A Rooky Seeking Some Guidance Please

[dont slow down]

I agree Visual Perfection, if you can get that ESC from slash, toss a radio and receiver in it with a servo it will at least be a runner. I doubt you will get 30-40mph out of it at all. Anyway start with that, swap everything but motors and see what you get. Any more than that and it starts to not be worth it. I'd still invest in a good radio, charger, and lipo batteries. Those can go into any other boat you end up with later on down the road. Get it into a runner, try a few cheap tweaks (props, play with center of gravity etc) then jump ship and get something that will feed your need for speed. Many people start out this way (including myself). We get a cheap boat, want more out of it, realize it's not worth it and end up buying a nice boat. Haha. It only gets worse from there. I'm in the process of changing out my first "toy" quality boat into a rescue boat. Kinda doing what your doing but one step further.

Edit: you know......you don't really see too many triple prop boats around. Could make for an interesting platform for a project boat later on down the road.

[searay skipper]

yeah I'm waiting to hear from slash to see what if anything we can come up with on that esc. if that works out....I'll be placing an order soon from OSE or HK for the other things that are recommended to me.

We have a hobby shop here that has most everything I'd need I think....but when I was in chatting with them a couple weeks ago I wasn't real fond of the prices they were throwing at me.

We'll see how all this turns out now that I've found a source for virtually unlimited knowledge and experience here....and other sources for components.

[srislash]

Hey there Skipp,apparently my presence is required. All I want for this ESC is to see it in use again.If you could cover shipping that would be great.I have a manual and the program "computer" for it. Hehe,it has toggles for setting programs.

Shawn
Ah heck,I didn't even realize you were a fellow countryman.

[searay skipper]

You're a gentleman and a scholar Shawn.

PM sent.

[searay skipper]

Terminology question.....

Would someone explain the differences between "inrunner" and "outrunner" please?

Oh yeah......and "stinger" too?????????????

[ozzie-crawl]

Inrunner = same as your motors in your boat. if they were brushless it would just have the magnets windings reversed.
Brushed= magnets are stationary, windings (stator) spin.
Brushless= magnet spins,windings are stationary.

Outrunner. The outer housing has the magnets and it spins.windings are stationary. little video at the end you will see motor casing spin (outrunner) http://youtu.be/QrL1ligv9gc

there could be some exceptions but in general terms thats how there different

[searay skipper]

so inrunner vs outrunner....what are the advantages/disadvantages of one over the other?

and the "stinger" is????

[ozzie-crawl]

Stinger bolts on to rear of boat and has the shaft go threw it with prop on the end. Mainly used with monos but also used on cats when running twin motors.A single motor cat just uses a strut that sits in the middle of the tunnel. Twin cat runs stingers of each sponson. Basicly extends the prop of the rear of the hull.
Inrunners are mainly used in boats and have a cooling can on the out side that water runs threw.
Outrunners are used more in planes and helis but are being used more and more in boats.there air cooled as they spin.
Some people add a water cooled motor mount when using outrunners.
They produce a lot of torque compared to a inrunner.

[searay skipper]

Thanks Ozzie.

From time to time I'm running across other terminology here that I don't understand. You guys know what you're all talking about....but for a rooky.....alot of it is still Greek. I'm still working on getting my head around the battery lingo....then I see:

"Caps"???????
"Drive Dogs"????????

And other stuff that doesn't immediately come to mind at the moment.

Kinda hard to know what you guys are talking about without understanding the lingo.

[searay skipper]

Well......if BH ever wants this thing back....they're going to be getting it in pieces...started gutting it in prep for putting other stuff in.

I suppose many of you have seen this sort of thing before but here's the "esc" .....rx....and servo I just ripped out of it.

[ejimbo4]

Searay skipper....somewhere here on this forum there is a list of terminology and abbreviations some of the guys put together. Maybe one of them will chime in and give a link...I searched but couldn't find it.

[Visual Perfection]

Well......if BH ever wants this thing back....they're going to be getting it in pieces...started gutting it in prep for putting other stuff in.

I suppose many of you have seen this sort of thing before but here's the "esc" .....rx....and servo I just ripped out of it.

Let the fun begin!

[searay skipper]

"somewhere here on this forum there is a list of terminology and abbreviations some of the guys put together. Maybe one of them will chime in and give a link"

That would be helpful for sure.

Be nice to understand what all you guys are talking about as I read all these threads.

[Brushless01]

To be honest with you, id just get a good RTR like a Proboat miss Geico and keep this for a rescue boat.

[searay skipper]

I'll keep that in mind thanks.