Test run at the club pond on a X452 prop
Ran the boat last Sunday at our club races. The pond is just a tad small for 1/8 scales, but we got some good runs in. First run we determined that I must have hit something under the water....coming out of turn 2 I lost steering and she ran right up on shore. Luckily that side is all grown up with tall grass so it was a soft landing....LOL The brass rudder shear pin was sheared right off. Made some additional adjustments to he strut and put an X452 prop on. Definitely made a difference....it shot out of the hole and the top end was much faster. Now I may have to look at doing some work on getting the boat to turn better. Might try some turn fin adjustments and maybe upgrade to a better servo. I have a Hitec 5645 MG digital on there right now at 168oz of torque. Thought that would be plenty....thinking of a Savox 1256 or 1258 TG.
I have had suggestions on moving the turn fin forward on the bracket in order to tighten the boat up coming out of the turns. Anyone have any input on that? Or any other ideas that I may want to try?
Video is attached.....you can see how wide the boat is skidding coming out of the turns.
https://youtu.be/kmMStFz8vnQ
Thanks
Mike