Smaller mono choice for windy day water

[jester_s1]

I have a first version Shockwave 26 that I converted to brushless. It's not fast, but it's reliable on the lakes near me. Here in Texas, the wind is always blowing so the water is always choppy. I had a Miss Geico catamaran, and I could only run it on calmer days. I have the itch to go higher performance, so I'm trying to decide what I really need. I see the Delta Force 26, and given it's a lot stiffer and designed for speed I'd expect it to work well. But how about the smaller boats in the 21-23 inch range? Are any of those known for being rough water friendly? I'm not a racer, so I don't need to fit into any particular set of specs.

[Luck as a Constant]

i had a df 26. was a good boat, but not what id call a windy type of rough water boat. did ok in race water with other boats, but if the wind was making heavy chop, not so much.
i like the Aeromarine Titan 29 as a small rough water boat. good to hammer some waves with one of those. little bigger that what you're looking for tho. maybe someone else has some input

[rol243]

how about something a little longer to handle the chop. Deltaforce Cyberstorm or the Deltaforce 33.

[jester_s1]

The cost becomes prohibitive as the boats get bigger. Plus I want to keep it small enough to make storage and transport easy. Like I said in the OP, my Shockwave 26 handles the chop I normally run in fairly well, but I know I can't push the performance much more due to the flimsy hull and hardware.

[Peter A]

Why not try the OSE Raider 25, the hull should be good for some rougher water.

https://www.offshoreelectrics.com/pr...ro-raider-hull

[jester_s1]

I'm curious how the Raider would be better than the Delta Force? Is it the CF floor, or is it something about the design?

[Luck as a Constant]

Why not try the OSE Raider 25, the hull should be good for some rougher water.

https://www.offshoreelectrics.com/pr...ro-raider-hull

Oh yeah! Forgot about that one. That’s perfect

[Luck as a Constant]

I'm curious how the Raider would be better than the Delta Force? Is it the CF floor, or is it something about the design?

Design.

[Bp9145]

If you want to have some fun in choppy waters or not, I say get a self righting boat like a Joysway Offshore infinity. . .on calm waters it can be a rocket depending what motor/esc and if it's too choppy and you flip, you don't have to worry because it's self righting. I have three of them now and I find myself using them more often than the others I have. I let all my friends drive it and I don't have to worry about anything. One of them has a 120A esc with a 2860 motor and it's a rocket. I also have one that I completely gutted it out because I want to put a CF inlay and make it a self righting "over kill" rocket. That's what I'm going to name it when I'm done. . .OVERKILL. . LOL. .So for some fun on rough or calm waters try a self righting boat and you'll love it. BTW, there are several offe offerings of self righting boats. The Joysway Offshore Infinity is just one that I liked a lot.

[jester_s1]

That's a good thought. I was thinking I'd do a flood chamber regardless of what I went with unless it was a self righting design.

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[Norwest]

I see a Joysway on ebay for 160 + 30 for shipping, looks great too.

[boatsrnew2me]

how fast is the sw26?" how fast you want to go? i just bought a volantex vector pro 798-2 800mm boat(thats including hardware ,its about a 26 inch boat) .has a flood chamber .out the box on 4s only 30 mph but with a balanced and sharpened abc 42x55 i got almost 39mph .you can run this flat out in chop ,if it flips over it will self right .
check my video .
its not without faults though 3 out of 3 members i know of had leaking flood chambers(leaking to inside of boat)but once fixed wasnt a issue no longer .this is a plastic boat .but the cost reflects that .212.00 shipped i got mine .40mph is about the limit of the motor esc combo .aside from a dasboata prepped prop this abc 42x55 is king .

[boatsrnew2me]

theres always the recoil 26 from proboat .fine little choppy water boat .expect about 32mph on 3s with a m440 prop .thats what i got out of mine .self righting works good .a blip of the throttle and she flips right over .before i sold mine i threw a 3 blade 440 on it and managed 36 mph .this is a 3s boat .i ran this in chop alot ,flipped it ,barrel rolled it ,jumped it over waves .it likes it rough .
here it is on the m440 running in chop at the lake

[jester_s1]

It looks like I may have found something that will work. A local guy is selling a clone of the DF 31 at a good price. The components in it look good, and I'll get to see it run before paying for it. Assuming I like it after running it a couple of times, I'll probably add a flood chamber so I can run it a little looser and faster. Thanks for all the replies guys. There is a ton of knowledge on this forum.

[rol243]

Thats one of the hulls i mentioned you should look into but it was too big for storage and transport wasn,t it ?