TFL Hobbies "Popeye" Hydro: P-Sport Hydro

[tlandauer]

OK, here are clips: don't know why it was such a pain to upload.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2kFfruC_Y8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_hEhzEKWv8&feature=youtu.be

Well, the good thing is that I did not flip the boat.
Will heed you guy's advices and do more fine tuning in the near future.
Thanks to everyone and especially to Doby who is responsible for me to get this hydro!
And Monica for her efforts to make this a fun and truly enjoyable experience!

[flraptor07]

Deffinetly running a little wet, take some of the weight out of it. Also it looked like it did better with the 3 blade prop. I'm going to give a 3 blade a try.

[tlandauer]

Deffinetly running a little wet, take some of the weight out of it. Also it looked like it did better with the 3 blade prop. I'm going to give a 3 blade a try.

Yup, I will run 4s1p and see how she does, I also need to adjust the strut, I kind of got lucky to run her today, family was not aware of my "get away"...
Will see how much weight the hull needs---maybe none. I just put it there to have extra insurance for the first run.

[Doby]

Is your strut all the way up? I find mine runs best that way, I'm going to mod my strut over the winter to allow for even more upward adjustment.

Also, you will notice a difference in some chop as well, gets its looser on the water and airs out a bit better than in calm conditions. This boat like some chop!

[tlandauer]

I don't think so, the strut blade is flush with the bracket, since I didn't know how much up is up, I avoided any changes for the first run. I realized the AOA on the ride pad is rather flat, a higher strut is going to help.
My question is this: since I reinforced the exit hole of the stuffing tube, can i just raise the strut without fearing any mishap? ( def a newbie question )
Thanks.

[Doby]

No problem...just raise it as high as the slot in the strut will allow.

[tlandauer]

Thank you ! Will do!

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[ron1950]

yours is running well with the nose down a bit...mine runs nose high ...whatever u did to yours it working.....I may have fixed mine by going to 2 2s stuffed all the way up in the nose ...

[tlandauer]

yours is running well with the nose down a bit...mine runs nose high ...whatever u did to yours it working.....I may have fixed mine by going to 2 2s stuffed all the way up in the nose ...

Thanks, out of box I reralized with the strut set flush on top, there is quite a bit of negative prop trust, this plus the 6 oz. of weight ( total) I managed to place at the tips might account for the nose down attitude. I think now for me is to raise the strut and play around with the weight and see how it goes.

[ron1950]

id leave the strut alone for now and start reducing the weights in the nose a little at a time.....just my 2 cents

[tlandauer]

id leave the strut alone for now and start reducing the weights in the nose a little at a time.....just my 2 cents

Thanks,
I was running 4s2p because I wanted to have as much weight as possible, guess I will take one battery out first.
How was your angle of thrust? I ask because I wanted to know how consistent the factory sets these things. I was also surprised how tight the nut was set for the strut, I could not loosen it and it was another reason why I didn't bother. I thought : "wow, they really want to make a point here" because all the other fasteners were either loose or on their way out after the bumpy trip...
Happy Holidays!

[ron1950]

my settings are not so hot...my strut is prob a 8th of a inch below the top of the brace to bring the nose down so I have the opposite problem of yours...doby should be able to help u out with his settings....I had one 4s longways and it had the cg too far back so went with 2 two cells sideways in series and it may have helped as the cg went from 3.25 to close to 2.5...now if that doesent work to get the nose down ill use stick on weights....then start with the strut comeing up...at least that's the current plan lol...

[tlandauer]

my settings are not so hot...my strut is prob a 8th of a inch below the top of the brace to bring the nose down so I have the opposite problem of yours...doby should be able to help u out with his settings....I had one 4s longways and it had the cg too far back so went with 2 two cells sideways in series and it may have helped as the cg went from 3.25 to close to 2.5...now if that doesent work to get the nose down ill use stick on weights....then start with the strut comeing up...at least that's the current plan lol...

Sounds like a good plan.
yeah, I will first run 4s1p, and then raise the strut like Doby had suggested.

[Doby]

And take out the weight you added as well., I've run mine is some really windy conditions and it seems to stray planted on the water nicely.

[tlandauer]

And take out the weight you added as well., I've run mine is some really windy conditions and it seems to stray planted on the water nicely.

Thanks , I will do that! Good to know that a little windy condition won't faze her.