| It was at the first sea trial that I discovered that the depth controller required a servo that rotated opposite to the one I installed. Instead of the boat rising as it got too deep, it went into a full dive straight to the bottom! Fortunately it's a positive buoyancy boat so it just floated back to the surface as soon as the throttle was turned off. After fixing that problem by replacing the servo with a different brand, everything worked as it should. |  |
| The very first thing you notice about this boat (besides the "Did you really mean it to be that color?" paint job) is how fast it is under water. It's fast electric fast. Really it's amazing for the motor it's using. |  |
| It took a bit to find the exact setting for the dive planes to keep it submerged in level but once you do it's very easy to control as long as you have a big enough space. It not that the boat isn't maneuverable because it turns on a dime, it's just so fast that you are constantly having to turn before running into something. |  |
| The lake I was running was pretty murky so I had to keep it near the surface so I don't know how well the depth controller works as it's set to 1.5 feet which is far deeper then the visibility level. |  |
| I did get the opportunity to run the boat in a clearer lake at night but I didn't have the depth control attached. With the front spot light and the top light it was very easy to track and looks like an underwater UFO. Very cool and a must see! I need to get a video of it. |  |
| The only negative thing I can say and it's very minor is that the props cavitates like crazy until it's under water. I'm using a Pro-boat speed controller and I'm finding that it doesn't work very well at low power levels, more like an on/off switch so this certainly part of the blame. I may try another speed controller. |  |
