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    Default New Geico 36 zelos

    Thoughts on new Geico zelos, are the upgrades worth the extra price

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    Wicked looking boat!Also has a different canopy than the Zelos. ( no scoop on the top) Ordered mine today! Says it will do 75+mh on 6s. Looks to be very stable.A04679F0-F6DF-4C7A-B6E0-138B6D16E0BC.jpg mine arrived yesterday !
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    Looks great . The Hull looks Identical to the Twin 36. Wonder if they made any changes to the hull . Looks like a few upgrades, Extra water pickup, new motors and new strut mounts . 2 thumbs up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 1coopgt View Post
    Looks great . The Hull looks Identical to the Twin 36. Wonder if they made any changes to the hull . Looks like a few upgrades, Extra water pickup, new motors and new strut mounts . 2 thumbs up.
    The hull seam has been reinforced around the entire perimeter. Rafael Lopez ran his onto shore at full speed and only suffered a hairline crack across the front bridge. That hull was a preproduction model that did not have as much reinforcement as the production hull does.

    Modifications and upgrades include:
    MR4000 receiver for longer range
    Extended motor mounts with rear support that can also accept 40mm motors
    Revised ESC's with larger cap banks & better cooling
    ABC 1716 style Props
    Water exits now out the top
    Sonicwake 3674 motors
    Extended struts with support brackets, makes the boat much more stable at speed
    "Lots and lots of hull reinforcement too"
    Last edited by fweasel; 05-23-2019 at 07:16 PM.
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    Nice .

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    I have a question about this new geico 36 inch boat. you can use 2 packs in series than paralled out to both motors, but what will the 2nd set of 2 packs give, you , more run time, so packs total??

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    You can run 2x3 s but it will not give you full power and runtime will be about half of if you run 4x3s. So 4x3s will be recommend .

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    hi, so you mean by running 4, 3s packs, say the 4 are 5000 mah each, does that mean you will get 6s 10000 mah??

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    No he is saying run 2x 3s to each motor for 6s 5000mah ln each side. If you want 10000mah you can do 2x 6s 5000mah in parallel to each side but is not recommended

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    Cant wait to hear some feedback on this new setup.

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    what would be the connections for this, if using 2 3s you hook a series up to both packs than parallel to esc, how about the next 2 packs??

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    Quote Originally Posted by 4343 View Post
    what would be the connections for this, if using 2 3s you hook a series up to both packs than parallel to esc, how about the next 2 packs??
    Using the included series/parallel harness, two 3S packs are connected together in series to create 6S voltage, which is then split with the parallel portion of the harness to feed both ESC's 6S voltage. This is not the optimal way to run this boat, but that harness is provided so that those with only two lipo packs are able to run the boat.

    The preferred method is to removed the series/parallel harness and run two 6S packs, one to each ESC, or use four 3S packs, connecting two packs together using the option series harness.
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    Im new here not sure if this is right place but got my Miss G Zel;os this afternoon one of the drives is all messed up. Need help.

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    so if you connect first 2 packs in series, how is the second set of packs connected than parralled out??

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    Quote Originally Posted by 4343 View Post
    so if you connect first 2 packs in series, how is the second set of packs connected than parralled out??
    It’s a cheaper 2 pack setup only useing 2x 3s packs in series then paralleled out to the esc so the both esc receive 6s power without loads of batts. It’s less weight and easier on the wallet but not as good of a set up and the weight of a 4 pack setup helps keep it on the water

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    Quote Originally Posted by RC Freak 69 View Post
    Im new here not sure if this is right place but got my Miss G Zel;os this afternoon one of the drives is all messed up. Need help.

    What’s wrong with it?

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    Last edited by gohan; 05-30-2019 at 08:59 PM. Reason: Video Tutorial

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    I just ordered one tonight.

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    Congrates . I've got the 36 twin and the Geico 36 looks bad ass. Post pic's and video when you can.

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    what went wrong, show some picture it makes it easier to help

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    Quote Originally Posted by 1coopgt View Post
    Congrates . I've got the 36 twin and the Geico 36 looks bad ass. Post pic's and video when you can.
    Tracking says it will be delivered Thursday.


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    Quote Originally Posted by RC Freak 69 View Post
    Im new here not sure if this is right place but got my Miss G Zel;os this afternoon one of the drives is all messed up. Need help.
    What happed to your drive

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    Pulled the trigger. Will be here 6/10/19 Woo Hoo!!

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    Mine came yesterday, will be running it today. B9BA8AB5-12BD-48B8-8C44-C432F69DCB56.jpg
    Last edited by Chevoholic; 06-02-2019 at 10:28 PM.

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    And the carnage has begun... (not my boat)

    Geico36_Split.jpg
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    What the heck happened??? 😳

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    That’s not a good start for a new boat. Hopefully it was a result of a epic crash and not a manufacturing defect.


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    Excellent WARRANTY....Horizon has got this one handled...

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    Quote Originally Posted by fweasel View Post
    And the carnage has begun... (not my boat)

    Geico36_Split.jpg
    that looks like some pretty pure reinforcement . Does not look any better than the old Zelos

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    Quote Originally Posted by fweasel View Post
    And the carnage has begun... (not my boat)

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    Damn that sucks .

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