UDI Arrow 5 RC Boat | Upgrades & Modifications + Special Ending!
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- An overview of the upgrades and modifications done on this little screamer. Enjoy!
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-63mph speed run ua-cam.com/video/9y0Jlv6icnI/v-deo.html
-Test & Tune ua-cam.com/video/WF21BdEYeR0/v-deo.html
WHEN SOMETHING BRINGS YOU A GENUINE SMILE AND YOU ENJOY IT ! IT IS NOT A WASTE OF TIME OR MONEY ! YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE !
well said. Go out and enjoy something
I get it bud! I have the same comments about how I’m wasting money on this rc stuff. All I can say is, “ different strokes for different folks!” I love these hobbies, especially upgrading, working on them, personalize them. It’s fun and beats sitting on the coach in front of a tv all day! Get outside and enjoy the outdoors! Good video! Very nice build. I enjoyed watching!
Put some thermal grease between the motor and the mount. Helps keep it cooler
Finally sombody doing a arrow 5 build
Most of the fun in this hobby is to try to make your boat faster, stronger, handle better, etc. Never listen to the haters who tell you you're wasting your time or money. Whatever floats your boat - quite literally. Besides, most of the aluminum parts are dirt cheap anyway. I get more joy scratch building or modifying a lesser quality boat than buying something ready to go. Following you on your RC boat journey!
Yeah, buddy. I’m with you there ..love tinkering! Have a lot of boats to go through and tinker with, over 30 including bare hulls 😄👍
Lots of hints and tips. We need more people like you with attention to detail!
Thanks! I try my best (never thought I’d make a UA-cam video), but always seem to remember a thing or two I forgot to include after posting these videos 😆👍
Great video Best arrow upgrade on line
Thanks! Hope to have it back on the water soon - it’s ready to go 😁👍
We are waiting for it !!!!!
I had good results with a 4519 prop on my last test run out. Still running the stock motor, but with a Flycolor 70A from a smaller boat. I got 42mph on 6S junk batteries and less than 120F temps all around! I really like the 3000mah 4S pack I got for it, but the boat really likes those lighter 3S ones wired in series. Also, just put a metal rudder on there (exact fit for $12) and reinforced the lid of the hull where they all flex and shatter. I used Shoe Goo and fiberglass mat and it should be pretty solid once it's cured up🦾 BG4L🚤💨
Nice!
They all look really good but the center one I favour 😊👍
Aww we
Dam boats ,always want more speed . Thanks for showing us this mate, so true about modifying boats . Sometimes it's a beast then other times the things out of control ha,ha,
You aren’t wasting your time I have this as my first boat
just a question have you bent the flex shaft to line up with the motor or the angle of the shaft has changed I would like to know greetings from the Netherlands Pascal
Yes, flex shaft bent to match angle of motor shaft 👍👍👍
Great video OTW, very informative.
Thanks, buddy! 👍👍👍
Awesome job Sir, would love to have that list of all the metal upgrades and where to buy them. Thanks so much. Again, great looking boat.
-Battery tray from Oxidean Marine
-Motor mount, turn fins, and trim tabs from offshore electrics
-4mm strut from eBay or aliexpress
-Rudder from Amazon or eBay
-4mm flex shaft, stuffing tube, and liner from aliexpress
Thanks. Did get the 4mm kit for the boat. $60 eBay
@@jamesstuarttolford1978 Awesome! Makes it a little easier than sourcing those parts separately from a bunch of different sellers lol
I was thinking about some changes to my arrow I have a ose 90 amp esc I'm gonna do a swap and try to blow the stock motor up for a second time then do a in runner swap cool knowing I'm not the only one doing some mods factory built boats, keep it afloat peace.
Awesome work! How would you get that Arrow 5 to give a runtime of 45 minutes?
Woo, that's a super long runtime to shoot for! I would try a larger 3s battery, lower kv motor, and a smaller prop for max runtime, but it won't be anywhere near as fast or fun ..and I'm not even sure how much closer to a 45 min runtime that would get you 👍👍👍
Did I miss the parts list for the water cooling tube modifications. Oh my bad first things first, WOW AMAZING
Thanks! I got rid of the thru-hull water pickup and used the pickup on the rudder ..used 4x6mm tubing here and a 6mm metal grommet to slide tubing through where it goes into the hull so it looks nice - you can just pull the tubing through the drilled hole without a grommet if you want. You can also use 4x7 diameter cooling tube which doesn’t kink as easily. Can find cooling tubes on Amazon, AliExpress, Offshore Electrics etc. 👍👍👍
I myself got into boat before i did planes and i have 7 fiber glass which i pretty much modied out and tweaked...plan on making some upgrades to a couple...that being said a 21'' boat doing 60 is over kill... nice and fun yes..this boats hull seems just as strong as most of the abs boats out there today... But i do like my glass boats...
