New Ride Pads on the UL-1

[tlandauer]

Thanks! I have only used the Air Foil that is developed by http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/pro...1-foil&cat=123
To be honest with you, I never obtained speeds greater than 50 mph and so I didn't think that it was necessary to use an air dam between the sponsons. As i said earlier, there was some abnormalities with my sponsons and doing the ride pad helped in some ways but over all I think if people have a hull without these issues they could ( and have) achieve(d) greater speeds. I can use a X642 and it will probably be closer to 50mph but my GPS speed was done on a Grim racer 3 blade 40x52/3 prop. The boat is happier with this prop.
I have a Garmin Etrex but it is too big and heavy for some of the boats i play with, so i have this little unit:http://www.helipal.com/skyrc-gps-log...th.html---keep in mind that while this is an accurate unit, it has a far slower refreshing rate with the satellites and therefore it requires that the boat be driven a longer distance before it will actually record the peak speed.
Recommending this unit is like recommending the FlySky 2.4Ghz radio, one gets alot of flak for doing that. And not without reason, I might add. This unit is light and i bag it in a medicine Ziploc bag ( 4''x3'' size) and just tape it outside the boat if there is no internal space for it, so far it has worked for me. Just don't expect every run you do would yield a recorded max speed for the above mentioned reason.

[fusion_m8]

I have a AQ Lucas Oil and I am thinking about getting the UL-1 also, I read an article regarding hydroplanes able to turn in one direction only. Why is that?

So does it only turn starboard or port?

I have seen a Bu Fatima YouTube video of a yellow AQ UL-1 where the UL-1 could turn left and right without any problem. Has he modified his boat in anyway to allow this?

[tlandauer]

These boats are set up to turn right on the race course (starboard), where as some scale hydro race such as the ERCU turn CCW. On those boats the turn fin is on the port side and also the prop is turning CW as opposed to the conventional CCW prop rotation.
Normally a hydro will turn left but it is more of a slide and yaw motion than a turn without the turn fin on the port side. On certain hull you can turn left below a certain speed threshold as well even with the turn fin on the starboard. My Popeye is one such hull.
If you are racing and turning on full throttle, then a turn fin is needed to aid the turn.
Some rudder is set on the port side to gain leverage ( triangular distance to the turn fin) to further facilitate the starboard turn, but there are hulls with the rudder mounted on the starboard side and they turn right ( star board) just as well. Again, Popeye and a few others come to mind.