Miss Geico on my mind

[Nor Cal Chris]

After all of the great info from all of you on OSE forums I have ran her through four sets of LiPos and I'am officially addicted. I replaced all connectors with 5.5 bulets, X642 prop, pro boat card and turnigy 2s 5000 Mah 2s1P LiPos. Still working on the bounce but it's getting better each run. Running for about five minutes hard. After five minutes of hard running the batts, ESC, connections and motor are all barely warm. This is my first ever FE boat and this has been a blast. I havent GPS the speed but I would estimate roughly 40 MPH with a fresh charge. Thank you all for the wealth of knowlege especially in the "MG race set up" and all of the other threads. You guys helped make my first FE boat a total success.

[Diesel6401]

Great job bud, glad your enjoying the hobby and the boat!!! Sounds like you did everything right...

[Darin Jordan]

You guys have NO IDEA how much I LOVE to hear this. It's a boat designed and built for YOU GUYS! Hopefully you all find it good out of the box, and easy to upgrade and tinker with to make GREAT!

Can't wait to see what we come out with next!

[tjdabomb]

You guys have NO IDEA how much I LOVE to hear this. It's a boat designed and built for YOU GUYS! Hopefully you all find it good out of the box, and easy to upgrade and tinker with to make GREAT!

Can't wait to see what we come out with next!

Late chime in, but, I am also addicted to this boat. I have two 24's now, one in a box that has never seen the light of day, one that has been ridden hard and put away wet. love doing upgrades and seeing the results even though I have smoked the orig brushed motor, a 3300kv leo, the stock 45a brushless ESC (wow what smell). Built a rudder from scratch to eventually replace the steerable drive. epoxied the sponsons and repainted the bottom (I am a terrible painter). just fun. really is an addiction. great fun boat.

One thing that I find interesting...... the 24 does not wah wah. so many ppl on here have 29's with this prob, but, all the way up to my fastest time to date (45.6, 5s, x642, 1500kv prb) this boat won't wah. Not that I am complaining, I like that the boat sits and goes with no jumping. just wonder why the 24 doesn't have this unwanted characteristic.

[kfxguy]

Late chime in, but, I am also addicted to this boat. I have two 24's now, one in a box that has never seen the light of day, one that has been ridden hard and put away wet. love doing upgrades and seeing the results even though I have smoked the orig brushed motor, a 3300kv leo, the stock 45a brushless ESC (wow what smell). Built a rudder from scratch to eventually replace the steerable drive. epoxied the sponsons and repainted the bottom (I am a terrible painter). just fun. really is an addiction. great fun boat.

One thing that I find interesting...... the 24 does not wah wah. so many ppl on here have 29's with this prob, but, all the way up to my fastest time to date (45.6, 5s, x642, 1500kv prb) this boat won't wah. Not that I am complaining, I like that the boat sits and goes with no jumping. just wonder why the 24 doesn't have this unwanted characteristic.

The one and only 24" geico I saw on video wah wah so bad I couldn't finish the video. Worse than any 29 I've ever seen. Maybe you got lucky? You say you modified the sponsons, that could be why.

[tjdabomb]

The one and only 24" geico I saw on video wah wah so bad I couldn't finish the video. Worse than any 29 I've ever seen. Maybe you got lucky? You say you modified the sponsons, that could be why.

kfx -

actually, I haven't put the boat on the water since I trued the sponsons - I was talking pre-epoxy. My boat has never wahhed, no matter the speed, no matter the motor, no matter the weight. I doubt I could have gotten the one 24 that doesn't wah?

[TheShaughnessy]

The one 24 I watched run was porpoising so bad it was barely drive able.

[tjdabomb]

The one 24 I watched run was porpoising so bad it was barely drive able.

"watched" in person or on youtube?

I suppose some work could go into making the setup so bad that it would do that (batteries too far astern). the 24 is stock form really only allows the batteries to be fairly far forward. I dunno.... I haven't come across a 24 youtube video that has a 24 wahhing either.

[ray schrauwen]

Mg 27 ???

can't wait to see what we come out with next!

[tjdabomb]

Mg 27 ???

RayRay -

You gotta think BIG!!!

MG 31!!!

[Darin Jordan]

Good Grief, Guys... this thread is over 2 years old...

How about a RockStar 48?? Or a BJ29, or an IM31 V2, or??? A "few" things have been released since I said that...

Damn boaters... never satisfied!!

That said... Wait until you see what's coming out next...

[Scamp73]

Good Grief, Guys... this thread is over 2 years old...

How about a RockStar 48?? Or a BJ29, or an IM31 V2, or??? A "few" things have been released since I said that...

Damn boaters... never satisfied!!

That said... Wait until you see what's coming out next...

Do tell Darin.....

[Scamp73]

BTW, I ran my 1st ever heat races last weekend against several Motley's and well lets just say it was over quickly :-)

[tjdabomb]

Good Grief, Guys... this thread is over 2 years old...

How about a RockStar 48?? Or a BJ29, or an IM31 V2, or??? A "few" things have been released since I said that...

Damn boaters... never satisfied!!

That said... Wait until you see what's coming out next...

Time doesn't diminish the strong sentiment, DJ!!! Love my 24's!!! Ya, so I have blown some components up... so what!!! That's just part of the fun!!

Now that 17 on the other hand, that one... not so much fun. Hard to upgrade, low perf to begin with.

Now tell me, MG 31 is the next, right??

[Darin Jordan]

Now that 17 on the other hand, that one... not so much fun. Hard to upgrade, low perf to begin with.

I didn't have ANY input at all into the 24 or the 17, or the 9 for that matter... And, other than Pro Boat essentially up-sizing the original MG29 hull,which I DID do the design for, I didn't have any other input into the 48" gas boat either...

I've never seen a 24 or smaller in person, so I really can't help much on getting them "dialed"...

Sounds like you guys are doing a pretty good job on your own.