My SV 58.4mph GPS

[j.m.]

Now they work.

[ibyte]

Jesus christmas line6 58 mph on the SV that is awesome

[z400]

sucker looks like a runner to me!!

[Dave182]

mega pros dud e...way cool

[Fluid]

You will be able to go faster - and on rougher water - if you add 6-8 ounces of lead ballast at the CG.



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[j.m.]

Thanks for mentioning that.

It seems like a lot of people are against "dead" weight, even though it will help the boat along in certain instances.

[ibyte]

You will be able to go faster - and on rougher water - if you add 6-8 ounces of lead ballast at the CG.



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+1 on the weights,if you get it right the sv turns much more sharper without prop walk. i use 4 ounces plus the receiver batt pack. My set up is using lipo batts that only vary in weight by a few ounces and im not sure when running nimh batts. Thanks again Fluid

[planezero]

You will be able to go faster - and on rougher water - if you add 6-8 ounces of lead ballast at the CG.
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Remember he already has 5.55 oz (I weighed my Garmin with batteries) of extra weight in front of his motor.
I'd think you only need to add more weight if the hull 'takes off' of the water.
If it doesnt you'd rather take away weight to go faster right ? (less hull in the water)
Or am I missing something here ?

Berry

[ibyte]

Remember he already has 5.55 oz (I weighed my Garmin with batteries) of extra weight in front of his motor.
I'd think you only need to add more weight if the hull 'takes off' of the water.
If it doesnt you'd rather take away weight to go faster right ? (less hull in the water)
Or am I missing something here ?

Berry

No you are right planezero the gps is a huge weight to factor in.

[j.m.]

Seeing as how the hull was designed to run on "regular" cells, you should add back the weight that you dropped by using lipos. Using this weight, you should mess around with the cg and set the strut and tabs to neutral.

[line6]

Got out to the lake today. Finally got to try out my new lipo's and Holly cow it's got more power




60.8mph Man it was a exciting run. I was very happy to see it break 60. I had a earlier run at 59.3 so i was hoping to hit 60. The boat is more unstable with the extra power i flipped it twice today and had to lift many more times. I have the batteries moved up a little more but now it seems to have a side to side rock. and if you don't lift in time, it will flip and spin around like a chopper blade. I will now start to add some weight at the CG to get it back stable again. I think it has a few more ticks in it

[z400]

thats wicked cool!

Congrats man!
I bet you've got a smile from ear to ear

[Boatman]

Jesus crispies, look at the wire hanging off those batteries. You could wire a small hotel with that stuff!!! Fantastic job on the top speed.

[detox]

That makes me want to get my SV27 back out.

[Leskimo85]

What prop are you using??