went under water

[KevinThompson]

Long story short - today I launched my sv27 for the first time, and I have never driven a rc boat. About a minute into my run, the cover flew off. I live on a lake that has a very calm bay. The sv27 was just floating there fine, so I figured I could retrieve the cover real quick. I was on my bass boat, so I found it, jumped in and grabbed it. That took about 10 minutes. I looked up after getting out of the water and my sv27 was pointed straight up at the sky, about 6 inches of it sticking out of the water. I went over and got it and dumped all of the water out.
Now what! The local rc shop told me to open the Rx and servo and put them in a bowl of rice for a day. What about the motor? And the hand built batt packs?
Any advice to this noob appreciated.

[ChaKane]

Just leave the hull open and let it all dry. It should be all good. I take it the lake is fresh water? If salt you will need to wash everything well. The battery packs will need to be dried well. With the receiver, you can just leave it to dry but I would recommend opening it up and letting it dry open.

[KevinThompson]

Just leave the hull open and let it all dry. It should be all good. I take it the lake is fresh water? If salt you will need to wash everything well. The battery packs will need to be dried well. With the receiver, you can just leave it to dry but I would recommend opening it up and letting it dry open.

Yes freshwater
The boat and batteries have been out in the sun since this happend a couple hours ago

[ChaKane]

All will be good Kevin. I've dunked mine quite a few times. Once it's dried out things will be fine. They are a pretty tough little boat. Be careful leaving the batteries in the sun though. You don't want them getting too hot.

[KevinThompson]

All will be good Kevin. I've dunked mine quite a few times. Once it's dried out things will be fine. They are a pretty tough little boat. Be careful leaving the batteries in the sun though. You don't want them getting too hot.

thanks for all your help. I will put those in the garage and try again tomorrow. I couldn't find the antenna holder underwater so I'll have to get a new one of those. I don't know why the cover flew off, I thought I had it shut securely, but maybe since it was my first time out I was rushed to go. Man this boat hauls ass I wish I could have driven more than a minute. I bought it modified from a guy on ebay. It's got a brass prop, adjustable fins, 2 hand made batt packs.

[ChaKane]

It's worth taping the hatch down. Also worth moving the antenna from the hole in the hatch to the hull itself and then closing over the hole in the hatch. All good for reducing the chances of this occurring again. I have to agree, they are a lot of fun to run with.

[Rex R]

you should put a drop(small) of oil on the motor bearings(if you haven't already done so). sewing machine oil works well...your lhs should have suitable oil too.

[highndry]

tape

[motoxbob11]

If you run that boat without taping the hatch down Steven will Ban you! (just kidding) The truth is that boat likes to flip so might as well be prepared for it.

[KevinThompson]

Thanks for all of the tips guys.

I had to replace the servo, and I got the thing to work for a little bit but now I can't get the "beep" and can't run the motor. I replaced the reciever but I believe the old one still works fine.

If I can't get a beep do you think I need a new motor?

[SweetAccord]

Peek at this Kevin:

http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...ead.php?t=5008

[ChaKane]

I think that this was answered in the other thread. All good now?

[rickplt]

Another bit of advice, FWIW, is to put the receiver circuit board, ESC and motor into a 225 degree oven on a baking sheet for a few minutes, a couple of times, to quickly and thoroughly dry them out. The warm dry heat gets to the nooks and crannies that don't like to otherwise air dry to readily.

[ChaKane]

I'm guessing that's 225 F not C :)