Hi All
Well it was my maiden launch of my Riviera 80 over the weekend. The venue, my local park, Gunnersbury - West London.
The Riviera 80 is a electric RC boat, 2 ch radio. After adjusting the trim I shoved off! Great, she floats... now to put on some speed. Within 5 minutes I had come to a stand still in the middle of the lake. Finally with a breeze to the West my boat was blown ashore, to my suprise I had collected some Plastic tape around the prop. All cleared and off we went again! within a further 10 mins, dead stop; my new boat had cut out and was now mid lake on the way over to the swan nest. After taking my life in my hands and retrieving my boat, I found the prop fouled again; this time by a floating "Johnny".
After 30 mins of use, my engine began to smoke a little! is the right? Any ideas of how I can protect the prop from debris?
Are there any other local lakes that might be clean and "Johnny free" Anyone else in the area with the same boat?
It would great to get some feed back.
Cheers
Barry