Ul1?

[macz]

I;m thinking of getting rid of my traxxas summit to put towards a new ul1..I have a pretty big retaining pond behind my house which is perfect...are these decent for just blasting around?

[Doby]

As long as you only want to turn right...its probably the best boat around in a RTR package.

[Gunny]

These are fun fast little buggers. Straight out of box I was running 40mph. With the Octura x440 2 blade I was 43.8mph. Just ran her over the weekend with the Grimracer 40 x 57 3, and in windy/choppy conditions ran a 48.7mph. I'm hoping on a flat calm day she'll hit the 50+ mark.

I just re-skinned her, here's a pic...
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[macz]

would these be good batteries for it? http://cgi.ebay.com/ZIPPY-5000mAh-2S...item2eb384f1f8

[Gunny]

Those would be fine. I use a set of Turnigy 2s 20c 5000mah and a set of Turnigy 2s 40c 5000mah. So your good to go.

[macz]

I like the summit I just don't run it that much so was gonna use the money to fund a FE...I had a BJ 26 but it kept granading my promatch 6 cell nimh's batts...maybe bad esc or something...is the ul-1 pretty trouble free? Is this the best boat for the money outta all the FE's? Do I need a lipo programmer or is it set up outta the box?

[Diesel6401]

would these be good batteries for it? http://cgi.ebay.com/ZIPPY-5000mAh-2S...item2eb384f1f8

Instead of buying from ebay buy directly from the source HK... http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_index.asp

*The higher the "C" rating the better.

[Gunny]

Instead of buying from ebay buy directly from the source HK... http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_index.asp

*The higher the "C" rating the better.

Yep, do that. You can get the Turnigy 20c 5000mah at a good price. 40c's for that extra bit of juice too.

[Diesel6401]

Yep, do that. You can get the Turnigy 20c 5000mah at a good price. 40c's for that extra bit of juice too.

The amp amount the batts can deliver was my reason for the higher c rating. A 40c 5000mah has twice the amp amount as a 5000 20c...

[macz]

Ok my traxxas summit is on fleebay...so gonna buy the ul-1 and I think a zigzag racer/recovery boat..the zigzag racer did a good job pushing my bj26 back to land wit the bumper...I know it's not the boating season but I lreally like the look of the ul-1 and my summit money should cover the bill for both boats:)

[macz]

Are they still having esc cap issues?

[Jpope]

Macz, listen to the people on here, most of them speak from past experience. i just bought one today and i must say, i'm hooked. this thing runs great straight out of the box!! I bought it at 10am this morning and have run it all day with no issue's. well worth the 300 bucks