Originally Posted by
vinnyp
Yesterday, I finally got the time and had good weather to take my second run with the Zelos. I won a Garmin Forerunner on EBay as well, so I had some #'s to work with. Although I am definitely a novice, I was still expecting better #'s. Unfortunately, I have no videos, since I went alone. The water was as flat as its going to be here. Not like you lake guys, but flat enough. I had the struts set to 4mm, had 4 3S lipos as far forward as possible. The boat seemed to be running slightly wet, but I decided to leave it as it was and run it. With the exception of me detounging and sharpening the props, they are what came with the boat from Horizon. I haven't messed around with any ESC calibration or programming. They are as they came.
I see the speed #'s you guys are posting here. I am no where near that, even compared to the guys still running stock electronics. I am starting to think either I destroyed my props by me screwing around with them, or something is off with the ESC calibrations, or maybe I just suck and should stick to full sized boats. Am I expecting too much from my second run?
Sounds like you might have something amiss. Bring them batteries back some. Those 7200mah SMC'S are heavier than most 3s packs and they are probably holding the nose down too much, especially with 4 of them. I ran 62.2 mph with a stock boat virtually untouched, you should be able to get more than 54.
Last edited by MADRCER; 05-21-2017 at 06:27 PM.
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