ORIGINAL: shenlonco
First off next time take advise from the board.
And about the rio that's how it is it take a while to get up on plane ...a better battery pack will help some but i think you will need to change the prop i forgot what i used on mine i think octura makes little plastic ones and they work better than the stock one.
ok first, this is traxxasallfors older brother. I suggested a mini rio because
1. i have the big version and its good
2. the boat club im in races them
3. i thought about getting one, and there a thread with like 40 pages on it. so plenty of info.
4. you can see my post RECENTLY in the mini rio thread asking if all the issues were sorted out.
SO BACK TO THE BOAT
you said it takes time to get on plane. IT DOESNT EVEN GET ON PLANE! i drove it myself for like 5 min all across our pond and it NEVER got on plane. glass water too.
its pretty sad that he spends 115 bucks on a boat and it needs a better battery and prop out of the box to WORK CORRECTLY