Folks, so I finally sacked up and decided to take the Pro Boats Miss Budweiser 12th scale boat I bought from my good friend NC Nitro out today. Was really nervous because if you push the TX trigger forward, it kills the engine. My fear was I'd be out in the middle of the pond and instinctively 'brake' and strand it. So, I set my brake end point to zero so it wouldn't close the carb all the way and went at it.
FRIGGIN' AWESOME!
That thing screams and will turn right on a dime (not so sharp left, which is by design). The pond we have in our neighborhood is right next to the neighborhood pool and pretty soon, all the kids at the pool were watching me put the Miss Bud through her paces.
Here's my question, though. After a tank of fuel, I pulled the top cowling off and there was a pretty good bit of water in the engine compartment. I had noticed it was struggling to plane up as well. I don't see any holes in the hull, so my only assumption is that the water line that takes water to cool the head is leaking. My guess is it's leaking at the nipple connections to the head itself. What do you use to seal the connection of the water line to the nipple? I'm thinking a dab of silicone will do the trick, but I'm not sure if that is the correct material to use.
Thanks in advance!
FRIGGIN' AWESOME!
That thing screams and will turn right on a dime (not so sharp left, which is by design). The pond we have in our neighborhood is right next to the neighborhood pool and pretty soon, all the kids at the pool were watching me put the Miss Bud through her paces.
Here's my question, though. After a tank of fuel, I pulled the top cowling off and there was a pretty good bit of water in the engine compartment. I had noticed it was struggling to plane up as well. I don't see any holes in the hull, so my only assumption is that the water line that takes water to cool the head is leaking. My guess is it's leaking at the nipple connections to the head itself. What do you use to seal the connection of the water line to the nipple? I'm thinking a dab of silicone will do the trick, but I'm not sure if that is the correct material to use.
Thanks in advance!