NEW Pro Boat RECOIL 26" Self-Righting!!

[boatsrnew2me]

woooo whooooo, just scored a new in box recoil 26 on ebay for 218.50 and guess what ? its at my local hobbytown . picking it up tonight .
i seen the DCB M41 Widebody Catamaran go as low as 389.00 and another for 429.00 .

[fweasel]

interesting tactic to liquidate seasonal merchandise.

[boatsrnew2me]

interesting tactic to liquidate seasonal merchandise.

actually he said he just bought the company from previous owner and wants to get rid of some old stock ,or stuff thats been sitting . either way i got great deal on the boat . extra money left over for another lipo now .
here she is just got home .


do you need to grease the shaft right out the box before first run??

[urbs00007]

Shouldn't be, but radios are finicky. If you get the antenna as high in the hull as you can, you should be fine at reasonable ranges. I used to velocro my RXs upside down under the upper side of the hull to get the antennas out all the way. Keeps water out mostly too. :)

darin, interested in buying the recoil to retrieve my gas rigger by dragging a string around it and reeling it in with a fishing reel. couple questions if you dont mind. first , is there a way to use my futaba 3pmx for the rigger and the recoil? if so, is there a reasonably priced reciever that will work instead of the high priced futaba? next question, what is a better battery that will give longer run times than the stock battery and still retain self-righting. the self righting is the only reason i am considering buying the recoil. cant imagine going to retrieve my boat and then having 2 boats dead in the water. thanks for the help in advance.

[boatsrnew2me]

ya know i thought it be faster ?

maybe its just me ,coming from 50 mph land rc speeds and expecting too much . gonna need more lipos ,5-6 minute run time burns up fast .
red flashing esc is low voltage cutoff i presume?
left me with 4% left in the lipos ,thats pretty low .
is the esc in the recoil programmable ?

i think i was experiencing tx cutout as it would cut out for a split second then resume at a not great distance .

whats a good direct fit faster prop for the recoil?

thanks everyone

[boatsrnew2me]

got a video of todays run . most of this is full throttle runs . speed look about right to you ?

[fweasel]

Seems about right for a 26" RTR boat.

[boatsrnew2me]

thanks weasel

[rcboone2000]

I run our 3 boats loose my trim tabs are level with the bottom of the hull. My prop strut is 4.5 mm measured from top of strut down to strut support.In stock form it ran 32 mph.

[boatsrnew2me]

running mine in out the box condition .
if you move the strut down to put more prop in the water what does that do for you?
if you move it up what does that do?

thanks

[rcboone2000]

Raising the prop loosens up the boat makes it faster

[boatsrnew2me]

has anyone tried the Pro Boat Stainless Steel Propeller PRB0154 on the recoil?

[boatsrnew2me]

just bought a m440 ,will balance it and give it a go when it gets here

[boatsrnew2me]

todays run . boat has a m440 prop now .didnt notice any performance gain . going to get a cnc 42x1.6 (same as x426) and try that . using a dx4c now ,range is much much better .
water was choppy today . it was cold out too . cam died before i could film the second run .

[rcboone2000]

When I went with a x642 prop I had to up grade my speed control the stock one over amped.I put a Turnigy 120 amp speed control