Overkill? A sub 26" mono that goes 60mph is a thrill to me, especially one that self-rights. I like them all 😃👍
dude ..thanks for sharing that bullit machine ! one question ..how does that 4mm flexshaft handle so much power without braking appart ?
How did you run the water line from the rear of the boat? Is there a link to the insert that you ran the line through!
www.offshoreelectrics.com/proddetail.php?prod=tfl-alu-gro
I just got a udr arrow like 3 weeks ago. But I Wana make it like yours. Where did u get ur parts at. Looks badass. I want mine looking like yours.
Thanks! Parts are from offshore electrics, eBay, AliExpress, etc. More details of where they came from in video. Good luck! 👍👍👍
Hey there. Love your video, I have a arrow 5, completely stock. It's fun, and I have run it all season. I wanna go faster and would like to know what you would recommend upgrading first? Any knowledge would be greatly appreciated!!!
I would do a 90a flycolor esc, offshore electrics .130 flex cable with 4mm prop shaft, and a CNC prop same size or a mm or two larger than stock and run it on 4s. I ran mine all stock with exception of switching out the stock esc for a 90a flycolor and changing the prop to a CNC type over stock plastic and it was fun, but eventually the plastic motor mount broke, probably from self-righting it so many times - other have done just these upgrades before and have eventually broken the stock flex shaft. Upgrade esc, flex shaft, as prop 👍👍👍
Whats up? Love this boat i have it and my Propeller came off need help. Got a new one do not know how to put back on help is needed
Need to remove nut that hold the prop onto the shaft, remove prop, replace with new prop, put nut back on. Maybe some videos on youtube of someone changing props if you search.
nice build,im working on mine now,im almost ready to put the 2 piece hull together you glue yours?what would you recommend
Caulk it, in case you ever need to separate again ..and be sure to not tighten screws down too much when putting back together. That plastic is brittle. I snapped a post like that without noticing which allowed water to flood in. Took me a minute to figure out where it was coming from lol
@@OTWRC thanks brother,im doing the maiden today,its going to be 70 here today in chi town.i think my motor is going to be to big,lol but we will see
@@elvispresley2328 👍👍👍 good luck!
#ArrowGang
What servo are you using?
Savox sw-0250mg direct fit
What driveline equipment are you running?
4mm flex shaft 👍
A real nut for speed. Yeah I did this whole thing with a feilun ft O11 and yes I got the sixty mph out of it. However yes I sank it due to a capsids
How does the Arrow compare to the shreddy sonic 2, they look pretty similar
Question, I got one like yours, got a new Rocket 2958 that I want to install on it. What impasses I’m going to run into as I install it? Please advise. Thanks
Would like to keep the original mount on the motor. Limited ability and tools to do a mod like yours. BTW, again, awesome clean job. Kudos Sir.
@@jamesstuarttolford1978 I’m not sure about installing your motor on the stock motor mount. If I remember correctly, the stock motor was attached to the cooling block that screwed into the mounts on hull, but it looks like this guy was able to separate motor from cooling block and mount a 28 or 29mm motor to it and reuse stock hull mounts ua-cam.com/video/8vXIniMrbAE/v-deo.html ..you will lose self-righting feature switching from stock outrunner type motor to inrunner, tho 👍👍👍
Got the Rocket 2958 installed in it with stock mount. Found me an Journeyman builder and he mounted the motor on the stock mount perfectly. Kudos to Mr. Dan. The shafts aligned perfectly. Waiting for the new collet to go running.
The cooling setup is gone, but, the mother has an cooling jacket to cool the motor. Once running I be able to check temps. Will update with photos. Is there a will, there’s a way.
Ok, so I’ve got an arrow and I’m wanting it to be faster than what it is now. I understand everything other than how to upgrade the flex shaft/ stuffing tube. Also do you think this setup would be more of a reliable setup as far as motor temps on 5s?
