RE: The Unofficial all things Jet drive thread
How do you reckon you'll go getting cooling to that inrunner whilst making all those Watt's?
Posted on: 10/4/2010 6:55 PM by Author "Running Beer" in the forum "Speed - Electric"
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RE: The Unofficial all things Jet drive thread
Hiya, G.P.S,'d the boat today with the new 45/90C packs and got 60.4 Km/h, choice
Posted on: 10/3/2010 4:51 AM by Author "Running Beer" in the forum "Speed - Electric"
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RE: The Unofficial all things Jet drive thread
45/90C pack this week, be a bit faster without adding any more cells. cheers Beer
Posted on: 9/13/2010 9:31 AM by Author "Running Beer" in the forum "Speed - Electric"
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RE: The Unofficial all things Jet drive thread
ha ha...Only one swim. I had the nozzle on full nose up and the boat jumped once, landed on the back end. I made the mistake of staying on the throttle and it rotated over backwards. It's never rolled once. I think the C.O.G. is very low and the boat too wide to roll. You can certainly bounce it on flat water, though like all boats it's not at its best without a ripple.
Posted on: 9/13/2010 5:50 AM by Author "Running Beer" in the forum "Speed - Electric"
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RE: The Unofficial all things Jet drive thread
Hiya, I think the plastic might be P.E.T. if it's coke bottle stuff. H.D.P.E. is opaque. Any ways if it is P.E.T.. it's a great job forming, it's a bit of a mare for shrinking! I got sick of trying to upload my boat vids so put a few short clips on you tube. My you tube name is "j73ish" or search 10S jetboat cheers Beer
Posted on: 9/12/2010 8:28 AM by Author "Running Beer" in the forum "Speed - Electric"
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RE: The Unofficial all things Jet drive thread
Trying to upload some vid of my boat! cheers R Beer
Posted on: 9/12/2010 4:42 AM by Author "Running Beer" in the forum "Speed - Electric"
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RE: The Unofficial all things Jet drive thread
Yeh, The pack charges to @42 volts and I run it down to 37 ish most times. The amps need calibrating properly, but out of the box it was drawing around 95 peak. There's room there for another one or two cells but it's like a rocket anyway. I have a problem before I can calibrate the logger properly. I recieved an e-mail about my 240 castle controller from castle. It may not be hitting full power, the software needs to be updated and I am currently waiting on the d-link cable to do so. When this happens I'll put some footage up. It's incredibly fast off the mark but I haven't put a GPS in it yet. RB
Posted on: 8/18/2009 7:08 PM by Author "Running Beer" in the forum "Speed - Electric"
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RE: The Unofficial all things Jet drive thread
I bought a swashdrive hull but it was a bit heavier than I wanted ( top and bottom @1.4Kg from memory?) I used it as a plug and shed 0.5Kg of weight when I made the C.F./ Epoxy sandwich hull. I took about 10 mm off the sides (no need to be so high when the boats sealed.) The boats about 70 mm shorter than the SD. The C.F. hull is incredibly rigid even without the top on. The top sheet, which I cut and laminated to make the stringers out of as well, was cast on an old window.The footage I have won't work for posting, so I'm working on that this weekend. Cheers RB
Posted on: 8/17/2009 6:52 PM by Author "Running Beer" in the forum "Speed - Electric"
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RE: The Unofficial all things Jet drive thread
boat vid coming soon
Posted on: 8/17/2009 6:01 AM by Author "Running Beer" in the forum "Speed - Electric"
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RE: The Unofficial all things Jet drive thread
Twin jet max, I did a similar thing as the vacuum bagging when I made my hull but I filled the cavity with water which effectively pushed the excess resin up and out of the mould. Waxing the plastic is important!
