Top speed / rough water🚤 Boat

Nose-diving

The bow digs in and dives instead of skimming on top of the water.

💡 The idea: Shift weight back and reduce the bow-down thrust angle.

Try these in order

Make one change at a time and re-test — that's how you learn what your car likes.

  1. 1
    Move weight rearward (battery back)

    Reduces the bow-down tendency directly.

  2. 2
    Raise strut angle (less negative)

    Stops forcing the bow down via the thrust angle.

  3. 3
    Adjust trim tabs (small up-tab)

    Small amounts of up-tab reduce bow-down bite.

Found what works? Save it as a Setup Sheet and compare it against your baseline, log the result in your Run Log, or dig deeper in the RC Wiki.

General RC tuning guidance — your chassis manual's own tuning chart is the final word for your specific car.