Probably so, 5s with 38-42mm prop, something like that would prob be good (and faster than blue 1600kv on 6s). You can order a 4mm flex shaft with the stuffing tube and liner all together from AliExpress. Offshore electrics also sells shafts/tubes/liners - you could get a .150” flex shaft with 3/16” prop shaft on it and that would be fine ..zipkits sells these pre-made ad well for $19.99 (something like that), just remember you’re strut bore diameter needs to match whatever diameter shaft you’re going to use ..4mm 1 piece shaft needs a 4mm strut … .150” flex shaft with 3/16” prop shaft on the end will need a 3/16” strut 👍👍👍 ..I cut the shaft and tube to whatever length needed with a dremel.
Which color to go for UDI005 red or white?
And whether you will recommend UDI022?
Pls reply
I like the look of the white version better - they are the exact same boat, tho. I'm not familiar with the other boat you mentioned. Sorry!
Thanks for suggesting. It means a lot@@OTWRC
udi has a new carbon looking boat i think its udi1022...looks pretty bad ass for a rtr $200 boat ..no reviews or decent video's other than the one from china.. i think it comes with 100 amp esc and runs on 3 and 4s.. 24'' hull i think...thanks for sharing
Cool, yeah, I've seen it and you're right - no real vids of it yet. It looks good - metal hardware, upgraded esc, etc. 👍👍👍
@@OTWRC i have a feeling it will be a seller.
What’s size is the axle on the motor
Good rc
What size and is the stock flex shaft?
I can't remember what the stock size is, but I'm pretty sure it had a 4mm prop shaft so maybe the flex shaft part was 4mm as well ..I may have mentioned what size stock flex shaft is in this video.
Great video! Thanks for sharing. I have this same stock UDI boat, I love it. Do you know if it can be sailed in saltwater?!
Thanks! I'm sure you can, just have to make sure to get all the saltwater out and off of everything in the boat. I'm sure there's some vids and info out there for rc boating in saltwater 👍
I got 65 out of my SR80 vector and smashed it I patched it up and put polyurethane 2 part foam up in under the deck all the way back almost to the motor it totally touches the floor and the deck and made it very strong now.
I lost my self righting with the SSS 2200 kv so I am now running 5s 3300 100c HRB. And a 1850 kv out runner 100 amp 6 s capable and got my self right back it’s now running 471.4 m447 detongued and balanced octura it is fast but my gps is on the bottom of the lake so can’t check the speed the motor get to 58 Celsius so I need to add a fan to its rear.
It’s not as stable as this thing of yours though.
Nice. That's fast! I have an inrunner I'd like to try at some point, but want to get 65mph with the out runner first lol
I would like to get extra battery, what is the C rating recommend and what capacity will run the boat good?
This might help if your arrow is still stock - battery upgrade video ua-cam.com/video/l0ojF0OprJU/v-deo.html
Do you have a list of the parts name and sizes. Ive had this same model boat for 3 years and want to upgrade but know nothing about boats
Sorry, no list, but go to the places I mention in the video (AliExpress, offshore electrics, eBay) and type in/search for the parts you need, like ‘motor mount’ ‘rc boat motor mount’ ‘turn fins’ ‘rudder’ etc. and you should find what you need 👍👍👍
Hardware package - dimensions shown in pictures 👍 www.ebay.com/itm/184965539546?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=KNJjriMKTZi&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=5g4BlKugTo2&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Hi, can you remember what esc came with this boat and if you ever tried a 4s before you modied it out? and if so how were the temps . thanks
I have probably run 30+ 4s packs through the STOCK Esc!
No problems. (Regular shaft maintenance.)
If upgrade to 4.76 shaft, it needs to modified the hole for the brass tube to fit in? Or it will fit directly?
I'm pretty sure you'd need a new stuffing tube, especially if you're going to use the 4.76mm shaft with a liner, and the hole in transom where stuffing tube comes out would need to be made larger to accommodate the larger stuffing tube.
I wonder why that esc was for sale? 😂
lol yah maybe! It works fine in another boat I have, but with inrunner motor (not outrunner).
@@OTWRC probably a crappy batch from China
can he correct himself when he overturns ???
Do you have a video ???
Yes, it will correct just fine 👍 ..will try to include a clip of it in the next Arrow video. Thanks!
@@OTWRC EE then you have a full package speedboat
We also bought that speedboat and often ride it with the kids on the lake .. But Dad would like to modify it ;-)
You Know ??
I keep losing props
May have to use smaller prop and check tightness of your coupler after every run 👍👍👍
Going bigger. But tightness is my focus