Posted on: 8/16/2009 1:13 AM by Author "Running Beer" in the forum "Speed - Electric"
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RE: The Unofficial all things Jet drive thread
I've put up some more building shots of my jet in my gallery. When I get some footage in the right format, I'll post it. Cheers
Posted on: 8/7/2009 11:30 PM by Author "Running Beer" in the forum "Speed - Electric"
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RE: The Unofficial all things Jet drive thread
Twin jet max, great looking jet unit. What size is the impellor? Looks like it's going to need a fair bit of power. The Swash drive pump is a 3 blade 56 mm impellor and 6 Hp will take it to @16000 RPM, need lots of 'torques' as well!
Posted on: 8/7/2009 11:28 PM by Author "Running Beer" in the forum "Speed - Electric"
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RE: The Unofficial all things Jet drive thread
Hi, I,ve put up a couple of photos of my 10s jetboat (37 volt) in my gallery. Goes awesome. Cheers
Posted on: 8/6/2009 6:51 AM by Author "Running Beer" in the forum "Speed - Electric"
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RE: The Unofficial all things Jet drive thread
Hi, I'm putting together a single 28 mm Kehrer jet sprint boat with an 800 motor on 5s. Anyone out there done this, have any tips etc?
Posted on: 8/3/2009 6:58 PM by Author "Running Beer" in the forum "Speed - Electric"
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RE: problem with 3.3
If you lean it out more it shouldnt bog down, it should tune in better or if you go to far and its set to lean it will cut out. If its bogging down its to rich, and thats the likely cause of fried glow plugs, iamnot right again !
Posted on: 8/9/2008 5:05 PM by Author "beer=food" in the forum "Traxxas Monster Truck forum"
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RE: found the leak in the carb
Before you jam another O ring in just check the screw and barrel for burrs, if there is one, thats the cause of the O ring split, if not you got unlucky.
Posted on: 8/9/2008 2:21 AM by Author "beer=food" in the forum "Traxxas Monster Truck forum"
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RE: Baja 5b or traxxas monster buggy
12, LOL, l didnt notice that bit ! hahahaha, dude you got a GOOD job or what ? hahaha nutz. Get a nitro if your only 12, sheesh maybe even get an electric one, LOL, but dun get a baja, ya dads gunna kill you, get a 4oo dollar nitro beast, and wreck it, if you still like the hobby we'll see you in a year or so asking a similar question, dont get on dads wrong side but, think of the future ! LOL ! Revo 3.3 second hand maybe.
Posted on: 8/8/2008 5:47 PM by Author "beer=food" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: How useful is reverse? (Also revo help)
l love reverse, for 15 years NO nitro RC had reverse, then they come of age, the first one l had was a kyosho mechanical, crunchy crunchy type, worked but, and the hardened pins` that used to slap into eachother crunching were pretty strong, you could slap it in reverse at speed and destroy diffs instead of gear boxes, pretty awsome gearbox for its day, bit noisy, and didnt come with roller bearing had to fit it out, but them were the days, you slap a revo [ much heavier] in reverse while moving, ALL OVER. All the cogs were plastic back then too, they had no slipper clutches back then, you young fellas have got it made, you messed up you payed for it simpla as that, anyways reverse changed the whole off road bashing consept, MT's became a machine that could really traverse some awsome rough turf, and where truggies or the like have a low centre of gravity and are low to the ground, and cannot get over the same ground without carrying huge speed as so to scoot over most of the rough stuff, the MT's can now drive over all this terrain, SLOWLY, and if it gets stuck, just reverse off, MT's are for off road rough stuff, reverse is a pleasure, and definately beats the 40m walk to flip it back over every no and then.....
Posted on: 8/8/2008 5:39 PM by Author "beer=food" in the forum "Traxxas Monster Truck forum"
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RE: synthetic
Why would you want to, to save 3 dollars ? l have left nitro engines to soak in normal engine oil, for over 2 years to no ill effect, thats submerged though, no oxygen attacts, some oils absort moisture, this is why we use an after-run oil, designed NOT to do this, for 3 or 5 bucks, if your storing long term do it right, or submerge in oil. l cant see that synthetic would be any better than petroleum based products, of the non synthetic type, it still just has to be the right stuff, saying that though, any oil will slow rust and for short term use it wouldnt hurt, but, useing oil thats so thick or viscous, will eventually give you starting issues, with clagging and spatter on the plug. LOL ! Diesel oil !
