Here is a some fin extract from today session, but the servo motor failed.
Here is how the servo motor looks like, it is well burned. I checked the video but could not see why it failed, the rope did not seems to be stuck on the engine causing over torque. It was very hot day, and the watercooling only works above 15kph. It failed after I was trying to take off with the 1050cm2 foil for 15 minutes, so probably a lot of heat.
I need to replace all spacers by alu ones to transfer heat also to the bottom plate, and maybe also reduce the pivot friction.
New servo is ordered, but boat will be out of commission for a little while.
The bremote worked well, good signal and trigger precision compared to DS-600 in a bag 
Range seems similar (stock bremote power settings)
Longer session video, love the 360 cam, set and forget. Battery and process ing power of the x5 cam is Impressive.
Is the steering necessary? I guess it is convenient, but I wonder if you had a pole tow point if you’d miss it that much
I think so, I use it a lot to replace in the water after a fall, and avoiding the traffic efficiently. I can do quite sharp truns with me in the water with the rope in hand, with the river currents and winds it would be very complicated to handle without direction control.
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So. What motor did you end up using?
just normal 65162 direct drive with flite prop
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