My Best Recovery Boat Option
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Originally Posted by
Tharr62
Okay, so today.. I was ready to put my new toy in the water (Impulse 31 V2).. BUT, before I did.. I decided to test out my recovery boat ;-)
I'm glad I did..
I am using an Atomic Barbwire because its simply the other boat I own. I attempted to tie the fishing line behind it, with tennis ball.. and it was a night mare. The boat went okay and all, and I did use an antenna tube to keep the line away from rudder and prop.. but, trying to catch another boat was near impossible for me (I used another Atomic as a test, I have two of them). The issue seems to be that I can't turn sharp enough, slow enough to wrap around another boat?
Whats the flat out best recovery boat option our there? It appears the duck is off the market.
Be thankful the "Duck" is off the market. I was the most disappointing RC purchase I've ever made.
If you didn't like removing your Impulse motor to clean the packing tube, then you would HATE the duck! You have to remove the entire external drive housing to get the shaft & impeller out to clean/re-grease. That means you break the OEM silicone seal, and remove all the mounting screws.
All that assumes you ever get the duck back in, after sending it out to retrieve your boat. The range on the TX/RX is much shorter than the unit supplied with your boat. I flipped my IM31 about 50 yards out, and my duck lost radio contact before ever reaching it. Now I had two vessels to rescue! Luckily, the tide brought it close enough to reestablish a link. On a closer attempt, I was able to snare my boat, but the duck battery gave out on the way back in. ARRG!!!
I also am a saltwater only hobbyist, and fairly new to the boating scene after years of flying rotary wing aircraft. I bought an Impulse 31 and a Blackjack 29 after a stupid mistake landed my Quad-copter into the bay outside my office. I've had to rescue them both many times due to: fire due to running 6S, loosing shaft & prop due to collet letting go (3 times), and dozens of flips.
I tried using the tennis ball & pole method, but it took so many casts to finally GET NEAR my boat, it was just no fun.
Now I just tie my fishing line to a hook mounted on stern of my other boat (I put a hook on stern of all my boats), and power the line and tennis balls around my downed craft & then bring em both in with my saltwater casting rod & reel. That way I don't overload the ESC on the rescue boat. I've mounted two OSE tow hooks (ose-83002) on the bow of every boat, one on top & one underneath), for the line to snag, in case it misses the hardware at stern. Guaranteed success every time now.
The Duck is a cute "toy", but not the way to rescue your precious boat before the tide changes.