Sweet ride! (newbie's maiden run :)

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  • Steve_Aus
    Junior Member
    • Apr 2009
    • 4

    #1

    Sweet ride! (newbie's maiden run :)

    Howdy all!

    Still smiling to myself - thought id share!

    Work travel over the last few weeks got in the way of taking my new SV out - until today. Slightly overcast, but very still conditions, my local lake (google maps) was smooth as a mill pond.

    Launched her and did a few slow passes to check rudder trim etc - all looked good. Opened her up a little to get up on plane - all going good. Nailed the throttle, and had to play catchup for a second to keep up! Wow - these things cover some water :) Managed to bounce off a marker bouy the RC Sailors use, fortunately the evidence polished out (note to self - learn to look a further forward).

    I had the CG set to about 8" - and she was riding and turning really stable! Considering it was so calm, i could probably have moved the CG back a little.

    Cant wait to upgrade the prop and stick a port turn fin on!

    Steve
  • ozboater
    Senior Member
    • May 2007
    • 415

    #2
    sounds great... another perthy eh ?? i m from bunbury.... welcome to the forum / SV... i love mine... heaps of fun... adj trim tabs here from ose are a nice upgrade as well...

    good luck

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    • Checkmateguy01
      Senior Member
      • May 2009
      • 376

      #3
      Congrats man, the're cool little boats aren't they? I love mine, actually my SV27 has got me hooked on this brushless stuff, i just finished building another brushless boat out of an old nitro hull i had layin around, and i'm already thinking about converting my old Aeromarine .20 Sprint Cat over to brushless. Like ozboater said, get a set of the adjustable trim tabs, they work really well. Have fun man!

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