The official 36" zelos twin modding thread

[fweasel]

Miltoggie - How old is that boat? If it's still under warranty, you might try contacting Horizon Hobby to see of they'll cut you a break on a replacement hull. They don't cover crash damage, but it appears to me from that picture you didn't strike anything, other than water, and the carnage is more severe than most crashes involving solid objects that I've seen. The seams on this hull are no where as weak as the ones I've experienced with the Proboat v-bottom hulls. I crashed my first Zelos up onto a rocky shore during a turn when I lost sight of the boat in the spray. It tore up the front of the sponsons pretty good (chips and scrapes mostly) and later, once the decals were peeled back, there was some hairline cracking at the seams along the sides of the hull, but no where near like your separation. My current Zelos has had more flips at speeds over 80mph than I can count. I have a carbon inlay in that hull along with resin and chopped carbon in the tips and show only minor stress cracks in the gelcoat.

[dasboata]

I know this is the modding thread, but has anyone had this happen to them? It is very strange to me that my boat would rip in half by catching air and landing back down causing it to rip at the seam.

There is no strength in a uni directional Fiber glass matt,,, and you can see it get thin in spots,, the strongest is a cloth all FG cloths have intersecting 90* angles ,,,which help make it very strong,, I do most of my boat seems with 2 " FG tape I think it is 1-1/2oz

[CharlesR]

Can the boat use two 6 cell 5000 as i fly Helis and have these

[fweasel]

Can the boat use two 6 cell 5000 as i fly Helis and have these

Several people on this forum choose to run 2x 6S packs vs. 4x 3S. If you're buying new packs, check the measurements to make sure they'll fit under the deck. If not, you'll be limited on their position in the battery trays and how much you can affect your COG.

[CharlesR]

My packs are thunder power 70c rated

[CharlesR]

And thank u for your reply

[CharlesR]

Excuse my lack of boat terminology but what does 3831s mean

[MADRCER]

No problem. I assume you are referring to my signature below my post. 3831 is the new Dynamite motor DYN-3831 that Pro Boat is using in their RTR boats because the old DYN-3910 motors have been discontuned. The new Veles 29, UL-19 and Zelos 36 come with them now. As you can see the aren't too shabby combined with a decent setup .Lol

[Team Lucas]

I know this is the modding thread, but has anyone had this happen to them? It is very strange to me that my boat would rip in half by catching air and landing back down causing it to rip at the seam.

theres a hull for sale on facebook 250.00

[MADRCER]

I know this is the modding thread, but has anyone had this happen to them? It is very strange to me that my boat would rip in half by catching air and landing back down causing it to rip at the seam.

I just watched a video of your Z...Wow! I'm guessing all the cart-wheel action it was doing may have led up to the side blowing out.

[Miltoggie]

Honestly I am not even mad or upset I was more surprised at where it split and if you look on the inside only one sheet of fg was on there and not even all the way to the top, again I am not mad. Fixing it as we speak, stuff that happens so its all good.

[vinnyp]

I saw that video as well. I give you a 9.5 for the acrobatics. Too bad it didn't have a happy ending. It certainly looks like the damage is repairable. Since you will have to strip the hull, you may want to consider reinforcing the battery tray mounts and the tips of the sponsons as well. On the Zelos, the tray is prone to pulling out. I wouldn't be surprised if it ripped out on that flip already. I noticed that after the boat buried its transom, it landed right side up and you continued on your way. The video doesn't show how much further you went before coming back in. It's my 2 cents that after a crash like that, you should come right in to check the motor alignment, lipo position, struts, etc.... before continuing to run. Good luck with the repairs.

[Miltoggie]

There is no video were the accident happened, thanks for the tips!

[MADRCER]

I guess this was the video vinnyp was referring to.

[Miltoggie]

Has no one done this, yet? I'm putting 4082's in this hull (I know I'm not the first), but I don't trust those stock mounts with that much weight. I'm substituting 2mm carbon plate for the stock mounts.

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I also filed down those water pickups sticking out the bottom of the hull, and cut reliefs like we typically do for every other boat:

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Any word on how these motor mounts turned out? Thanks