Minicat Racing Tenshock Mini Eco

[BakedMopar]

Jim do you know when the new shipment will be arriving?

[sailr]

We are waiting for shipping information. Sorry we don't have a date yet but should be within the next couple of weeks.

[BakedMopar]

Could you get me a shipping quote to Hil, HI 96720?

[sailr]

Shipping by priority mail insured to Hawaii is approx. $30.

[BakedMopar]

Shipping by priority mail insured to Hawaii is approx. $30.

Thanks!

[Stangas]

Morning all..

Hope you dont mind me recalling an old thread..
Just joined your forums the other day after purchasing one of these boats for my son on ebay.

Payed $120 for a brushless tenshock mini eco.. 4 x 2 cell lipo's
Gonna put a spektrum surface reciever in it and go

Read this thread.. got some good information out of it and will be asking more questions soon enough about setting this girl up.

Would like to look into racing.. i hear these have a class of their own??
What about batteries.. 2 cell or 3??

Might start looking around for clubs.. I am in Western Australia.. 2hrs south of Perth

Anyway... will get back here once it turns up... should only be a day or 2

[NativePaul]

They are made for the Naviga Mini Eco class, but from what I hear most clubs down under and certainly the national racing doesn't race Naviga classes, whether or not you have an equivalent class or not I have no idea. If none of you fellow compatriots chime in here, there is a very amusing thread called skippies and kiwis, post there and you will get your answer.

[Stangas]

WOW that was fast.. it arrived today..

It is a beautiful looking machine.. very small.. lol.. especially when it sits on my mono gasser
Looks like the self righting holes are already in it..

Cant wait for friday now.. taking both boats out for a play.. mates got a little 38kg punt with electric motor for putting out bouys and recovery.

[Gage_AB]

Hey Stangas,

I have been reading a lot of threads on the mini eco... mine is in the mail on it's way but from what I have read, spectrum receivers don't work well with this setup. You may want to email Jim at minicat racing USA to confirm but I did read it. I am going with a Tactic radio... no antenna as a bonus....

[tlandauer]

I don't know about that, ( Spektrum not working well) but if you have a CF hull, Tactic would not be a good choice, you need to extent the antenna on the rx to outside.
CF blocks the signal and the tiny antenna inside the Tactic receiver would not do it!!

[NativePaul]

The failsafe on the Spektrum marine RX is rather slow to cut in so if a boat dives (and these do from time to time) it will keep going for a while, the cheaper AR6200 RX actually has a much quicker failsafe and is better suited to these boats if you want to stay with Spektrum, but you have to waterproof it yourself.

FASST keeps working through some water and has an quick failsafe making it suitable, but you have to waterproof it yourself.

Frsky has a quick failsafe, but won't penetrate water at all, so you have to mount the aerial on the top right in so it is above water even if the wind stops you self-righting for a while, you also have to waterproof them yourself.

I don't know of anyone who races these (or any other self righting boat) with a Tactic radio, so cant say if it is suitable or not, though if it is you will probably have to mount it on the right side and use more lead in the flood chamber in order to get it to self-right.

[Gage_AB]

I picked the tactic because it was on my aquacraft boat, my mini is fiberglass so I don't have to worry about interference (carbon fiber). I have been looking at waterproofing the Rx, there are a lot of different methods from balloons to plasticoat to corrosion x.... any opinions on what is best?

[NativePaul]

I use electronics grade (acid free) silicone sealant, but corrosion X is not available here, I would have probably given it a go had it been.

Balloons don't work, or rather they only work to a very limited extent, if you get a mL or 2 up the shaft a balloon will stop it splashing on the RX, but so will a piece of sponge under the stuffing tube, if the hatch comes off, the hull gets holed, or it is under water for an extended period of time, and there is a significant amount of water in the hull, water will enter the balloon and keep it wet.

[martin]

[QUOTE=NativePaul;587416]I use electronics grade (acid free) silicone sealant, but corrosion X is not available here, I would have probably given it a go had it been.

Balloons don't work, or rather they only work to a very limited extent, if you get a mL or 2 up the shaft a balloon will stop it splashing on the RX, but so will a piece of sponge under the stuffing tube, if the hatch comes off, the hull gets holed, or it is under water for an extended period of time, and there is a significant amount of water in the hull, water will enter the balloon and keep it wet.[/QUOTE
Paul should you want to try Corrosion X its available in the UK from corrosion-x.co.uk, they also list 2 model shops that they sell to MB Models & RC Pitstop.

[Gage_AB]

I have a bottle of corrosion x on the way, should be here this weekend, I found one place that sells it in Canada. Plastidip for some reason is illegal in Canada (so I've been told) otherwise I might have gone that route. I found a ton of vendors on ebay in the US but they will not ship it to Canada so I would have to guess there some truth in it. I have watched a number of videos where guys have used corrosion x on their esc and then run the vehicle with the esc submerged.