flynrian

Anybody got comments on this R/C Boat that is sold by NitroRCX.com?? The pros and cons/ feedback from experience or word of mouth!!! I imagine it would look really good on the water for a R/C Boat at almost 4ft long.. But looks aint nothin if it won't run good..

w3bby

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You get what you pay for, unfortunately the reputation of these boats is not good.

Ron Olson

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I haven't seen them run but have seen them for sale at the Toledo show. I stood back laughing to myself when listening to a salesman's spiel about how fast it would go, etc. when I knew that he was blowing smoke up the prospective buyers skirt. When you can buy this boat for around what most of us spend for a hull only, you know that there is some serious corner cutting going on.

flynrian

U are correct Ron. I knew the cost was cheap but I just wanted it as a starter gas boat. If anyone has ant info on different props I would appreciate it. Seems it needs some more bow lift no matter where u set the prop height. Would a smaller diameter 3 blade with a little more pitch help? Any info would be appreciated. I have a modified motor for it but haven't swapped them out yet. Was gonna go methanol but some say just use nitro and no mods needed for volume of fuel..

Ron Olson

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Generally these boats ocme with large props so downsizing would help to get the revs up. I'd try something around the 67mm range.

flynrian

Thanks Ron. Yeah it really seems that the prop is too big but I guess they do that to keep people from puking the motor. I doesn't seem the motor is really getting in the power band to really get the air packed under the boat so it will "get off the watergo with ". Think I will switch to a copper beryllium 3 blade and see if it helps. Any info on a good source for propellers?

Ron Olson

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With you being in the experimenting stage and want some low cost ones that are already balanced and fairly well sharpened, try www.zippkits.com . I've tried several of his props and they seem to work well. I've run his 6717/3 and 1472 among others.

w3bby

What power band? With the supplied muffler I would guess you aren't going to see any great improvement in rpm. I hope you have a proper tuned pipe with the mod motor.

flynrian

The mod motor came with a custom matched pipe. Thanks Ron for the info.