First outing on the water.
The large container on the deck is a flotation device in case the boat capsizes or takes on water.
The boat weighs 14lb, the device will support 16lb.
Considering I totally designed this boat myself it worked perfectly.
It reached about 4 mph which is a reasonable scale speed.
It had an 8 foot turning circle at full speed.
And I tried to capsize it by turning hard right and left on a bit of choppy water, it was quite stable.
It ran so far away I could hardly see it on the water, turned it round and came straight back.
Only 3 problems.
1 Steered a bit to the right when running. Easy to fix, adjust steering controls.
2 Some water got in through the back deck where it is fixed to the removable top.
Will redesign and rebuild that.
3 The electric motors got hot, very, very hot. Burnt a finger on one 20 minutes after turning
them off. Will have to look at using water cooling coils on them.
Battery life was good, kept going long after I was ready to stop.