It's Here!

[alvinsmith75]

OK guys great news. I got her back together. Operation UL-1 Inferior (LOL) is complete. I will get her in the water tomorrow with air temps in the 70's.
I have a few questions.
-Can I charge my batteries and then warm them?
-Warm to what temp? I am using a heating blanket.
This one is for Grim.
-When I plug in the batteries, after turning the transmitter on, I am supposed to hear 1 beep, full throttle one beep, then neutral 3 beeps and ready to go. That is what happend the very first time I pluged in. Now I plug in and have continous low tone beeps. If I go full reverse I get 1 beep, then full forward one beep and finally neutral 3 beeps and ready to go. Is this ok or what should I do?

Oh by the way.............I do have GPS!



Can't wait it's gonna be fun.
And for those interested I have to test this new boat as well......

[Grimracer]

yea.. sounds like the trim is off..

Grim

[Fluid]

-Can I charge my batteries and then warm them?
-Warm to what temp? I am using a heating blanket.

First off Alvin, if it sounded like I was bashing you in my earlier posts, accept my apology. That was not my intent, I was just worried that the very first thread on this new boat was going to dissolve into a mess. Of course it's your boat and you should do whatever you want.

IME heating LiPos to around 100F before running them does two things: 1) they are stronger from the start of the run; 2) they often reach lower temperatures after the run than if they are not heated. I heated the LiPos in my SAW boats to 120F before a run. Heating is your friend.


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[alvinsmith75]

Grim, the factory sends the radio with the throttle set to reverse. Just checking to make sure thats ok too.
Thanks, Alvin

[alvinsmith75]

We've been discussing the boat and I wanted to let everyone know that this boat comes with the coolest RTR radio I have ever seen! It is super light as it only requires 4 AA batteries. I'll bet you won't see many of these removed from the boat. Again great job Grim and Aquacraft!
Alvin

[alvinsmith75]

Finally!!!!!!!!!!! It is awesome to say the least. Sorry no video, I couldn't find anyone to hold the camera. I also did something stupid. I put in the GPS and didn't start it. I ran a few laps and brought the boat in to give it a little negative strut angle and Perfect. The water was pretty rough and the boat handled it flawlessly. Thanks everyone for the help and I promise I'll get some video soon!
Alvin

[alvinsmith75]

"Operation UL-1 Inferior (LOL) is complete. I will get her in the water tomorrow with air temps in the 70's."
In case anyone took this the wrong way I was referring to my strut transplant, not the boat itself. The boat is awesome and If I had to do it over I centainly would have run it first and then probably not changer ANYTHING.
Thanks Aquacraft,
Alvin
and Fluid, apology accepted

[Doug Smock]

Sweet!!!! Congrats!!
How did you make out with your mono??

Doug

[alvinsmith75]

Not good Doug. It ran like what I would imagine a snow plow to look like. I guess I need to raise the trim tabs all the way and start from there. My balance point is 28.8%.