The official 36" zelos twin modding thread

[Mxkid261]

Venturi effect dictates the flow as neutral. One outlet has a pulling effect. Think sand blaster or paint gun.... Agreed about too much heat there must be another issue.

Never had luck splitters. When I built my cat last year I used a single rudder pickup to a nice CNC Y fitting. It would spit water out one outlet easily, and barely trickle out the other, didn't matter how it was hooked up. I threw that fitting away after its maiden run Lol worked like garbage.

[Darin Jordan]

Alright... I'll post a mod... I guess doing it in this thread makes it "official"...

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I know everyone here is trying to "Hit" 70, or 80, or whatever... I'm more interested in KEEPING it there... :) Oh, and turning at those speeds...

[Keagan-Z06]

Very nice Darin! Almost missed the dam at the top.

[Darin Jordan]

Very nice Darin! Almost missed the dam at the top.

Thanks.

I think a lot of people forget that a lot of lift is generated from the TOP surface. Breaking up the air their can really help keep the nose down.

If you watch the video of mine working over the 1/6th mile oval last March, you'll see why I'm doing this! And that's with a TON of angle in the struts, and rather "mild" props... Need to be able to lay-down full-throttle without blowing the nose off.

[Erroneous]

Never had luck splitters. When I built my cat last year I used a single rudder pickup to a nice CNC Y fitting. It would spit water out one outlet easily, and barely trickle out the other, didn't matter how it was hooked up. I threw that fitting away after its maiden run Lol worked like garbage.

Two outlets vs one I guess.

[Erroneous]

Alright... I'll post a mod... I guess doing it in this thread makes it "official"...

[ATTACH=CONFIG]144731[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]144732[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]144733[/ATTACH]

I know everyone here is trying to "Hit" 70, or 80, or whatever... I'm more interested in KEEPING it there... :) Oh, and turning at those speeds...

Nice. Tried the spoiler on top while running stock. Worked a little. Ill be trying out the dam underneath using a 1/4" dowel. Curious how this combo works.

[Erroneous]

I'd be shocked if you have a 18" water stream Lol

Im glad you're both amused and shocked. Lol

[Team Lucas]

Wow, ok then, now uploading from my crapple ibone doesn't only flip 90* but goes full inverted.

try what ever button you have to push to take pic with on the right, or photo flips if you do it from the left,[at lease my I6 does]

[Mxkid261]

Really wish they'd offer a bare hull in white

[Erroneous]

Really wish they'd offer a bare hull in white

Would be awesome.

[Team Lucas]

No offence to anyone: but I thought this was a thread to the Zelos Twin RTR.. started out great with tweaking the RTR, but turned into, replace motors, esc's, and such. ??

[Keagan-Z06]

I suppose swapping motors, esc's props and all that is classified under that tree?

[paulfromtulsa]

No offence to anyone: but I thought this was a thread to the Zelos Twin RTR.. started out great with tweaking the RTR, but turned into, replace motors, esc's, and such. ??

This is the modding thread

[Mxkid261]

Ya it is called the "official modding thread" seems pretty clear to me that there will be post's about upgrading the boat Lol. Im sure people purchased the zelos knowing they would upgrade power system. Id buy a bare hull instantly to build if they offered white, the yellow doesnt do it for me

[kfxguy]

Ya it is called the "official modding thread" seems pretty clear to me that there will be post's about upgrading the boat Lol. Im sure people purchased the zelos knowing they would upgrade power system. Id buy a bare hull instantly to build if they offered white, the yellow doesnt do it for me

I agree. It's turned into something that I didn't want it to. What i created it for was;

-props. What props are working best for you.
-motors. You swapped motors, we want to know what you went with and how it faired.
-escs. You swapped escs, let's hear how they fit, they run cooler, you picked up speed...whatever
-mods. Cooling system. Rudder. Aerodynamic. You name it. If it's a modification that makes you boat better in some way...lets see/hear it.
-aesthetics. Cleaning up the interior, hose routing, decals, paint jobs. Let's see it.

What I don't want is problems with your boat. Warranty issues., whining...whatever. It's cluttering the thread for no reason. This because a hassle for other people that didn't start from the beginning and they have to sift through the bs. This isn't a complain thread or discuss problems thread. It's a MODDING thread created to help people get their boat to perform better or increase reliability.