Revolt arrived from Tower - Second batch?

[NissanGTR]

I had some problems with my Motley C from the start and wrote a rather critical review about a month ago.

Because Aquacraft had such great customer service I decided to give the Revolt a shot. (Knowing if something went wrong they would take care of me)

After reading about GR's concerns on their first batch of Revolts I decided to wait until the second batch came rolling in. Well..... It looks like I didn't get one from the new batch or they have not changed anything....?

They are still using the tape that leaves glue all over the hull from the factory. It took me 15 minutes to remove it with goo gone and it still looks hazy.
The receiver and speed control were both loose in the boat. They didn't have any Velcro on them... (I put that balloon you see in the pic over the receiver)

The battery tray looks to be the same flimsy thing. Can you guys let me know if the water pickup is correct or if I need to open it up more?

I'm going to remove the flex shaft and make sure nothing is binding. Add a crap load of GR grease and get it out on the water for it's maiden run today. Wish my stock flex shaft luck!

EDIT: My first run was SHORT! The Flex Shaft Broke... weird since it didn't seem to be binding at all before the run. I lost everything to the blue waters of Lake Michigan.

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[longballlumber]

Based on the Tech Notice, I would pull the water pick-up further forward to the leading edge of the rudder...

http://manuals.hobbico.com/aqu/aqub24-25-tech.pdf

Later,
Mike

[NissanGTR]

That tech notice was not in my box.

[ron1950]

first off let me say id still get a revolt...but....u have to file out the water pick up? all the other things are minor and not a problem to fix.....

[NissanGTR]

So I opened up the water pickup, tightened the rudder screw and was off to the lake.

30 feet into it's maiden the flex shaft broke! NOT AGAIN! Arrrrg. Same thing happened to my MC. I'm out of commission again.... :\

[sturco]

Here's what i did to my new Revolt before it hit the water. After taking everyone's suggestions which were spot on I had a great week of vacation with it at the lake w/o any problems.
1. Per tech notice cleaned up tape & opened up the rudder's water cooling slot.
2. loctite on every pc. of hardware.
3. Epoxied the motor mounts, tube and servo mounts for insurance, no big deal.
4. Installed an OSE upgraded shaft, collet & thrust brg per Steve's suggestions.
5. Set trim tabs with a credtit card (thickness) to bottom of the boat.Left strut alone.
6. Used different velcro for ESC & reciever to mount on.
7. Used a balanced & sharpened 42X55 Grim prop
8. Using cheap Onyx 25C, 2S,5000MAH had a ball.
Hope this helps anyone out. Thanks to a bunch of forum guys and their suggestions, again, "spot on" !
Steve

[alvinm]

SO, instead of RTR, it should be called, RTU (ready to upgrade)

[Mike Caruso]

Here's what i did to my new Revolt before it hit the water. After taking everyone's suggestions which were spot on I had a great week of vacation with it at the lake w/o any problems.
1. Per tech notice cleaned up tape & opened up the rudder's water cooling slot.
2. loctite on every pc. of hardware.
3. Epoxied the motor mounts, tube and servo mounts for insurance, no big deal.
4. Installed an OSE upgraded shaft, collet & thrust brg per Steve's suggestions.
5. Set trim tabs with a credtit card (thickness) to bottom of the boat.Left strut alone.
6. Used different velcro for ESC & reciever to mount on.
7. Used a balanced & sharpened 42X55 Grim prop
8. Using cheap Onyx 25C, 2S,5000MAH had a ball.
Hope this helps anyone out. Thanks to a bunch of forum guys and their suggestions, again, "spot on" !
Steve

Steve
Good work you steps should help the new PERSON (S) getting into boats. It makes for a happier day at the water. My cable drive itself was made from very stiff wire. It held its shape of the stuffing box tube when removed HA. No suprise it snap's replacing with Hughey cable. Buy the latest and newest it is an unwritten rule you will have some issue's. Small price to pay to be FAST.
Mike
Unless your in the lead....the view never changes!

[stumblinh]

Here's what i did to my new Revolt before it hit the water. After taking everyone's suggestions which were spot on I had a great week of vacation with it at the lake w/o any problems.
1. Per tech notice cleaned up tape & opened up the rudder's water cooling slot.
2. loctite on every pc. of hardware.
3. Epoxied the motor mounts, tube and servo mounts for insurance, no big deal.
4. Installed an OSE upgraded shaft, collet & thrust brg per Steve's suggestions.
5. Set trim tabs with a credtit card (thickness) to bottom of the boat.Left strut alone.
6. Used different velcro for ESC & reciever to mount on.
7. Used a balanced & sharpened 42X55 Grim prop
8. Using cheap Onyx 25C, 2S,5000MAH had a ball.
Hope this helps anyone out. Thanks to a bunch of forum guys and their suggestions, again, "spot on" !
Steve

What were the part #'s on the OSE upgrade shaft, collet & thrust brg? Thanks!!! How was speed on the 42x55 would a 47/50 be faster?

thanks

[sturco]

Part numbers are here on OSE "part" under the Revolt.
Cable is, "ose-revolt-cbl"
Bearing is, "dh 53136"
I didn't have a GPS for speed checks and only used the 42X55. Also, if you do that cable and bearing do the upgraded collet OSE sells ,huge difference.

[NissanGTR]

Update

Here is an update. NOT HAPPY

I still have not had a chance to run the Revolt more than 20 feet.

I waited a week and a half to receive parts from aquacraft but they didn't send me all that was needed even thought I was very thorough in my email regarding what parts were needed.

After I brought this to their attention they said the additional parts would go out "this week".

Sucks for me. It's been three weeks and I still haven not had a chance to run this thing. Now I have to possibly wait another two weeks before I can.

At the end of the summer I am selling it and going to move on the another manufacturer. I'm done with Aquacraft.

[arp1500]

this is way im leaning more towards proboat
i tried a aqua craft about 2 years ago and its first outing barrel rolled and crack the hull
call them they said operator error to fast of a roll in water i said its a brushed boat with a single 8 cell nimh how fast could have it been going

i cleaned it up and shipped it back to tower and got a full refund

[PatrickM]

align1.jpgMy Revolt came with a seriously misaligned motor to stuffing tube issue. It took a lot of motor mount and tube tweaking to get the alignment even close. It's still off quite a bit but much better than the factory crap. I tossed the factory cable (unusable due to a kink where it was forced into the misaligned motor connector) and the out of round flex adapter, replacing them with Steve's cable and an Octura flex hex. Attached is a pic showing the severity of the misalignment.

[arp1500]

how can big company's let garbage like that even get to its customers
and if they tightened up quality control maybe people wouldn't have so many problems

[Grimracer]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]81124[/ATTACH]My Revolt came with a seriously misaligned motor to stuffing tube issue. It took a lot of motor mount and tube tweaking to get the alignment even close. It's still off quite a bit but much better than the factory crap. I tossed the factory cable (unusable due to a kink where it was forced into the misaligned motor connector) and the out of round flex adapter, replacing them with Steve's cable and an Octura flex hex. Attached is a pic showing the severity of the misalignment.

I wanta better understand.

Kink in the cable? Do you have a pic of this. Help me understand what looks like a kinked cable to you? Not trying to be a smart azz here I really need to know to try to make our products better.

Next. For some reasion I just am not seeing the "seriously misaligned motor to stuffing tube" I know that can be hard to show in the pic but it is an "up and down" alignment issue?

Thanks

Grimracer