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Grim:
I don’t have a pic right now but here’s what I use:
1.). Savox Servos both Throttle and Steering. Both are waterproof and zero water was in the box . Driest radio box I’ve ever seen. All of the Blazer Boats I have really do nicely keeping water out. The throttle is one of the light blue less expensive but higher torque servos and the steering is the 1210 SG the high is black. Both are side mounted on aluminum mounts. I use stainless rod that I thread myself and monster ball links for the steering and a zippkits throttle cable setup which directly rotates the throttle on the 257 carb.
2.) 7 PXR Transmitter and R334-SBS receiver, both maybe 3 years old.
3.) Protek 1800 mah 6 volt- 2S Life Battery for Receiver. Protek 2100 mah 2-S Life Battery for Transmitter. Both receive a balance charge before every day at the lake, although I suspect I could go 2 times to the lake on one charge and think I have already, but prefer not to. 6.7 v on Transmitter and 6.6v on rec showing on radio.
4.) GPS Sensor. It’s the more expensive one, the 02 I think.
5.). Waterproof Locking Toggle Switch Harness set up for Futaba. I buy these from Daniel Place.
The radio box is located in the middle of the hull Front to back offset to the right side. I have the battery sitting in the middle of the box in the bottom and attach it with the really strong lock it type fastener strip similar to Velcro but both mating surfaces are like a plastic material. The receiver is mounted to the underside of a clear plexi lid. I put that same fastener on the back of the receiver and on the lid and I mount upside down with the face of the receiver pointing down. The antenna wire is the original ( I’ve never opened the receiver) and it is routed up through an antenna tube that exits in the cockpit to the right of the driver. It only sticks up about 2-3 inches. It almost looks like a stick shift or a speed brake. There is no cap on the tube per the instructions. The top (bare part) of the wire rests just below the end of the tube with the residual wire taped to the underside of the lid with clear tape. Next to that the GPS sensor is mounted with Gorilla Tape so it can see up through the cockpit. Between the drivers arms.
That’s about as descriptive as I can be. I’ve not had one issue with this setup. I have run this boat 7-8 different days this year, several time each outing. I will check but I’m fairly certain I had failsafe set up, both types, but again I have to check.
I went pretty wide of 1-2-3 because my friend had his Lauterbach out and we wanted to run side by side so I was waiting for him to catch up. I gave it right rudder, it started to turn, and then took off into the shore. I let off the throttle and nothing happened and I couldn’t steer away. It happened so quick and there wasn't anything I could do.
I LOVE this radio. It has NEVER let me down. The only weird incident I had recently was a couple weeks ago running my Backlash. The radio worked fine but when you started the motor, the throttle gradually ramped to high rpm on shore. It was a boat I had bought (I have 2 Backlashes) and it had a Tower Digital servo on the throttle. I shut off and did it again and once again it did it. I assumed the servo became glitchy and replaced with a Futaba digital servo I had in my radio case . I ran the rest of the day with no issues. Different 334-SBS receiver ( I have 5) but similar setup to the T Boat. Aside from that, I can’t say I’ve ever had an issue.
I hope this helps you with your question.
