Hi everyone I just recently purchased by first RC boat, a supervee27! I've been trying to soak in as much information as I can and just read through about 36 pages of forum material on this boat alone. I guess I'll get to my question; I wanted to know how exactly I upgrade my water cooling from the rudder. Can I just buy this:

http://www.easycart.net/cgi-bin/whob...ing+4+WP3035+1

and then switch the tube that is attached from the rudder to this new pickup? Will that be sufficient? Sorry for such a newb question but I'm so curious... any help or detailed insight would be awesome!

My suggestion to you would be to go to Harbor Freight Tools and buy this http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=93983 instead of a new p/u. Alot of SV owners, including myself use the stock rudder water p/u. It works just fine in most cases. With the thermometer, you'll find out if you need to make changes in your overall setup, or not.

I would also recommend removing the silicone water jacket and turning it inside out and inspecting the holes for blockage. This has been the biggest problem with the cooling systems on these boats.

Have Fun!

Perfect answer!

One quick test is to take the tube off the rudder and blow through it and put your finger near the exit hole and see how the air flows through. We just saw one on here that was totally blocked. When you turn it inside out to inspect it, understand how it works. The water is to come in direct contact with the motor, there fore when you turn it insideout you should see open holes for the water to travel through. ALot of them have not been finished correctly at the factory and sill have molding left overs in the jacket.

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_5203307/tm.htm

Or you can try the above.

Hello everyone!!!

I've been in the hobby for over 20 years, mostly in the onroad/ offroad scene, but this is my first boat experience. I have to say that the supervee27 is awesome. I think one of the problems I had with it was a clogged water jacket, so my motor was fried.... When I opened the cowl and saw a bunch of smoke, I knew then my motor was fried. I got aquacraft to send me a new one and I checked to see that the water jacket was not clogged. Once I got rid of that problem I started having a blast with the boat. I made some videos of my SV27 racing against my friend's seadoo speedster. He claims that we were going around 30mph to 35mph and I could not beleive it. I guess this is a really fast mover. Since I'm new to the Fast electric crew, what can you guys help with when it comes to tips?
Please advice on anything I should be aware off. Tunning tips are always welcomed.
see ya,
KLANDERMAN[>:]

check out some pics...

KLANDERMAN - I'm not sure why nobody has mentioned this but you should know that you are not going to pick up much , if any, water while turning left. Race boats turn the best going right and therefore that is why they design the pickup system to pick up water turning right and in the straights. If you want to make a bunch of left hand turns or just playing around going both ways, then you might think about adding an extra pickup.

JDOUG:

Thanks for the tip.
I live in Guatemala, Central America and my hobby shop is not the best, so I have to order from towerhobbies.
I'm going to check fot a better extra pickup.

thanks again for the quick response...

Later
KLANDERMAN