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  • Darin Jordan
    Fast Electric Addict!
    • Apr 2007
    • 8335

    #16
    On a course, I can't quite drive my Stiletto at WOT the WHOLE turn. What I find I need to do is ease off slightly as I enter the turn 1 buoy to set the nose down slightly and get the boat started turning. Once it takes a "set", I can then squeeze the throttle back on to WOT. However, sometimes, as I approach the exit of the turn, if I see that the boat is starting to "fly" (like when a race car "pushes" exiting a turn) the natural instinct is to turn more... If you do this too much, it will hook and flip. The proper way to handle it is to ease off the throttle slightly to set the boat a little more, then get back into the throttle when it's set again.

    Driving one of these is a real balancing act. If the water is really smooth, then I can just power through the turns. Once it turns into "race water", then what I described above is how it works...

    At least for me...
    Darin E. Jordan - Renton, WA
    "Self-proclaimed skill-less leader in the hobby."

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    • steve-b
      Senior Member
      • Mar 2010
      • 245

      #17
      Originally posted by tomstoys2
      All this driving in circles is making my head spin....
      I always wondered what you guys do North of the border.
      Is this the right way to do it?


      Stiletto looks awsome on the water. Thanks for sharing!
      Tom
      This is not what we do north of the border. This vid is of one guy.
      I agree... 6mins GONE. Not getting that back.

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      • johnf
        Fast Electric Addict!
        • Dec 2009
        • 1078

        #18
        OP, that vid was awesome. HD ftw! The stiletto is very cool looking on the water. Think thats the first good vid I've seen of one.
        Catching Air!

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        • GP73
          Senior Member
          • Jul 2010
          • 544

          #19
          I love it when Lipo tells me to go easy on the throttle...

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          • GP73
            Senior Member
            • Jul 2010
            • 544

            #20
            Originally posted by Darin Jordan
            On a course, I can't quite drive my Stiletto at WOT the WHOLE turn.
            Well... you know... I didn't say how WIDE my WOT turns are...

            Did I thank you already for a beautiful boat?

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            • johnf
              Fast Electric Addict!
              • Dec 2009
              • 1078

              #21
              Originally posted by GP73
              I love it when Lipo tells me to go easy on the throttle...
              Haha, yeah that was funny.
              Catching Air!

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              • LiPo Power
                DJI Drone Advanced Pilot
                • May 2009
                • 3186

                #22
                Wait till I get my Stiletto on the water and let Doby say at every turn:
                Don't hit the marker!
                DJI Drone Advanced Pilot
                Canada

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                • JDCrow
                  Junior Member
                  • Oct 2010
                  • 13

                  #23
                  Originally posted by Joern Markset
                  1:1 tunnelboats[/URL] they make incredible tight turns, and that is the whole point with a formula boat the way I see it.
                  Proboat Stiletto 29 / ProBoat Miss Elam Brushless / AquaCraft Miss Vegas Deuce FE Conversion

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                  • LiPo Power
                    DJI Drone Advanced Pilot
                    • May 2009
                    • 3186

                    #24
                    I am sure they power to speed and size ratio is not the same to what we do on our boats....
                    DJI Drone Advanced Pilot
                    Canada

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                    • Brushless55
                      Creator
                      • Oct 2008
                      • 9488

                      #25
                      Originally posted by Joern Markset
                      If you throw out 3 buoys in a triangel and run tight to the buoys you will know what I mean. If you look at 1:1 tunnelboats they make incredible tight turns, and that is the whole point with a formula boat the way I see it.
                      It depends on the course they run
                      I've been to several races of F1 and they are kick ass
                      depending on the turns, they flat out pin it and hold on
                      .NAMBA20...Caterpillar UL-1, P-Spec OM29, P-Mono DF33, P-Spec JAE, Aussie 33" Hydro-LSH, Sprintcat CC2028 on 8s, PT SS45 Q Hydro, PS295 UL-1 power, OSE Brothers Outlaw QMono 4-sale, Rio 51z CC2028 on 8s

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