New guy with a new boat

[sft2]

Yup, love this ESC. Instead of "oops, you're out of juice, so I'm killing your motor in the middle of the pond" it was "hey, you're out of juice, here's half throttle to get back to shore." Seemed slightly faster, somehow. Unfortunately I forgot the temp gun, but things felt a bit warmer in there. Not hot by any stretch, but warmer. Plenty of water flowing, more than stock, actually, and zero problems.

I need to start taking food with me to bribe the ducks. I'd appreciate it if they continued behaving and every duck I've ever known has been open to bribery.

[sft2]

Well, the ESC got a total of 2 runs, now it's at the bottom of the pond. Lost all steering while at full throttle, hit a fountain, flew through the air, both hatches came off, and this is the last thing I saw while we tried to fish it out.
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[bdp1174]

Is the whole boat sunk or did just the esc come out.Did you lose radio signal with boat?
If so what radio where you using and did you set failsafe and rangetest it?
That sucks if you lost the whole boat.

[sft2]

Whole boat. Nope, still had throttle and the failsafe would have gone to idle if I did lose signal. Radio is a Futaba 4PKS and R614FF. I have no idea what happened.

[Make-a-Wake]

Did you have flotation in the nose????????

Sorry to hear it. I have rescued two from Daveys Locker. One by myself and one with a diver. They were in about 8-10ft of water. How deep and clear is the area?

[sft2]

Just what Proboat put in there. There isn't much room for much more besides that. Next time I'll pour foam in there. The water is somewhat clear, but no idea how deep. I'm going to see if I can drag the bottom with a casting net.

If I do find it, is there any hope for the batteries? They're 2 cell hard case packs and it's clean water, but I have no idea if they'll be any good or not.

[Make-a-Wake]

I salvaged around 500-600 bucks worth of stuff off of my 51 incher. Re-used the: Motor, all hardware, flexshaft. coupler, prop and drivedog, and motor mount. From one of the 5s batts, i was able to make two 4s batts that i run in a land rig........yep, a week under and i have two working lipos.........the other three 5s batts were shot. You can also get an "umbrella rig" they call it, its used for trolling multiple baits, you can hang around 5 or 6 large treble hooks off if it with a big sinker up near the top. The place that will most likely get snagged is the watercooling line or the rudder.

[Austin22]

Must be a bad day for boating....My AQ mini mono did a sub. today and never came back up...I guess its time to buy a 29" cat.!! I know one thing is for sure, im going to fill the nose full of foam before it ever see's the pond.

[sft2]

I attempted to drag the pond yesterday, failed utterly, lost the net when it got tangled on something on the bottom. I did manage to find one of the batteries, still velcroed to the plate which had broken cleanly out of the hull. Hopefully it will still work. Voltage was 4.02/cell and it spent the night in a bag of oatmeal. It's on the charger now at 2.5a in a lipo bag, so we'll see.

[jasoncyclone]

Do you have any idea how deep it is? I would go to a dive shop and ask someone there if they want to make a few bucks and dive for the boat.... Just an idea. I lost a 41 Gasser with about $1600 in it on it maiden voyage. My buddy went diving for it a found it in about 25 feet of water. I was so happy!! I wouldnt give up yet. Maybe 20-40 bucks and you might get it back...

[Make-a-Wake]

Cost me a hundred to get mine back..............although at some point the effort and $$ spent surpasses the value of the boat.........

Best of luck still.........and if you found a battery you know its right around there. Did you mark the spot.........triangulate it?

[sft2]

This isn't a big pond, about 400' long and probably not more than 5 feet deep. I know it's within 15 feet or so of the fountain head, most likely right under it since it sank pretty much vertically, but that's what makes it tough to drag for it. That fountain head is anchored to the bottom with a cable and watertight conduit. I'm considering just wading in there and groping around a bit, but it's a bit cold for that and my spine damage doesn't much care for 50° water. I'll give it another attempt tomorrow, if possible.

[Make-a-Wake]

Borrow a wetsuit and wade in draggin your feet around...............sounds like you can stand, i bet you find it in less than 30 minutes.

[sft2]

Hehe, I considered that, minus the wetsuit, but I'm pretty messed up. There's a half inch hole through my spine and I have less than 20% strength in my left leg. I can walk about 200 yards before I'm done for the day. Even have a cripple tag in the Jeep, though it's usually in a friend's truck since I can't drive more than about 5 miles.

I'm going to take the pool pole and leaf net with me next time, too. If it's within 15 feet of shore I'll be able to feel it and, hopefully, dislodge it from the mud.

[Make-a-Wake]

Hopefully you have a strong young friend................they can go in for ya!