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I think Andy's issues are pretty much the same as mine, I don't think he got a fair chance to try it. Mine is on it's way back to HH I hope they get it fixed right if so it will be a nice boat. I am real nervous, a big RC purchase and so far the biggest let down I have had in the hobby in over 40 years.
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Thats too bad. I was hoping they meaning Proboat would possibly get a handle on the problem and have it sorted. I was thinking of grabbing one but after reading these posts i will decline. Im wondering why the Rockstar didnt have these issues?Comment
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Take the clutch off and put a coupler on it, see how it runs then. I wouldn't want a clutch on it anyway but that's just me. More crap to wear out and cause other issuesComment
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Agreed. Curious to see if anyone will go that route. Top speed should be quicker without the slippageComment
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You are totally right the clutch probably has to go, I was buying this as a play boat and I thought the clutch would be great for that but it isn't working out so good. I am hoping HH can at least address some of the other problems and maybe even fix the clutch if not I am not really sure what I am going to do.Comment
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Mine should be back at HH this Friday lets hope there is a fix for the problems I am having. A real bummer to pay this much for a boat now I will be without it for a month in prime boating season.Comment
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Well I don't have anything much positive to report other than HH took very good care of me as usual. I didn't get an explanation of what was really wrong with my Zelos but they sent me a brand new one. The new boat wasn't much better and after hours of tuning I finally got it to a lethargic 42mph. It isn't a good handling boat at all so I returned it to HH for a refund which I received.Comment
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Well, there you have it.Vac-U-Tug Jr (13mph)Comment
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Wow. At least they refunded your purchase. Wasnt from lack of trying thats for sure.Comment
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I have a RTR gas boat,,, real boat !!! no clutch in the 4 sale sectionComment
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Conclusion..
Sorry for the long wait, for my reply.
I will start with Erroneous. I Am SORRY! Truly I am. I have been under a lot of stress during the time I owned the boat(friend died, work, home, cars, rc boats, etc).. I am not sure that you are right but I will returned the boat so I will never know. Blair in the end, said it was caviation too. He tried all the different heights and angles for the prop. Also he tried different props. So, for all I know its a bad hull design or bad hardware causing caviation that really seems like a clutch to me.
Conclusion of my experience with the zelos g:
I sent my boat in for repairs after I continued to have problems and gps'ed the boat at 35.6 mph(top speed). The product support people couldn't tell me what was wrong with my boat and offered a replacement. I declined and asked for a refund. They said they would get me one. I have been waiting now for almost 2 weeks for a check in the amount that I bought the boat for.
I will stay subscribed to this tread in hopes that someone buys one and makes it work right. This boat was just not for me, there are a lot of other boats out there in this price range with fewer to 0 problems. If I want to build a boat I would have bought a hull and build one(no time right now). This guys was not rtr. I would recommend having a very good build plan before picking one of these boats up.Comment
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Dont sweat it man. We have all been there. I have literally (back in the formula nitro v days) thrown a boat as hard as I could into the lake only to have it laugh at me and stick the landing. Could have painted boobies on my forehead.... Glad you came back, the bug is toxic and incurable. Every boat has its demons and everyone has their own theories untill they tune for a while and nail it.
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Zelos 48g clutch problems
I just bought this boat and had the same problem but the proboat rep I talked to said it was a break in problem and it was . You need to start leaning the motor out and as soon as you get the RPMS up the clutch problem will go away . Now my issue is the flex shaft keeps breaking . I am talking to proboat rep and he is sending me a new shaft<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6AL9f7vFIB8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Video of my new Zelos g running!
I have a problem with it.. The clutch is slipping and horizon will only send me new shoes or I have to send the motor in and wait two weeks for them to look at it.. I am almost sure its not the shoes, there are worn now but I this there's a bigger problem. The boat has 2-3 tanks through it. it had the problem the whole time.. even during break in
I am disappointed in the customer service at this point.. Its a new boat, I want it fixed before next weekend or a new boat before the week end. Accept for the clutch the boat is great! Anyone have a idea how I can run my boat again this weekend?Comment
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I have two of these Zelos 48G's and two members of our club each have one.
They all run about 44mph bone stock and are a blast. A 1.4 pitch prop will get you to 45-46 mph and fixes any clutch issue. We all had to fiddle with them and run 2 or 3 tanks of gas to get them running well.
I'm sure we'll have these boats running 47-49mph as we learn to dial them in.
But even at 44-45 mph running these boats all together is such a blast. I'd like to get another so I can join my two sons and have 5 of these all running together.
Spray WD40 in the clutch housing and get needle clamps for the carb, also run the NGK CMR7H.
My one son has flipped his 3 or 4 times and it always lands prop side down and keeps running. I think these are the most fun boats on race day.Comment
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