***NEW*** - Pro Boat River Jet Boat - 23"

[boatsrnew2me]

If I had better photoshop skills, I'd slap a black helmet and goggles on you with an orange polo and the discussion would be over. Too funny.

couldn't swing the orange polo sorry

[skeeler]

Yep, it's totally Little Rafael and his twin driving the River Jet.

[fweasel]

[Rafael_Lopez]

Hahahaha! That's awesome. Thanks guys.

[ChevyPrerunner]

Awesome lil Jet Boat Team ProBoat / Rafael! I'll have to swoop one up soon

[MADRCER]

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Got mine today! It is bigger than my Barbwire XL and is barely smaller than my Impulse 31 V3! It should be a blast! Thanks Pro Boat!

[DBJr]

Mine will be here tomorrow. I can't wait!!!

I got my 4S 3300mAh 30C lipo pack today and voltages checked out around 3.85 volts per cell so I'm all set.

[Keagan-Z06]

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Got mine today! It is bigger than my Barbwire XL and is barely smaller than my Impulse 31 V3! It should be a blast! Thanks ProBoat!

Very nice!

[MADRCER]

I just couldn't resist I had to take it out for a spin. Below is the link to the crappy video I made while trying to driving it. This little guy is like a mouse on the river and is way different to drive than a prop and rudder boat as Rafael said...Figure 8's at will Lol. I put the speed meter in and got 27mph on 3s 3200mah. Please don't laugh at my bag and ziplock baggies I have my speed meter strapped in with, because this is the second one I have had to buy in the last two weeks and I am very cautious now Lol...my first one is in the bottom of the river because it fell out of my Impulse doing about 50 when the top came off. Lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOCErOMH-Zw&feature=youtu.be

[Rafael_Lopez]

Great video! Looks like you're having fun. Definitely a new learning curve with a jet boat for those of us who have only experienced prop boats before. One of my main goals was to make the boat carve the way it does without breaking traction or rolling over. It is a bit like a mouse, as you describe it, but it will get better once you get used to how little steering input it needs while on power. The acceleration is almost comical to me. Looks like someone sped up the video, lol.


I made and instructional video on how to service the drive shaft. You can also find it on the product page in the manuals and support tab.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_jIP2y-IpE

[MADRCER]

Great video! Looks like you're having fun. Definitely a new learning curve with a jet boat for those of us who have only experienced prop boats before. One of my main goals was to make the boat carve the way it does without breaking traction or rolling over. It is a bit like a mouse, as you describe it, but it will get better once you get used to how little steering input it needs while on power. The acceleration is almost comical to me. Looks like someone sped up the video, lol.


I made and instructional video on how to service the drive shaft. You can also find it on the product page in the manuals and support tab.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_jIP2y-IpE

Good to know there is a video on the shaft servicing as well.

I have a problem with mine now.... It seems to go into low voltage cut off (limp mode) way to early. I ran it again today and it shuts down about 45 seconds into a run and runs half throttle. On glass water I did get 30mph running 3s before it shut down. Horizon tech had me make sure the cut off was on 4 beeps (for 3.2volt cell cut off) and it was, but still the same thing turns off 1 minute into the run under full throttle and the red light is flashing on the ESC. Do you think the ESC is bad? The are sending me out a replacement one tomorrow. Here is a video of it during the 30mph 3s run today, notice when it stalls out 45 min into the run. I have tried 3 different batteries and all the same thing. I turn the ESC off and back on again and it runs fine for a very short time then goes back into "limp mode". Any suggestions?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VRl6oMMKNw&t=6s

[Rafael_Lopez]

Check your individual cell voltage when it goes in to limp mode. The ESC will shut down if there is a cell below the threshold. Don't power cycle the boat while checking since keeping a light load on the pack will maintain the low voltage on the cell that could be lower than the rest, possibly causing the issue. Once you disconnect or turn it off the cells tend to recuperate.

I doubt that you have 3 different batteries that are bad but we have to start off with what could be throwing it in to LVC. I found that some packs have cells that fall way out of voltage under load. Let me know how it goes.

[MADRCER]

Check your individual cell voltage when it goes in to limp mode. The ESC will shut down if there is a cell below the threshold. Don't power cycle the boat while checking since keeping a light load on the pack will maintain the low voltage on the cell that could be lower than the rest, possibly causing the issue. Once you disconnect or turn it off the cells tend to recuperate.

I doubt that you have 3 different batteries that are bad but we have to start off with what could be throwing it in to LVC. I found that some packs have cells that fall way out of voltage under load. Let me know how it goes.

Thanks. I will try that tomorrow. I do know that when I put the batteries on my charger when I got finished running after having these issues they all were around 4 volts each on all packs.

[Rafael_Lopez]

.4 is quite a bit off once they have recovered. You may find that under load they are falling pretty far off balance, more than just .4 of a volt, but let me know what you find out. We do all our testing with the batteries we recommend and we only experienced what you are describing with weak packs that fell off voltage under load.

Like I mentioned above, try and not power off the boat and get each cell's voltage. This will get me a better idea for what is happening with your ESC and your packs.

[skeeler]

Rafael's "street boating" video got posted at Big Squid today. Rafael, did you send that to them, or did they choose it on their own?