John MacLean
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A couple of rc friends talked me into doing the build thing this winter. They'd been at the hobby since the 80's I think. One of them has a JAE12 nitro that he was running when I first met him a couple of years ago and I knew that it would be a boat I wanted to own in the future. He shot me the public domain plans for the JAE21 in the fall and I just dropped it in the water this weekend for the first time. Had some issues with the servo mount that came loose . . . Did I say that I was new to building? Oh yeah. . . that's right I did. Anyway it was a relatively minor repair. The boat seemed to want to run okay otherwise. I am sticking to 4s setups on all my boats, primarily to keep the cost down. I have four sv27's, one running on UL-1 power and the other three on stock sv setups. The rigger has a Turnigy 3665 4 pole motor, T-120 marine ESC and Hitec servo. Really looking forward to seeing this boat run well.
My other friend showed up last season with a 29 inch wildthing that he had scratch built and converted to electric. The thing is crazy fast and I was impressed by the build quality. He talked me into building a Redtail Kneeler that he was considering building himself. That boat saw its secondouting this past weekend as well. It has been an impressive first couple of runs an I'm really looking forward to getting it dialed in.
Kneeler setup:
3674 Tacon motor
Tunigy 120 marine ESC
Hitec servo
4s 5000 mah Zippy Flightmax
REK lower unit
Love this new aspect of the hobby. . . so far.
My other friend showed up last season with a 29 inch wildthing that he had scratch built and converted to electric. The thing is crazy fast and I was impressed by the build quality. He talked me into building a Redtail Kneeler that he was considering building himself. That boat saw its secondouting this past weekend as well. It has been an impressive first couple of runs an I'm really looking forward to getting it dialed in.
Kneeler setup:
3674 Tacon motor
Tunigy 120 marine ESC
Hitec servo
4s 5000 mah Zippy Flightmax
REK lower unit
Love this new aspect of the hobby. . . so far.
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