To much prop and the wife says stick with this boat. Suggestions?

[Switch]

Well Guys I moved the packs to the back and raised the strut up 1/4" and wow what a differnce. Much happier guy now I'm still gonna play with the strut placement some more just to fine tune it but it is running like it used to. Thanks a ton guys. And for the record the wife lost I got two new boats this weekend!!!!

[sanyijr]

Switch,

I was running mine this weekend. Stock motor, SF 120 esc and 2 20C 5000 2-cell lipos. I started at 1/4" up on the strut and kept adjusting up. I am just under 1/2" up with a X640. Starting at 1/4" up seemed pretty fast cause I was at 1/8th originally. Added about 1 degree more to 2-3 degrees positive on the strut. Still made it faster/looser but gave great handling. Then upped the strut 1/16th every run till I got to about 7/16ths up. Runs GREAT. Super fast. And, at a certain point, you will hear the rpms really open up. at the (approx) 1/2 mark, my rmps really came loose and gained noticable speed.

Sean

[Switch]

I raised it way up at one point just to see what it would do and it ran horrible took it down from there gradually and bam now it runs great. I might try and add some pitch and see what that does? My strut in the stock position was below the sponsons.

[Fluid]

When I tested the prototype 2 years ago it ran very well with the stock prop when the strut was at or slightly below the sponsons. But the production hull with a more aggressive prop does run better with the strut raised. Glad it is working out for you...


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[sanyijr]

Fluid,

I was surprised by how high the strut would go up and still perform well. Yes, it cavitates for 10 feet, but once it plains, it absolutely rips even with a X640 balancedand razor sharp. The prop is barely touching water at WOT. It might just be my combination of things, but she runs great! Haven't run a 42 mm prop cause my esc and batt connectors are a bit warm and don't want to risk it.... (getting temp gun to measure soon)

Only weird thing (besides the fact that I have 1/3 of the prop in the water at WOT) is that the prop spray at WOT is very big. Don't know how to explain it. But it is all over the place. Big rooster and everything. But it is biting and holding high speed better than at 1/4 and up to 7/16th".