MG and Rough Water

[POWERS]

Got tired of running the Miss Geico in the small retention pond I've been practicing in so I took her out to a nice cove behind my Fiance's parents house and got a couple runs in today.

The water was far from the "like glass" water of the pond. It made for a real fun run. It looked like a real offshore boat hitting big air at time. Being a rookie driver I was still able to keep her upright and moving for the most part. Only after getting a little more confident and having that male gene that makes me wanna see what would happen if, I decided to see what she could do. I had a couple flip overs, one complete spiral landing upright and moving on like nothing happened, and one submarine where she got big air and took a nose dive coming back up and moving on. It was a lot fun.

Only thing is it took its toll on the battery trays, they both came un-attached. All the bouncing and the heavy 5000mah NiMHs were to much.

Any suggestions on the best way to re-attach these?

[dana]

epoxy. maybe try moving up and getting some lipo's

[Fluid]

Not just any epoxy. Rough up the surfaces of the hull and trays, then use a good grade of epoxy like JB weld (long set, not fast). Using some fiberglass tape with thinned "regular" hobby epoxy across the top works very well too.



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[dana]

Not just any epoxy. Rough up the surfaces of the hull and trays, then use a good grade of epoxy like JB weld (long set, not fast). Using some fiberglass tape with thinned "regular" hobby epoxy across the top works very well too.



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good point

[longballlumber]

I like using this stuff... If it's good enough for real boat's it good enough for my boats...

http://www.westsystem.com/ss/

Later,
Mike

[POWERS]

Thanks again all for the tips. Kinda figured an epoxy was the way to go. And I definitely need to upgrade to LiPos, having these heavy NiMHs bouncing around inside the hull can't be good for it.