AQ MC Bobbing at WOT...Video Help.

[DjFlipNautikz]

OK so i was running my Motley Crew this weekend and had a great time but i noticed my boat bobbing. Look at the video i posted between 0:25 - 0:28 and betwwen 0:35 - 0:38 is what i am talking about.

[brooks93]

looks like the strut maybe a bit to deep and or angled up a little bit.

[dana]

looks like the strut maybe a bit to deep and or angled up a little bit.

try moving the strut all the way up

[dana]

nice pond there tho… looks quiet...

[brooks93]

I wouldn't move it all the way up as it looks like its close to being right but check your angle. should be neutral not upward or downward angle. if thats good then raise your strut about 1/16 to 1/8th at a time. it should settle down.

[DjFlipNautikz]

Thanks, i was visiting my mother-in-law in Lehigh Acres, FL and found the lake...it was nice.

That day was windy and when i was going WOT against the wind i had a blow over.

I had the strut level with the sponsoons and have probably raised it about 3/16 upwards already so you think i should raise it some more?

[brooks93]

where is your center of gravity at? maybe try shifting your cells forward a 1 inch and try again.

[brooks93]

most cats that I ran I had the strut around 1/4 to 3/16 up from the bottom of the sponsons. If your in that range its a CG issue in my opinion.

Have you changed the prop?

[dana]

I do too brooks. But I'm not sure how far an mc strut will go up, so I say, go all the way. My mean machine, the bottom of my strut is 1/4 higher than bottom of my sponsons. At first I had it level with the sponsons, and when I moved it up all the way up, it was like night and day

[brooks93]

I know what your saying dana and agree to a point. Some might take moving all the way as putting the strut against the underside of the tunnel which would not be ideal. From the looks in the video it doesn't look like its that far off from being perfect. A small adjustment in the CG or strut height should do the trick. Raising it to the tunnel seems (to me) like to much of a change for the way the boat is running currently.

[DjFlipNautikz]

Ok i will do what a few changes and see how it goes. I really don't know where my COG is. I just put my batteries a little more towards the back and also put them outwards.

i will do a new video once i make a few adjustments. Thanks for the help

[brooks93]

good luck.

[brooks93]

how did it run?

[jeepme]

Id start by moving the batteries foward about an inch. Mine did the same thing with batteries all the way back.