Another newbee question ! Will this prop work on my UL1 ?

[dereckg]

Im headen out when my wife gets in now !! She wants to see it go ! If she likes it I will have to build her a boat too !! My whole family gets in2 rc's ! Wifes side in2 real drag cars!! her father has a 70 chevelle brother has a 70 camaro cousin has a 69 chevelle other cousin has a 65 chevelle and her nephew building a 71 nova ! They go to different tracks thru out the summer ! We go to Lebonon NY with them every May !

[Heaving Earth]

It's your money man.
Why do you use an exclamation point at the end of every statement! It's kinda weird! Are you shouting!?!?

[dereckg]

Guess its the way i type New to typeing Dont know how old you are but when I went to school the computer class was a comodor 64 I dont use computers for anything at work Im not offending anyone am I if so I appologiz i thought yelling was capped letters

[Heaving Earth]

Lol it's not offensive man, just kinda weird. Let us know how it goes with the ul1

[dereckg]

thnx for the advise guys and will be on later Gona try and have wife shoot some video and post 2nite

[dereckg]

So I take the UL down to the water ! Its deffinatly faster now but seems to be going into thermal shut down ?? Is it possible to drill out port in rudder to allow more water flow ?? I tried several prop depth settings ! What is the best place to start for depth ?? How do I measure or where do I measure from

[dereckg]

And no I didnt run the 235 prop

[Heaving Earth]

I used to run mine all the way up. As for your rudder, best thing is to file the front edge of the blade sharp, the use small round file to bring the hole to the front edge of the blade. No need to drill.

[dereckg]

Thnx i will try that

[dereckg]

So !! I learned yet another hard rc boating fact yesterday evening ! What I thought was a thermal shut down is actually my lvc I only get 4 to 5 min run time out of my UL wow long way away from my car and truck times Help me out here what electric boat or system do I need to buy so I can get at least 15 min. run time? Lets hear it guys any and all sugestions are welcome Im going to be back on later have a bday party for nephew 2day ! Just looking for the longest run time with some speed !!

[jamie]

No offence mate but you shouldnt try for 15 minute runtimes. Your either going to blow stuff up until you read and learn about this stuff or get sick of it and leave the sport. Boats are way different than RC cars, they use way more battery power. 5 minutes is plenty and you should be checking temps and volts after that time anyway. Then when you have a good read on your setup you can stretch it out a couple minutes more maybe, but i would think thats about it. Run the largest MAH batteries you can in parallel for good runtime and to give you extra headroom. Good luck.

[dana]

I agree.

[dereckg]

Thnx guys ! Its deffinatly a whole different monster ! Wont be leaving the sport anytime soon ! Going to look at a gasser I found ! Has a 26cc motor. That should get me closer to the run times im looking for. tell me this, how many batteries do you bring to play for the day ? Im thinking I will need a min of ten batteries ?? Being that the UL needs two to run.Thinkig cooldown time and recharge time without wackn batteries too hard! Deffinatly going to grab some less aggresive props. That should increase my run time a little?

[highflyerbill]

To get one of those big weed whacker boats to go as fast or even close to the speeds of your UL1 you are going to need some deep pockets . I mean very deep ! but yes they will run for hours on a tank of gas .

[dereckg]

The one im looking to grab is suppose to be good for 45 to 50 mph ! Been told he has around 1300.00 invested into the boat After the initial 900 he spent on the stock kit ! Giving me a chance to test drive it this weekend b4 I buy He said a tank last around 25 min. !