my setup for a stable and fast miss geico

[fuse01]

like everyone of you who owns this boat, it need more speed and also getting rid of the wah wah.

so i did the following

1) off set rudder ( this works no bluff )
2) change the esc so i can run a bigger motor - seaking 180 is my choice
3) a little bigger prop ( grim racer 42x55 )
4) 2 p lipo .. 4500 x 2 ( i need the weight )
5) motor 1 buggy tenshock 1900kv finned motor with leopard 40mm water jacket( and lots of glue to stick it)
6) bigger tubes for water cooling


so how it went? awesome .. maybe in the high 40s mph and very stable to drive.

love this boat to the bits!

[pawpaw1964]

were did you find the offset ruder i am looking for one for my mg

[LiPo Power]

Just off-set the stock rudder...

were did you find the offset ruder i am looking for one for my mg

[pawpaw1964]

yep i saw the set up on a nother post thank you

[ksaucerman]

Kintec racing sells a nice offset rudder bracket

[pawpaw1964]

i was not able to work today because of rain,so i hit the shop and maid an offset for my mg,
i was doubtful that it would work but when all was done it was a heck of an improvement from stock very nice and stable no more bouncing very smoth nice to drive NOW i am getting nother prop broke mine at hi speed run today thank for the info

[fuse01]

yes it works for me and a few others on my pond

[pawpaw1964]

were do you all live

[fuse01]

over the weekend i had the chance to try out mysetup with a gps and also a H5 prop.


this time the boat was also stable and clocked 49.7mph ..but after 3mins... the 4mm bullet on the motor melted!!!!

sigh.. back to the drawing board again.

[jac4412]

like everyone of you who owns this boat, it need more speed and also getting rid of the wah wah.

so i did the following

1) off set rudder ( this works no bluff )
2) change the esc so i can run a bigger motor - seaking 180 is my choice
3) a little bigger prop ( grim racer 42x55 )
4) 2 p lipo .. 4500 x 2 ( i need the weight )
5) motor 1 buggy tenshock 1900kv finned motor with leopard 40mm water jacket( and lots of glue to stick it)
6) bigger tubes for water cooling


so how it went? awesome .. maybe in the high 40s mph and very stable to drive.

love this boat to the bits!

If that is what youre running then its not a suprise youre getting alot of amp draw and resistance. Thats a pretty aggressive prop. Switch to 5.5 bullets and disconnect the BEC... that'll get rid of some heat going through it. Otherwise you'll have to prop down. Nice to see the speed though... thats on 4s right?

[jac4412]

You could prop down from the H5 too... better to go down then up rather Up...melt... then down! lol

[TheShaughnessy]

you can detounge quite a bit of material off that 42x55 and i believe it should help bring amp draw down a little since the motor wont have as much load getting up on plane. Haven't done it to mine yet but i have word from someone who knows what he is doing.

[jac4412]

you can detounge quite a bit of material off that 42x55 and i believe it should help bring amp draw down a little since the motor wont have as much load getting up on plane. Haven't done it to mine yet but i have word from someone who knows what he is doing.

That will absolutely lower the amps and if done right, will help with the overall speed. But whatever prop he is using... if its still melting or bringing alot of heat to a 5.5 connection then gotta prop down. Try the 5.5 bullets first!

[fuse01]

thanks for the advise

i will not run the H5 anymore on the geico. grim racer 42x55 is nice and cool

yes will switch to the 5.5mm this week.

and yes i run only 4s.. never 5 or even 6... as i have seen too many esc go up in smoke on 5 and 6s. 4s is fine.. my target is abt 50 mph which the geico hull is fun to drive with and no danger of a blow over.

[jac4412]

fuse, keep us updated. I will be running my MG from may 8th in the 45-50 mph range. Running an 1800kv outrunner (CC) with turnigy 40-50c batteries on a seaking 120a. Not sure which prop to try yet.. I have an x642 and m445 sitting around.