Hey guys. New to the forum and new to RC. My first post actually...
Anyway, I got my Rio a few months ago and have been working on it with some help and suggestions from a local hobby shop. They suggested as soon as I converted to brushless to extend the trim tabs as long as I could to help stabilize the boat. Never really ran it on the original ones on the brushless set up. I see a lot of talk about chine walk and torque roll over on the Spartan post (just bought one of those). But I don't think I've had any issues with chine or torque roll. Either I'm just not fast enough yet for those problems or maybe the long tabs help. What do you guys think? Now don't laugh at my handy work now. Don't have the time or tools to do very pretty work yet.
I think I made the tabs out of a little bit too thick of metal. I think I'm pushing the nose of the boat into the water too much. Very twitchy at higher speeds. When I try and bend them up manually, I have to push so hard, I've heard the transom crack, so just kinda leave them where they are for now. Will probably make them the same but thinner material later and buy some of the adjustable tab set ups I see on OSE store.
Anyway... tell me what you think about the theory.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72yE4kPh6es
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzka8p2xe5Q