Tips for my modified SV...

[bigpapa]

motor get wet or stay underwater may of froze a bearing, it's really hard not being there

so many things it could be..........

sorry i cannot help

[tommyboyen]

No biggie.
I will just have to wait for my new 8xl and hydra 120 to get to me and hopefully it will be up and running again. I should get it tomorrow or Saturday.... I also have the stock motor laying around if I don't get them by the weekend.

[bigpapa]

what batteries if i may ask

[tommyboyen]

now i'm running on ep4500 7cells nimh and dtx 4200 6cells nimh... I have new polyrc lipos 2s 5000mah 30c/60c in the mail...

[bigpapa]

could be bad nimh's

[line6]

Thanks for the replies, Im pretty new in this hobby and need all the advice I can get

I ordered some 2s 5000mAH 30C from Poly RC and I also ordered a hydra120, a feigao 8xl plus some cooling stuff from OSE. Hopefully this will make my sv move.

That will definitely make your SV move. Make sure you bring a boat or something to retrieve it with and tape it up good. Im guessing it will be upside down a bit Good luck

[tommyboyen]

I have been running the boat on the new setup for a week or so now. It's faster than ever, but I haven't GPS'd it yet. I have a Etrax so I will as soon as I remember bring it with me

The temp stays fine, approx 50 degrees celcius, thats 122 degrees fahrenheit.

The only issue now is it tends to start wobbling when I run it flat out... Any suggestions?

Other than that i'm superhappy with it so far

A little video, not great conditions. I flipped it over in the end, but it landed back on on its feet... lucky me

http://s61.photobucket.com/albums/h64/tlaland/?action=view&current=Video032.flv

[785boats]

For the 'speed wobbles' you could try this tip by Darin Jordan with the trim tabs. scroll down to post #7 on this page.

http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...ead.php?t=7783

So what prop are you running on the 8xl ?

[tommyboyen]

I used to run the darin-trick on the stock tabs, but now i'm using the OSE adjusteble trimtabs....???

I'm running a octura x442, but I have some other in the mail...

[785boats]

Just to let you know that I've run the X642 & X645 on the 8xl in a 25" mono on 4s without any heat problems. They might work well in the SV, but it's your call.
Cheers.
Paul.

[tommyboyen]

Thanks for the advice... Perhaps I'll order some and try them out.