Originally Posted by
Fluid
Like I said, I set my oval boats to go fast enough to win, but not to go so fast that I flip easily or burn. Are there faster boats in the heat? Often, but most of them don't finish. Flip, crash, or burn. Gotta finish to win.
Most of my oval boats will run WOT through the corners - traffic permitting. Tune them that way. We all know that peddling an ESC or even worse running mostly part throttle will toast an ESC quickly in a high power setup. So why do it?
That may be why I have better luck with Castles - ICE, not old Hydras. The latter sucked, mostly firmware but parts too. Several club members run standard ICE aircraft controllers with just a fan in P and Q sport hydros, they last until they get wet. Not many ESCs can handle much water, even the "waterproof" ones.
Part of the secret is to build a dry boat, another problem so many seem to have. How many ESCs blow due to getting wet? I see and hear of way too many FE boats with water in them. Often the owner just says "that's normal, my boat always has water in it." Then they complain of receivers, servos and controllers not working. If they would learn to master the basics first before spending pikes 'o cash on over-the-top setups and replacement electronics they would have a better boating experience.
A reliable boat is a lot more fun than one which keeps giving trouble. But I guess it's sexier to buy speed setups that some guy on YouTube says he used than it is to learn to set up a boat right in the first place. Why do some experienced racers seem to be faster with less powerful setups? Food for thought...
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Jay has learned stuff, Jay is smart, Be like Jay.
I do have to agree with Jay's way here in setting up oval boats. Being reliable and finishing beats max speed. I pretty much run against gassers all the time and my 6s boats are often winning. The reliability of FE over gas is good if you are setup well. And it is not just the boat, driving well makes a huge difference. I was surprised the other day at how much slower my Q hydro wasn't against gas riggers and sport hydros. I did get beat but only just at the line in one heat. Although I do like to hog lane one!
I generally set my boats up so they run as fast as possible, staying stable and controllable in race water, at full throttle. As I predominantly run 1P as that is what our class rules allow, it means doing that on 4000mah. Generally though the only time I don't finish a race is because I am upside down (except when a lead melts off a connector or 2 out of 3 2s packs didn't get charged and went back in the boat!)
NZMPBA 2013, 2016 Open Electric Champion. NZMPBA 2016 P Offshore Champion.
2016 SUHA Q Sport Hydro Hi Points Champion.
BOPMPBC Open Mono, Open Electric Champion.
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