chargerrc
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- Joined
- Jul 31, 2005
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- 41
I built my first rigger about 6 moths ago based off of the keps rigger plans. But I could never get the thing to run, I was begining to think the wood came from some burial ground and was cursed. I tried 3 different engines different pipes, different fuel tanks, different hardware, props, everything. I would toss it in the water it would go a few feet and die, the classic to lean situation, except the needle, engine changes or tank changes would not fix it. I finally changed the radio, and go figure instant sucess, the throttle servo was glitching closed right after launch, but would work perfectly on land at any range. I don't race, I just play around in a local pond, this was the first rigger I have ever seen in person and did not know what to expect. I am not sure how fast it was going, but my knees were shaking when I brought it in. It ate up my little pond in no time and was just to scary to try and tune it in that area. I will bring it to a larger pond this weekend and try some different props, and pipe length.It now has a Go 3 port .28 in it turning an H-5 prop. After all the fighting, I was amazed that on the first sucessfull run it actually performed and did not seem to be to far out of whack. So thank you people at Intlwaters, I could not have done it without you. I just wish I would have found a thread about a bad reciever.