After a week of pulling my hair out trying to fix my throttle issue, I got some quality time with the z-boat today. Good fun but I can see I need to make some adjustments. I was running with all stock parts today, wind was 5-10 mph, water had just slight ripples not too bad.
First run was with a 6S Lipo on each side. Placed as far forward as the hatch edge would allow. She ran well but it was obvious I needed more weight. I flipped her almost right off the bat. After that, watching close, I could see she was bouncing across the ripples and looked like she needed more weight.
Next, I put in 2 3S Lipos on each side. Again, as far forward as they would go - 3S will slide under the deck. A slight improvement on the bouncing but still could not open up the throttle all the way. I was probably at 3/4 on the trigger - there plenty left that I was scared to use. Down wind I did get up to 59 mph if you can believe the GPS.
So, I have about all the weight I can add with the 4 batteries. Would a strut adjustment be next? Slightly downward to hold the front end down?
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