NEW FASTECH!!! :help:

[p.swiggs]

hey i ran my boat for the first time yesterday and it was not what i expected. .. dont get me wrong,it was fun but look only about 15mph.... some water got in so i put some sealant on anything i thught would let water in...yet again i was running realy old 3300 mah 7.4 volts. it was running wet to so that lost speed. im thinkin if i do the trim tabs do make the front ride higher and bend the turn fins out and run some good batts. and a x642 prop i will be about 34mph

[p.swiggs]

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[BHChieftain]

15mph stock? Something is not right. I have two fastechs, the stock one runs around 30MPH on two 6cell NiMh packs...

Are you running the battery packs in parallel or serial? Parallel would be pretty pokey... but you would have needed to modify the wiring to run it that way.

Be sure that your prop has 1-2mm gap at the strut, as the flex drive will compress under load, and if you don't have that gap, you could be binding the cable.

-Chief

[LiPo Power]

hey i ran my boat for the first time yesterday and it was not what i expected. .. dont get me wrong,it was fun but look only about 15mph.... some water got in so i put some sealant on anything i thught would let water in...yet again i was running realy old 3300 mah 7.4 volts. it was running wet to so that lost speed. im thinkin if i do the trim tabs do make the front ride higher and bend the turn fins out and run some good batts. and a x642 prop i will be about 34mph

You need LiPo batteries. Your problem is your old batteries. If you did not change your battery wires and still have stock this boat will get you close to 30 for sure. When you get LiPos than you can swich to x642, for now you need to find out why you not where you should be just on stock. How did you get water in? Was your hatch taped properly? Check for other remarks you got from BHChieftain also.
Robert
PS
Here was my stock with LiPo upgrade only:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfpqdsTSASE

[p.swiggs]

hatch wasnt taped all the way..barely any water in in though. im not worried about that... how do i attach pics?

[Justiniousrowe]

hey, Jesse J
In one of your earlier posts about the 5c for the fastech, how would you balance out the boat? I was thinking of doing this but a 3s weighs quite a bit more than a 2s battery. Where would you place the batteries?
Thnx

[p.swiggs]

kk how do i attach photos to show u guys?

[bwells]

Go to the forums home page and click on the first post, I think it is fast electrics question and answer forum, scroll down to "how to post a picture" and you should be good to go

[p.swiggs]

Hey guys I tried my boat again with some lipos n nicads some good ones. That boat was doing 30+ n it's all stock. Basically as fast as my buddies sv27 with brass prop. This boat is awesome but it doesn't turn that well even with the steering sharpness adjustment thing all the way

[BHChieftain]

Hey guys I tried my boat again with some lipos n nicads some good ones. That boat was doing 30+ n it's all stock. Basically as fast as my buddies sv27 with brass prop. This boat is awesome but it doesn't turn that well even with the steering sharpness adjustment thing all the way

Read this thread-- my boat turns on a dime now...

http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...ad.php?t=12302



-Chief

[Jesse J]

hey, Jesse J
In one of your earlier posts about the 5c for the fastech, how would you balance out the boat? I was thinking of doing this but a 3s weighs quite a bit more than a 2s battery. Where would you place the batteries?
Thnx

Take a look at my thread on the Fastech let the mods begin. You will see why I removed the bulky framing in the aft of the boat. You will probably need to put them in sideways or remove some clutter.

[p.swiggs]

so around the same speed as a sv27 mean my boat is performing good right?

[BHChieftain]

so around the same speed as a sv27 mean my boat is performing good right?

If you can keep pace with an SV27, you are doing good.

My son's fastech is about 5-10mhp slower than my friend's SV, but the SV is running lipos and the proboat is on nimh (heavier and lower voltage...). On the same batteries I think they would be darn close.

I also think the proboat is more stable than the sv (but the SV is a lot easier to seal up for when it does flip over).

-Chief