New EKOS owner here

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A good place to research this boat is the Venom RTR threads.Lots of information and build threads there.I said what I said in post #3 is because I have this boat and know all too well its weaknesses.I have a build thread in the Venom RTR section.
To James,I do not have bottomless pockets in any way.
To the original poster of this thread,there is no blah,blah,blah about aftermarket parts being better than factory. The fact is,MOST aftermarket parts are better than Venom puts in their hulls.Venom buys the cheapest parts and re badges them.Most of us have had the worst of luck with our EKOS,only to replace the parts with higher quality parts and got to go faster as well.Its very easy to be $1000 in the hole with this boat. Take the advise of others when they say it isnt worth it. Its a very cool looking boat,but thats where the positivity about it stops.
Others and myself included are more than happy to help you in any way with your build.

I'm not saying Venoms stuff is great. We all know aftermarket is better. There are many people who have had good luck with the stock electronics. So when I ask about how to make the best of the stock equipment and get the answer "replace everything" that's not really that helpful, that's all I'm saying. Of course I'm going to run it stock to see how it goes, then upgrade what needs to be upgraded based on my needs and expectations. I respect that you have had lots of experience with this boat, I'm sure I'll be asking you about things later on, I was just looking for a few tips to get a starting point.

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I make the wire drives and couplers to fit the factory set up. Have sold hundreds all over the world.

Which kit fits the EKOS?

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Nevermind, ordered up a set of the wire drives. Have a few things to install before actually running it. How much gap do I need with the wire drives? Less than the flex shafts right? I've heard of the wire drives binding a little if there is an arc in your stuffing tube, true?

[dano1]

Kos mods

I just reworked my kos and put batterys in sponsons and running seaking 60amp esc's, planning on putting in some feigo's but am undecided what ones to run, i want to have one boat that i can run for a bit without temp issues, and boy....she handles really great now, JUST WANTED TO SHARE

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Still haven't run this thing, maybe next week. Got my wire drives in the mail, haven't put them in or anything yet.

[Dragboatdad]

Nevermind, ordered up a set of the wire drives. Have a few things to install before actually running it. How much gap do I need with the wire drives? Less than the flex shafts right? I've heard of the wire drives binding a little if there is an arc in your stuffing tube, true?

I was told about 1/16" gap is good. Also I don't know what coupler you have , but I had to file a small flat surface on my wire drives for my set screws to keep them from spinning in the coupler. But I have Feigao 380 10xl and x442 props. I also put a 1/16" collar on the drive just after the coupler to keep it from sliding out if the coupler comes loose.

[Jeff Wohlt]

ALWAYS make a slight flat and make sure any couplers you use has 4 setscrews like mine. Otherwise the wire will bore the alum out and bye-bye drive. Also use blue thread locker on everything.

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Thanks for the info

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Well I got the EKOS wet for the first time today, just testing it out. Started with 6S and 34mm props. The pond I ran it in is pretty small and barely had enough room to get the boat on a plane. Got the ESC's programmed and everything ran smooth. Threw on the 36mm props just to see how they were and what a difference! The boat wanted to jump out of the water. Again didn't have much room to get up to full speed but I know the boat works and will try to find a bigger place to run it.

[LarrysDrifter]

Good deal. Can you post some pics of your build?

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Got some pics, pretty basic. Like I said I just got it and have only run it once, didn't even get up to full throttle. Have done a couple mods: extra cooling lines, flex cable collers, 5.5 bullets, and wire drives (not installed yet). Found a place to try to run it the next day or two. Here's the pics:

[fallensk8man89]

thats sexy. i just ordered mine cant wait till it gets here!

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With 6S what amount of timing is everyone else running? I have mine at 0 right now.

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Was doing some electronics tweaking on the bench today and I'm noticing that both motors don't start turning at the same time. The port motor starts right away and if I hold it at a low rpm the starboard motor won't turn. If I give it more throttle the stbd one kicks in. I'm concerned that one motor is working harder than the other. Is this a problem or something that only happens at low rpm?

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Think I got the motor thing worked out, I think one ESC had the timing set differently. It still does it in reverse though. Anyone run other than 0 degrees timing?