***NEW*** - Pro Boat River Jet Boat - 23"

[fweasel]

I believe Rafael Lopez runs an inrunner on his, but I don't recall the specs. You will definitely loose the self righting feature with an inrunner motor, like boatsrnew2me mentioned.

[DBJr]

I installed a Leopard 3650 1650kv motor in my River Jet and it runs perfectly on 4S. Everything runs much cooler and more efficiently compared to the stock 2300kv outrunner.

As far as flipping the boat, I've only had it happen twice and I didn't find the self righting feature to work too well and I think the constant back and forth motion is hard on the electronics and might be at least partially to blame for motors from the original production run throwing magnets but some might disagree with me on this but that's cool.

[Mxkid261]

Inrunner vs an outrunner probably depends on your intentions with the boat. I self-right mine almost every time I run it, but mine has never even seen flat water. I only use it in rapids, so flipping happens sometime's, and it's really convenient to blip the throttle a couple times and roll it over instead of chasing it down river. I'll add, I have the version 2 so the motor may be better quality than the originals, and I only run on 3s. The boat self rights very easily for me, 1/4 throttle at most, is all about rocking it a little. I have been beating the crap out of mine and it has held up pretty good so far. Just added a skid plate to the keel, it takes a beating on the rocks.

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[CraigP]

There you go! More need to get on that Aluminum Train! Nicely done!

[sundog]

Mxkid261, you might consider grinding a taper on the leading edge of your skid plate so it won't catch on anything. FTR, I don't make the upgraded steering nozzle, I just designed it. Shapeways makes them out of super durable Nylon. Sundog

[Mxkid261]

Mxkid261, you might consider grinding a taper on the leading edge of your skid plate so it won't catch on anything. FTR, I don't make the upgraded steering nozzle, I just designed it. Shapeways makes them out of super durable Nylon. Sundog

Thanks I did end up putting a bevel on the front end

[Mxkid261]

An led light bar and cooler of beer made things interesting at my buddies this past weekend

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[NewbieRiverJet]

Hi everyone. Sorry if I am not posting this in the right area. I bought two new River Jet 23 Boats at the end of March. One for me and one for my son. The steering on both is sluggish to return to centre after steering right. I haven't used mine yet as I have tried to help my son with his over the last two weekends. I have a major issue with his. Both times the boat became unresponsive. The first time I assumed it was the 5000mAh 3S Li-po that the retailer recommended. I bought volt checker / alarm and fitted it for him this weekend before setting the alarm to sound at 3.5v. The boat became unresponsive and when I brought it in the battery was reading 3.8v. There was some water in the boat so I let it dry out a little. When I turned it back on the esc didn't go through the usual start up sequence. Instead there was nothing and the on light illuminated. After a couple of seconds the esc started to beep / flash green once every second or so and the transmitter didn't work when I tried to steer right or left. My son has only been using the boat on 50% power whilst learning to use it but has bashed into the concrete edging of our local lake with it a few times. Lots of scratches but no holes thankfully. Does anyone know why the esc is beeping / flashing and the boat is not responding?

[prepered]

Hi everyone. Sorry if I am not posting this in the right area. I bought two new River Jet 23 Boats at the end of March. One for me and one for my son. The steering on both is sluggish to return to centre after steering right. I haven't used mine yet as I have tried to help my son with his over the last two weekends. I have a major issue with his. Both times the boat became unresponsive. The first time I assumed it was the 5000mAh 3S Li-po that the retailer recommended. I bought volt checker / alarm and fitted it for him this weekend before setting the alarm to sound at 3.5v. The boat became unresponsive and when I brought it in the battery was reading 3.8v. There was some water in the boat so I let it dry out a little. When I turned it back on the esc didn't go through the usual start up sequence. Instead there was nothing and the on light illuminated. After a couple of seconds the esc started to beep / flash green once every second or so and the transmitter didn't work when I tried to steer right or left. My son has only been using the boat on 50% power whilst learning to use it but has bashed into the concrete edging of our local lake with it a few times. Lots of scratches but no holes thankfully. Does anyone know why the esc is beeping / flashing and the boat is not responding?

Hi i hade same problem, 1.st the servo is slow I can't return to center very well. replace it. 2. My did get a faulty receiver after about 30 sek in 1.st run. got a new on warranty.

[NewbieRiverJet]

Thanks for the reply. I have emailed the retailer and horizon about the problem today so hopefully one or the other will come back and offer the replacement receiver. Did yours flash and beep too? Did you have to buy a new servo or did you get a replacement under warranty?

[prepered]

Thanks for the reply. I have emailed the retailer and horizon about the problem today so hopefully one or the other will come back and offer the replacement receiver. Did yours flash and beep too? Did you have to buy a new servo or did you get a replacement under warranty?

Yes mine did flash green and made bip bip bip. about the servo I both a better one don't think the replacement one on warranty will be better.

[DBJr]

Replace the stock S603 servo with an S605 servo. Works much better and even though it's a tad larger, it will fit without an issue. It also has metal gears so it will be more durable as well.

[martym10]

Very good feeling on this slalom course.

[martym10]

Today second try on canoe slalom course.
Made foam roof for quicker self righting as you don’t have time for classic one in such wild water.
Steering nozzle trim is now full up and its much better on big waves. It can jump now well :)

[goobs]

thinking about one of these for my upcoming river trip, how are the "new" ones holding up?
looks like immediate upgrades are the grease port and bottom intake, any others?