterday and after 18 minutes of cruising it died. And it was sitting low in the water. Really low.

So I pulled it out and it was full to the brim with water. One of my cooling lines to the ESC had come off and I hadn't noticed my flow of water had stopped. Oops. SO I think I fried just about everything. I imagine the motor still works. The ESC just makes funny noises. I hope the Rx died. Now I need some advice. I've been out of the game for close to 3 years now, I have no idea what is going on. I looked around for a while but I can't really figure out what I need/want. Hobbyking used to not be that great with ESC's and had no radios, but now they have quite a few of both. Here is the setup I have right now on the boat:

Castle Barracuda 80
Feigao 540 10XL motor
2s 5800mAh and occasionally 3s 4900mAh

I don't really have a need for speed I like my 20 minute runtimes with no craziness. I can let other people drive all day long and have no fear of super fast speeds. Top speed is maybe 30.

I don't have a huge budget but would love to get a new radio system and a new ESC for the boat. Would like to spend $150 tops. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for those that can help!

[kfxguy]

Fly sky radio and a SeaKing 120 esc

[revoltrunner]

dry out the motor , esc and rx with a hair dryer the best you can
then stick then in a covered container full of rice for a couple days.
you might be surprised how well that works.
it's worked for me.

[Raylon]

I am definitely going to do that, but part of me still wants to replace those two big parts. I can't stand my huge whippy antenna and I am just waiting for the day those caps pop on the ESC now that it's about 8 years old. I'd rather get it out of there rather than burn of the inside of the boat and make it smell horrible forever.

I checked out some of the Flysky radios, there are a bunch. Is the GT3-B a good model? Seems the GT3-C has had some issues.

[Spartanator]

I would go for the upgraded parts. Looks like a cool hull!
The Traxxas radio stuff is cheap and it offers telemetry, you can even have a rechargeable TX battery!

[Raylon]

Ended up getting a Seaking 120 v3, and a FlySky radio. Should be here Monday. Also bought some parts to make the boat look a little cleaner. I wish there was a was to take decals off easily. The previous owner did a pretty shoddy job of applying them and would like to take a bunch off.

[tlandauer]

Which Flysky did you get?
Just a heads up, you need to reverse the throttle channel on your Flysky radio, at least that was what I had to do with my GT3-B.
The boat looks good on the picture, I had wanted one of these since I noticed MHZ USA was out of stock and then they folded. Are you keeping the old motor?
I have the V2 of the Seaking 120, a very reliable unit, good move.

[Raylon]

I got the GT-3B also. I will definitely make sure I get correct throttle reversal set up. Hull is pretty nice I like it a lot. Yep gunna keep the motor. Nothing wrong with it yet.

[Raylon]

So I got everything in the mail today. All looks awesome and have already attempted to set all the electronics up. But for the life of me I cannot get the damn Seaking 120A v3 to program. I can't do it via the programming card or via the throttle. I notice there are three prongs sticking out of the ESC, do I have to use those to program instead of the throttle connection?

[revoltrunner]

this should help you

http://www.falconsekido.com/pages/download

[Raylon]

this should help you
http://www.falconsekido.com/pages/download

Doesn't. Followed directions precisely as they say, but still does nothing. I can't program with Tx or the programming card.

[iop65]

removing the decals becomes a bit easier when you warm them with an hairdryer ,if there aren't below a clearcoat of course
removing the glue from decals: i use isopropanol or white spirit

[revoltrunner]

if your esc has a external program port you have to
plug the card into that to program it.

[Raylon]

So my ESC does have three pins sticking out of it, do I have to make a rig to connect the three pins to the card? Still doesn't explain why the ESC doesn't program with the Tx.

[revoltrunner]

can you post a pic of the esc