The official 36" zelos twin modding thread

[Rafael_Lopez]

Oh, man. That really sucks. Were you in it? Hopefully you didnt have to swim too far.

[Keagan-Z06]

Oh, man. That really sucks. Were you in it? Hopefully you didnt have to swim too far.

No but my friend was. lol. We caught it on video with him paddling back to shore

[Keagan-Z06]

As promised.

[kfxguy]

Why does the zelos look orange in your video?

[Keagan-Z06]

Just the filter from editing. That's the fastest I've run the Zelos. You may notice the Voracity hasn't gotten much high speed runs and that's because quite frankly it's a bit unstable. When I get the cap bank I'll give it some adjustments and try again.

[Darin Jordan]

You may notice the Voracity hasn't gotten much high speed runs and that's because quite frankly it's a bit unstable.

Hahaha... It's a Mono... by definition, they are "unstable"... :) Much easier to go fast when you can balance on two points, as opposed to just one point of a V.

[Keagan-Z06]

Yeah but in some of the videos you guys post it seems like it's riding on rails. Lol. Could be all that flat water you lucky bunch get.

[Darin Jordan]

Yeah but in some of the videos you guys post it seems like it's riding on rails. Lol. Could be all that flat water you lucky bunch get.

Monos all have a designed "speed limit"... At some point you are going fast enough where most of the keel is out of the water, then bad things happen.

You combat that by adding weight, or redesigning the hull for a faster speed threshold.

[Rafael_Lopez]

Keagan, in your case I think it's just battery placement. That river is not as rough as the waters I tested the Voracity in. Try moving your batteries forward, maybe all the way forward, and dripping your trim tabs just a bit. That should keep it planted enough to run through that water at high speeds. It may also be necessary to mount an extra set of tabs closer to the keel.

[paulfromtulsa]

Ran my zelos yesterday with some x447 props and got 71mph!

[arrover]

Yeah man! Broke that 70mph barrier!

[Keagan-Z06]

Keagan, in your case I think it's just battery placement. That river is not as rough as the waters I tested the Voracity in. Try moving your batteries forward, maybe all the way forward, and dripping your trim tabs just a bit. That should keep it planted enough to run through that water at high speeds. It may also be necessary to mount an extra set of tabs closer to the keel.

Thanks Rafael, by tabs near the keel, what do you mean?

[kfxguy]

Ran my zelos yesterday with some x447 props and got 71mph!

Good job Paul!

[Yellow]

Ran my zelos yesterday with some x447 props and got 71mph!

What temps were you getting?

[Brushless55]

Monos all have a designed "speed limit"... At some point you are going fast enough where most of the keel is out of the water, then bad things happen.

You combat that by adding weight, or redesigning the hull for a faster speed threshold.

Thank you, I think this is what I need for my QMono !

Has anyone ran the x645 props on this twin ?
reason I ask is on my Limited Sport Hydro I tried a 447 prop and ran low 50's then went with a 645 that I now race with, picked up 4mph and dropped temps by 15-20*