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I just ran my new JAE21 for the first time today, the design is fantastic! It launched easy, pulled any appropriate prop I had, and the turning was amazing! A big thanks to the JAE team and Zipkitts for such an amazing design! :wub:
Months ago I wrecked my old boat, which until then was quite competitive. So I bought one of Mike Walker's 80% built Zippkits from Colin Buckmaster, OZ RC Boat Supplies, and built up the boat with all new stuff (or new for me!). See pics here:
https://www.intlwaters.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=1132
Compared to my old boat, this new boat easily launches with props that used to be a struggle and gets on pipe at half throttle! Also turning on my tiny test pond is not an issue, with the old boat I had to back off to turn at the tight end, with the JAE there is no issue with turn radius at full speed. I cant wait to try it on a full sized course and get the engine loosened up!
I saw on another thread a comment that the G forces means a header tank is needed, that did seem to be the case today. Easy mod tho.
Months ago I wrecked my old boat, which until then was quite competitive. So I bought one of Mike Walker's 80% built Zippkits from Colin Buckmaster, OZ RC Boat Supplies, and built up the boat with all new stuff (or new for me!). See pics here:
https://www.intlwaters.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=1132
Compared to my old boat, this new boat easily launches with props that used to be a struggle and gets on pipe at half throttle! Also turning on my tiny test pond is not an issue, with the old boat I had to back off to turn at the tight end, with the JAE there is no issue with turn radius at full speed. I cant wait to try it on a full sized course and get the engine loosened up!
I saw on another thread a comment that the G forces means a header tank is needed, that did seem to be the case today. Easy mod tho.