New impulse 31 owner

[rjs62]

Hi there ! I think I'm getting addicted to this hobby !

It all started out by buying 2 Shuang mah 2009 little rc boats ! actually cool little rc boat ! well that lead to me wanting to go faster and bigger, so off to the hobby shop and $600 lighter in the wallet (boat, lipo's and a decent charger) I'm a new boat owner

just also bought an impulse 26 off the bay for my son.

found this forum did some reading and set it up, little adjustment to trim tabs and went over everything and made sure they were tight. She ran like a champ !

no vids yet of her.... but here's a vid of the Shuang Mah with my son driving

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kVhr2J02os&feature=youtu.be

[POWERS]

Congrats, welcome to your new addiction. It's all down here from here haha!

[nickB722]

Congrats on the new boat and welcome to the forums!

[rjs62]

Thanks !

so far we've been having a blast ! tonite the first run out, not even 20 feet out I hit a semi submerged log that I didn't even see cause of the glare off the water, and flipped it ! used my sons boat to push it back. So we both made sure the were abouts of it. but my son hit it and flipped later. I went to push his boat back but my batteries were dying, so I got to go for a bit of a swim 2day to retrieve my sons impulse 26 !

good times ! driving home in soaking wet shorts lol

[ejimbo4]

Welcome!!!Look into another form of retrieval besides swimming for it! Anyone on here will tell you that is the worst thing you can do! It only takes any kind of problem one time.....a little further out than you thought,you tire out a little quicker than you thought,swim out wasn't bad but now you have to swim back(with boat!)There are many different ways for retrieval to fit any kind of budget. Fishing pole w/ tennis ball, another boat for retrieval,blow up raft,Kayak(this was my choice so I can fish too!)Look it up here on the forum there are plenty of threads and posts on this subject! Other than that....enjoy your addiction and once again welcome to the forum! Plenty of great guys and good info here to fuel it!

[rjs62]

yah... i bought an inflatable and paddles !

really sucks to swim !

gonna try the tennis ball with hooks to !

went out 2 x today, first lake had too may weeds getting caught up on the prop and rudder. second time was an nice pond we usually go to. hers a vid with my kid and his boat

http://youtu.be/PPofI7ifGek

[bigcam406]

great vid.nice to see both Impulse's in action.just wondering what batteries are you using for both.thanks.

[rjs62]

great vid.nice to see both Impulse's in action.just wondering what batteries are you using for both.thanks.

in the impulse 31 a pair of peak racing 7.4 45c 4200mah and in the 26 kust a no-name 7.2 3800 nimh pack

[BOS SVT]

congrads! I just got mine as well and love it.

[rjs62]

well I just received my new turnigy batts and I guess I should of converted all my vehicles to bullets instead of trying to solder deans to those 10 gauger wires !

[BOS SVT]

Good luck with the bullets!

While I am having a blast with the impulse 31, I have had a few bumps. First time out I lost my prop (octura 447 ground, balanced and polished), and had to swim. 2nd time out was in NH's biggest lake and was very choppy. Got the boat to submarine twice and actually dissapeared under the water momentarily, followed by a flip and a
Full flood.

Still I love this boat and cant wAit to go out again!

[nickB722]

Mine's been upside down 5 times or so, a few stuffs (one that took the top hatch off but left the tupperware lid), some barrel rolls, and one blowover with no major issues, but I'd hate to see that happen to mine, so not taking any chances.

Did yours flood with NiMH packs in it or LiPos (doubt that would make the difference but maybe...)

[JimClark]

Numb batteries usually almost a pound heavier

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[veejo]

Yeah, I sank my 5-1/2 year olds super vee, he was using the impulse so I took his boat, wasn't game enough to swim out when it flipped
...... possibly drown infront of my son .... not cool for $350.
He still keeps on saying I should ghave fixed the bow and that is wher the water gotr in and it sank .... it flipped and 15 mins later sank like the tiatanic ...... 2.4 ghz doesn'r work under water I tried as it was going down ...... nest time take the fishing rod, boats are great for kids when they don't flip. He wnats the new impulse 31 "dad, cool colours"

[rjs62]

haven't had our boats out as to city bylaws we can't run on that pond ! old rules running back probably awhile cause as they say there to loud ! We have went down to the river a couple of times but it just been too rough. gotta match the tides !

oh well,,, in the mean time we got cars and a parkzone plane which I personally really like !!!

I find it really relaxing to go slow and just keeping control !