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Hi there guys and gals im couple years in to boats and picked up a new mini cat racing hydro boat and im just wondering on set up tips ,,,im having nose dive issues and all electronics are set to factory specs
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Nose Dive---when? These hydros typically do that as you launch them, you need to blip the throttle and the instant the nose goes up give full throttle. In fact I have to do that to many hydros , the UL-1 comes to mind particularly. Once you get the hang of it, it will be no big deal.
Once it's on plane you should not have this issue, there isn't much room for the battery to be placed in the wrong spot---meaning that you can't be that far off with regard to your COG.
Hope this helps.Too many boats, not enough time...
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I just picked up one of these and I am loving it. Tlandauer is correct, almost all hydro's you need to blip the throttle sometimes to get it to launch off. Only trouble I have is a little cavitation sometimes but it's an rpm thing so it pretty much comes right out of it. I have put an x435 on mine and she glides very nicely.Comment
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Tlandauer thanx for that it is when slow down and try and take off was my first run with it so will try keeping her ontop of the water it way just a rocket compared to my king of shaves p1 ........Comment
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sloHD what position to u have your batteryin ? and what type are u running in yours ? when nose was up this thing just flew im liking it so far :)
ps thanx for pics i luv the silver and do u find the bigger water lines helpComment
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thanx i like it so far got to run a pack it was just kinda frustrating when kept dipping when slowed down im going to do as u guy say next time at lake and just not b a p... on throtle lolComment
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hi thanx for your help ..do u have a ul1 i was looking at those ??Comment
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Actually the lines you see are the smaller 3mm ID line from kintec. The bigger 4mm line would not work on the tenshock esc without zip ties or barbs, so I'm just using 3mm ID line for now. I just like the look of the transom rings. :) But the water flow is great no matter what.
I'm using a zippy flightmax 3s 2200mah 25c lipo. It fits nice and snug and doesn't move around, but it's still easy to get in and out.
Below is a quick measurement. Roughly 40mm from the front edge of the canopy opening. Also I have put 20g's of lead in the right sponson to help even out the weight from the lipo.Comment
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Oh yea, loving the pink as well! My daughter would love it. LolComment
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ya it growing on my guy bought for his wife and was to fast so he told me all about boat till he got here and was hot pink lol ,i tell u tho it was easy to see when driving compared to my white king of shave ... what other boats to u own ??Comment
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Nice! I really like that hull! For now I have a mystic29, a brushless miss elam, and the micro hydro, oh and a strx-9 for fun in the pool with my kids.Comment
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the miss elam s look nice i have the king of shaves ,micro hydro (pinky) , and am working on my first build a 31" rico mono just trying to decide what system i want to go with and then hit the GO button heres few picsComment
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Hey Newbie. I have to Micro Hydros. One CF and the other fiberglass. These little boat are a blast to run. What I have found to be the best position so it doesn't dive down is I position the electronics to the spec sheet and adjust my battery to where the center of gravity is inline with the motor mount. Also I use 3s 2100/2200 mah 25c lipos and occasionally a 4s 1600mah for a little more excitement.Comment
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thanx for help im gona try and hit lake today and try everyones tips and see hw this little beast goes lol ...........did u do any counter wieghts with this set up ??? braka69Comment
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