Posted on: 8/8/2008 5:23 PM by Author "beer=food" in the forum "Traxxas Monster Truck forum"
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RE: 3.3 TRX piston failure
lucky man you are, that piston looks a bit quarterised ! LOL ! Lean running, and its got hot too. Well done full credit to traxxas they really do have incredible customer support for a hobby company.
Posted on: 8/8/2008 5:16 PM by Author "beer=food" in the forum "Traxxas Monster Truck forum"
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RE: Baja 5b or traxxas monster buggy
Get a baja, the y rip along at 40 odd MPH , little weed eaters, l run with revos and savages all the time, they get me off the mark every time, but just down that paddock l fly past them at nutty speeds, they have 4x4 the baja is 2wd so you have to drive better, just leads to a better overall driver, and lotsa fun, and no little nitro is gunna throw a rooster tail of mud 3 metres in the air ! LOL ! Baja 5b SS if you can and they aint that hard to build.
Posted on: 8/8/2008 7:19 AM by Author "beer=food" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: 3.3 tuning hell
Is it getting hot now ?
Posted on: 8/6/2008 11:03 PM by Author "beer=food" in the forum "Traxxas Monster Truck forum"
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RE: replacing the cooling head...worth the upgrade?
Wanna cheaper way of cooling it, get a PC , CPU heat sink and screw it to the TRX head heatsink, instantly you have doubled the surface area and sped the cooling process up, but most TRX engines just dont need it.l have a 4.6 that used to run hot, no matter the tune, so l did that and its run awsome ever since.
Posted on: 8/6/2008 3:57 PM by Author "beer=food" in the forum "Traxxas Monster Truck forum"
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RE: 3.3 TRX piston failure
Run a little richer.
Posted on: 8/6/2008 3:32 AM by Author "beer=food" in the forum "Traxxas Monster Truck forum"
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RE: Revo Engine Help
For the money get a 3.3 TRX engine, for pure power try a picco or RB or OS , LOL but the TRX engine is a good engine, the other one sounds like its toast.
Posted on: 8/5/2008 10:52 PM by Author "beer=food" in the forum "Traxxas Monster Truck forum"
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RE: Jumping in reverse
l do theres footage of it on my skate bowl video. Things break easier in reverse but !
Posted on: 8/5/2008 10:46 PM by Author "beer=food" in the forum "Traxxas Monster Truck forum"
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RE: Traxxas: What should I buy next?
Get a stanbd\\ard revoo . Made for bashin the bush ! No starter box, azy wand.
Posted on: 8/4/2008 6:07 AM by Author "beer=food" in the forum "Traxxas Monster Truck forum"
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RE: Want top power and speed!!!
Datsun motor ! 120 Y LOL 120ybother ! Slap a picco or RB or OS in it !
Posted on: 8/4/2008 3:28 AM by Author "beer=food" in the forum "Traxxas Monster Truck forum"
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RE: Broke Newbie
Picco and maybe learn to tune a little better mate !
Posted on: 8/4/2008 3:23 AM by Author "beer=food" in the forum "Traxxas Monster Truck forum"
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RE: T-Maxx HELP
Engine sounds like its toast. Clutch could be stuffed. When it gets really hot really fast its usually to lean or clutch is stuffed, or the brake is engaged or theres some other stiff part in the driveline. If the engine is old try to richen it just a touch see if it runs for more than 5 minutes.
Posted on: 8/3/2008 3:58 AM by Author "beer=food" in the forum "Traxxas Monster Truck forum"
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