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Hi, been a while since my last post here, but I've been into scale stuff. This boat I built as a 1/25 scale HCM 24' Granite. I built everything by hand including the water jet! Since it's a scale boat I didn't figure it would get much love on here, so I never posted a build thread. If anyone wants to know how I did it, let me know and I can post one up. The whole thing is only 11.5 inches long. It's TINY!
The water was very rough and the waves were larger than the boat! This being said I couldn't go over 1/4 throttle without getting airborne and the jet losing prime. In the 15 minutes I ran I never even tried more than 1/2 throttle. By the end of the run I began learning how to manipulate the throttle over the waves and keep the prime, but before I could really begin to get it going there was too much water inside to continue. I used a larger battery than I originally anticipated and my hatch didn't seal with it installed. I have a new plan for keeping the water out, so next time should be even more fun!
The water was very rough and the waves were larger than the boat! This being said I couldn't go over 1/4 throttle without getting airborne and the jet losing prime. In the 15 minutes I ran I never even tried more than 1/2 throttle. By the end of the run I began learning how to manipulate the throttle over the waves and keep the prime, but before I could really begin to get it going there was too much water inside to continue. I used a larger battery than I originally anticipated and my hatch didn't seal with it installed. I have a new plan for keeping the water out, so next time should be even more fun!
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