Benno's Revolt 30

[Mike Caruso]

i run a .187 cable in my revolt running a 3674 leopard and swinging a m545. No problems with drag racing

lol

[Cinnabun]

Lol. Im propping down today. Hoping to get her to stick in the water

[BHChieftain]

Wd40 displaces water.

Yes I know that, but there is no need to clear out the water in the cooling lines-- there is nothing there to rust. Also, corrosion X I think does a better job on the motor.
Chief

[Mike Caruso]

Motor case and I run in dirty pond water. Yuck

[Grimracer]

Motor case and I run in dirty pond water. Yuck

Good notes all.. remember.. the water that flows though your cooling system is far from clean. Along with this is the corrosive build up that can and will build up on the anodizing of the motor and jacket. This build up will stop the transfer of heat from the can. Its always best to flush out the cooling system.
I tested allot of oils and for me it’s just good old Pasload air tool oil. Some oils (WD is one of them) can expand silicone. I myself do not use WD-40. Airtool oil will not harm the SI tubing or any other “rubber” parts on the boat.
DO stay away from “Marvel Mystery Oil”..

Keep us posted

Grim

[Mike Caruso]

Thanks for the tip on WD-40 and I will pickup some Pasload oil.
Mike

[alexchen86]

Thanks for the tip on WD-40 and I will pickup some Pasload oil.
Mike

I made a hard decision between the obvious two top competitors in the beginners arena. On the one hand I come from a scale crawler/custom competition crawler background with a bit of off road and on road racing 1/10 to 1/5. So I was about to pick up the PB Impulse 31 V2 versus the rxr or rtr AQ Revolt 30.

To be honest I much rather liked the looks of the Impulse, but as this is my first venture into boating I went with the cheaper option. The first thing I already disliked was that the prop was almost a half and inch shoved into the drive cable!!!

What moron over there didn't catch that when the manual clearly says to leave a small 3mm gap or something like that. Good thing I read the manual. Usually if it's RTR it better be truly RTR....

Also I saw a lot of videos on the Revolt especially about the Deans connectors melting? Leaks coming in from the rear of the hull? Prop spinning unbalanced or in my case GRINDING.

I immediately wrote to AQ the very next they they sent a brand new prop shaft!! I was already pretty upset at this point did the guy not even bother to look at the picture I attached to the email?! The prop was flush against the prop shaft!!

When I pulled the cable out it was not even greased and turns out there was a collet but it got shoved so far into the prop shaft that I thought they had forgot to install one.

I still haven't ran this thing yet it's been 3 weeks I've taken apart everything and reglued, and blue loctite all hardware, also fixed slow leaks in the hull.

Wow...I have never bought an RTR where the customer service had to send me two parts wasting the company twice the money on an issue he could have resolved in a matter of seconds if he bothered to care.

Maybe I should have went Proboat...lol now that everything is done I'll do a virgin run this weekend stock electronics. But eventually Seaking 180A on the way with a 2000kv on 4s.

[tlandauer]

You did go for the cheaper of the two, I assume you got from Tower Hobbies? Both boats ( AC and PB) are well designed.
Please remember that these boats are mass produced and they do have defects from time to time. Sometimes they have multiple defects! If you want a perfect RTR out of box, the price would be much higher and for the guy who is just getting his feet wet, it will seem to be an unobtainable feat. I agree that there is no excuse for the prop being shoved so deep onto the drive cable. The paid is TOO LOW for that Chinese to care where your prop should be!
As for the Deans plugs, it is another measure that the maker took to appeal to RTR guys. How many 1/10 road racers or RTR Crawlers use 5.5mm, 6mm or 8mm bullet connectors?! Yes, these would have been better, but intimidating no less. One would know by how many times "should I ditch the Deans?" question is asked here.
I also think that for sport running the Deans plugs would hold up even if marginally, so it is great that you are aware that they should be up graded.
I hope you aren't offended by my comments, I had experienced the same thing and eventually come to understand that there is a reason why there are so many great builders here . There is no substitute for the satisfaction that one gets when one can build a boat to as high a standard as one can envision.
I hope you have a great maiden run for your boat and don't forget that there are plenty of upgrade parts sold here and your fun has just began.
Cheers!
P.S. I am not a sales rep for AC, PB and OSE., lol...

[SirBenno]

I gotta agree with ya on a few points there. The fact that such a large percentage of Revolt flex shafts have been failing within the first 10 uses really makes me wonder why they would spec such a low quality part in such a critical area. The cost difference on an upgraded shaft is like $5. Also my Deans connectors get extremely hot and even melted my pool noodle floatation inserts. Again, another $5 part. I guess it all adds up but do you really want to introduce a newbie to the hobby by saying "here's your nice new RC boat! Oh yeah be careful the propeller might fall off and the boat engulf in flames while you watch from the shore. But enjoy!!"
Personally it didn't affect my experience. I like working on the boat as much as I like driving it. But I gotta say, my RTR Eflite Apprentice is still 100% intact even after about 100 flights. All the stock parts still work perfect and are well within limits. Same with my CX2.
Maybe it's just the fact that boats have so much more power and torque to deal with.

[Mike Caruso]

Maybe it's just the fact that boats have so much more power and torque to deal with.

2nd that and they are on KILL all the time LOL as it should be keep it fun.