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Finest Racing
I went out today. It was low 60's here in south central NJ. Unlikely that we will see that again till spring. The Atomik had a glitch on the first pass. The water feed line came off going to the water jacket. The boat filled up with some water. Brought it in, fixed the line, topped off the batteries, watched Ken fly around with his Genesis.
Reset the GPS, secure everything and try it again. Off the work bench into the water the boat appeared to be on the money. I was using two 4s 6000, 25~50c Turnigy Nano Tech batteries. I know they are under in the C rating. Surprised after a 3 to 4 minute full burst straight away runs, the batteries were at 85 degrees, the motor was at 90 and the ESC was at 88 degrees.
With the GPS tuning off but recording the max speed before turning off due to low battery, I recorded a max speed of 59.3mph. I was a very smooth ride. Ken did the video and Damen did the still photos. When I receive them, I will post.
All in all, I am happy. No tweaking was done today. I just enjoyed it. I will now tweak it a little to see if I can hit the magic number that we think it can hit (70mph).
I did roll it, which landed right side up. I think after the first roll - the battery tray separated. The boat was leaning when accelerating from a stop. After moving it would level out. The problem was when I would release the throttle the boat get loose. The boat rolled two more times - always landing right side up. No other damage or problems to report.
I did use the data recorder. I will check that tomorrow.
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