New Proboat Impulse 31" Deep Vee

[§Bodo§]

Thank you, wparsons, you helped me (again).

[Brushless55]

This looks like a very interesting boat. I´ve got a Traxxas Spartan on backorder, maybe i´ll switch to this mono. Because i´m new to FE-boats, i do not know the reason why the teflon liner goes into the transom in a stuffing tube with much more diameter. I read it is called "wet well liner"? Is this for better cooling of the teflon liner with water or what is the advantage of this? And a second question: This little silver "knob" between the left trim tab and the stuffing tube, is it an outlet for water which will come into the boat?
Regards Bodo

I would ditch the spartan and get this one bro
infact I sold my unran spartan in hopes a new mono would come by way of Aquacraft or Proboat

[MfizzleS62]

i really like this boat... I wish it was a deeper V... looks good for flat water but on a big lake not sure how it will act?

My P1 KOS is finally running how it should but i was thinking about a spartan but with all the issues I would hate to have to rebuild it from the ground up just to have it run decent...

[Darin Jordan]

i really like this boat... I wish it was a deeper V... looks good for flat water but on a big lake not sure how it will act?

The problem with making it a deeper V is that it takes more power to make a deeper V run respectably. This boat was designed to run well with the "P-Limited" power system, but also to be able to handle some decent power upgrades. It handles similarly to a Delta Force or boat of that class, except that it doesn't have the "ride-pad", instead having a true "V" bottom, so it'll actually run a little more stable in rougher water.

As the Product Development Manager for Pro Boat told me when he tested one of the prototypes, setup as I suggested... "It's so stable it's almost boring!" That's easy to fix by raising the tabs and moving the CG back slightly. It's a very tunable boat...

[Brushless55]

I'm putting some things up for sale just to roll the cash into this Mono!

[tunnelvision]

Saw this on the tube'. Horizon test run and review. Nothing we don't already know but nice to see it running!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck4ZEPmW9zs

[GP73]

Ahem...

BND?

PNP?

RTF only?

[MfizzleS62]

The problem with making it a deeper V is that it takes more power to make a deeper V run respectably. This boat was designed to run well with the "P-Limited" power system, but also to be able to handle some decent power upgrades. It handles similarly to a Delta Force or boat of that class, except that it doesn't have the "ride-pad", instead having a true "V" bottom, so it'll actually run a little more stable in rougher water.

As the Product Development Manager for Pro Boat told me when he tested one of the prototypes, setup as I suggested... "It's so stable it's almost boring!" That's easy to fix by raising the tabs and moving the CG back slightly. It's a very tunable boat...

one more question...


will a castle 2200kv motor drop right in? meaning will it bolt onto the motor mount or will i have to change the mount?

[Darin Jordan]

will a castle 2200kv motor drop right in? meaning will it bolt onto the motor mount or will i have to change the mount?

Yup... Should drop right in. You may have to adjust the motor mount on it's slotted mounts to get clearance for a longer coupler, if you use one, but it should fit right in.

[Brushless55]

Yup... Should drop right in. You may have to adjust the motor mount on it's slotted mounts to get clearance for a longer coupler, if you use one, but it should fit right in.

Darin, I'm thinking of dropping in a Medusa 3670 2300kv motor and run it on 4s

[bigcam406]

just watched the vid from Horizon,the 31 looks like it'll be a rocket on the water.also said available late July,early August.guess i have to wait an extra month..

[bigcam406]

wondering what kind of speeds with 8.4 nihms, havnt purchased lipos yet.

[Brushless55]

I would love to see a race between this Impulse 31" and a 32" Pursuit with the same power for both boats of a CC1515 2200kv on 4s
I wonder how that would play out....?

[skellyo]

I would love to see a race between this Impulse 31" and a 32" Pursuit with the same power for both boats of a CC1515 2200kv on 4s
I wonder how that would play out....?

That's the same question I have dancing in my head.

[Diesel6401]

Noticed something kinda alarming. Obviously the RTR market is getting better and better and I always read a lot about products I plan on getting and this is no different. I was hoping the manual of this boat would be on the Horizon but nothing yet, which isn't the problem I looked at what they suggested to complete this boat and look at the recommended batteries http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products...Category=Basic that horizon is suggesting.

As I new person if horizon has this listed as the proper batteries naturally someone is going to get them http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products...ProdID=DYN1050 needless to say we all know what the results would be if someone ran those batts in the new boat. Darin is there anyway to get Horizon to list some proper batteries for this boat?