The official 36" zelos twin modding thread

[Erroneous]

Thanks Erroneous, I can't get the bearings locally so I'll have to order them, I'll also order the servo for the Voracity as well but would rather "upgrade" it. Any suggestions not over $30? More than ever now I need the Voracity back on the water.

I dont really have anything bad to say about Hitec servos. I run them in the Zelos my crawler my nitro basher and Jato.

[Banzee]

I tryied the savox SW-0231 wp in the voracity , hum doesn't fit !! But i think it can go in a zelos !!!

[Keagan-Z06]

I tryied the savox SW-0231 wp in the voracity , hum doesn't fit !! But i think it can go in a zelos !!!

I ordered the SAV-SW-0250MG, Amain said it would work in the Voracity. Still can't find the size bearings for Voracity.

[Banzee]

I ordered the SAV-SW-0250MG, Amain said it would work in the Voracity. Still can't find the size bearings for Voracity.

Kool for the savox , it is a good thing to know , do you know how much oz that servo got ???

Here the dimension of the voracity motor bearing : OD 16 mm , ID 5 mm , Thickness 5 MM

here the bearing i found at the local bearing shop :


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[Keagan-Z06]

Dimensions: 29.5x14x32.5mm
Weight: 25g
Speed @6.0V: 0.11 sec/60
Torque @6.0V: 69.4 oz-in (5.0 kg-cm)

That's for the servo, I would really hope it works since I specifically asked for a replacement other than spectrum s605. Hey man and thanks a lot for the info on the Voracity, I take it that means 16x5x5? Correct?

[Banzee]

Dimensions: 29.5x14x32.5mm
Weight: 25g
Speed @6.0V: 0.11 sec/60
Torque @6.0V: 69.4 oz-in (5.0 kg-cm)

That's for the servo, I would really hope it works since I specifically asked for a replacement other than spectrum s605. Hey man and thanks a lot for the info on the Voracity, I take it that means 16x5x5? Correct?

Yop the 16 mm is the outside diameter , the 5 mm for the inside diameter ( the hole who let the shaft passing throw ) and the thickness is 5 mm , like you write 16x5x5 ! i put the picture of the bearing i bought if it can help you !!

Thank's for the info for the servo ! I hope for you it will do the job !! You got the stock rudder ??

[daHammer]

The tunnel packs air to lift the boat more out the water to help increase speed, efficiency and cut drag. But my theory is (and it makes sense and I'm sure I'm right) is once you get to a certain speed the hull packs enough air and lift that it becomes harder to keep it from flying off the water....from too much lift. If you put something in the tunnel to disrupt this some then it won't have as much lift. Cutting some of that out doesn't seem to slow the boat down but yet makes it faster and more stable at higher speeds. What speed would that be? That depends on the hull. I'll tell you this also, I picked up a solid 2mph on two different (well same hull design but different sizes) boats. Both boats were running exactly 98 mph and never went any faster than 98. Both boats went 99.9 and one broke 100 on the second pass.

What size diameter on your carbon fiber rod did you use?

[Keagan-Z06]

Yop the 16 mm is the outside diameter , the 5 mm for the inside diameter ( the hole who let the shaft passing throw ) and the thickness is 5 mm , like you write 16x5x5 ! i put the picture of the bearing i bought if it can help you !!

Thank's for the info for the servo ! I hope for you it will do the job !! You got the stock rudder ??

Really appreciate it, I think it's gonna be 5x16x5 since the Zelos for reference was 5x13x4. Thanks for your help! Yes I still have stock rudder. Will it be a prob?

[Keagan-Z06]

Just came back from the river , the water was very calm with a little ripple on it ! So i tryied some speed pass with my Zelos ! I was very impress with the results i got , the reason why is because i got 7 years old batteries in my boat and they give me some good speed ! First run , i reach 56 mph , after for the second run , i reach 55.2 mph and the last run i go at 58.9 mph !! Yes sir , never think that i can go that fast with the old batteries .

For the first and last run , i got 3 batteries 6s of 2650 mah in parallele flightmax 40c .
For the second run , i put 2 batteries 6s of 3000 mah in parallele Turnigy 40c .

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Very nice Banzee! Maybe 60 with some newer packs? Wait how do you run 3 packs?

[Banzee]

Very nice Banzee! Maybe 60 with some newer packs? Wait how do you run 3 packs?

Thank's !! Yop i hope to break the 60 mph with new fresh packs !! I install the 2 in the back and one in the front . The front one is in the middle , i found with the extra hole in the battery tray a way to fix the battery . I try the boat in waves and choppy water , and she stay in place !!

I will take a pic and let you see how i did that for the 3 batteries !

Here the pics of my battery set up !

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[Banzee]

Really appreciate it, I think it's gonna be 5x16x5 since the Zelos for reference was 5x13x4. Thanks for your help! Yes I still have stock rudder. Will it be a prob?

Nope , cuz i change my rudder for a bigger one , just need more oz to drive it , but i m sure with the stock one , you will be good !!

[Banzee]

I don't Know what i did , but i delete my post , so i rewrite it ! I think because i use the mobile application and did not check all the détail ! :

Just came back from the river , the water was very calm with a little ripple on it ! So i tryied some speed pass with my Zelos ! I was very impress with the results i got , the reason why is because i got 7 years old batteries in my boat and they give me some good speed ! First run , i reach 56 mph , after for the second run , i reach 55.2 mph and the last run i go at 58.9 mph !! Yes sir , never think that i can go that fast with the old batteries .

For the first and last run , i got 3 batteries 6s of 2650 mah in parallele flightmax 40c .
For the second run , i put 2 batteries 6s of 3000 mah in parallele Turnigy 40c .


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Here the video of the last run :

https://youtu.be/sKH6jv-qRKc

[Keagan-Z06]

Banzee, thats a big River, almost looks like a lake or lagoon. I run in similar conditions as well, sometime I get lucky with a bit of mirror finish. Is your boat completely factory spec? I can't recall.

[kfxguy]

Got my wife to cut me a carbon windshield and a scoop vent. Sweet!

[Banzee]

Banzee, thats a big River, almost looks like a lake or lagoon. I run in similar conditions as well, sometime I get lucky with a bit of mirror finish. Is your boat completely factory spec? I can't recall.

I live on the south shore on Montréal , Canada , the river is the St Lawrence river . Luckily where i drive , the water is not so deep , so i can easily retreive my boat by walking in water to reach it , sometime got more than belly high water ( not sure i can tell it like that ! lol ) . The week evening , the river is very often calm like that , but by the weekend , got a lot of full scale boat that passing create a lot of waves and the wind is often there , got 10-15 mph , sometime a bit more !

My Zelos is all stock , motor ESC , I just sharp and balance the props .