My first testing went bad!

[Checkmateguy01]

Try this... Bend own the inside corner of each trim tab, about 1/4" in or so, down at a 45-degree angle... These "training wheels" will add a LOT of stability, with a minimal affect on speed. See the attached pics... The area in RED is the area you need to bend down.

Also... back to the cells... for racing... when the water gets choppy... the battery configuration shown in the second slide is what I use. It's not quite as fast down the straights, but it handles WAY better in the turns... so overall... I win a LOT of races like this... You have to finish, and it's not enough slower to make a difference if you are able to keep on it in the turns... I can throttle the whole course with this setup.... Thanks to Ken Haines for this tip... Might not need them so far in if you are using NiMH... The extra weight of those cells, however, way out to the sides... isn't helping your stability... When I was running NiMH, (6-cell packs), this is still how I ran them... just not quite so far fwd... See the second picture...

Hope this helps...

That's great man, i am definatly gonna try that with my SV27! But, what are you running for angle on the tabs? I run my tabs at a slight negative angle with the strut straight neutral. I could use alittle more stability!

[6S HYDRO]

Darin, cant keep mine from hopping horribly in the right turns only. I have speedmaster turnfins. Turning left it digs in and slices thru the turn nicely similar to my df26. But right turns (the most important ones) its horible hopping. Please help.

[Darin Jordan]

Darin, cant keep mine from hopping horribly in the right turns only. I have speedmaster turnfins. Turning left it digs in and slices thru the turn nicely similar to my df26. But right turns (the most important ones) its horible hopping. Please help.

Do you have some pictures of the hardware setup? Need more information. Pretty tough to diagnose something like this via text... Not sure what you mean specifically by "hopping"... Could be any number of things.

[6S HYDRO]

Well i can get you a pik, what i mean is that it doesnt plant into the water, it kinda skips across the top. But only on right turns. Ive tried several turnfin setups to no avail. Only thing i havnt considered is the servo, but i dont think it would matter. I did only recently get a port side fin on so the left hand throw on the servo hasnt been used much. But the servo is a stock plastic gear spektrum, and over a year old