need help want to go with cat for speed any help?

[Zackthrills]

so say if I go home and I put the stock motor back in it and I run it and it does the same thing to the batteries then should I send it back in?because then it would mean that there is a problem because if its stock and just having a different prop that shouldn't make it do it am i correct? I think when I get home I'm going to put it back to stock and see if it does the same thing to the batteries. If it does with the stock batteries then do you think I should send it back?

[Heaving Earth]

the esc isnt designed to run that motor. any time you mod something like this, you take the chance. you should tell them the motor you have in there, then see what they say. you may have damaged the esc yourself. what made you think you could just plug another motor into it?

[Zackthrills]

I just found it odd that he said a resistor might be bad thinking it might have just been esc.I just want to make sure the esc was not bad.

[Heaving Earth]

no its not stock you know that. What you think that that leopard motor that I'm running in it the 4082 1600kv could be causing the battery packs the heat up like that or do you think that me having your Octora 445 prop is causing ityou heat up and melt the batteries?

wasnt sure if you had moded it yet.
no you should not send it back, because, im sure traxxas wouldnt have told you to send it in if they knew that you changed motor and other stuff. how is it their fault? tim is right, that motor requires way more amps than the stock nimh batteries can dish out (causing them to get really hot) and melting the hull. now you want to put the stock stuff back in it (which traxxas wont find anything wrong with)

[Zackthrills]

yeah I figured that. No its just the batteries when I run my Lipo batteries I have no problem with them heating up that's kind of what I thought it was just wanted to check

[tlandauer]

If I am correct---you moded your boat, I don't think the stock battery packs ( NiMh?) have enough discharge rate, they heat up due to the high amp draw and long run time. They can't supply the amp that your system is demanding. Remember, 5 - 8 min. on a boat is considered long. Lipos have a higher discharge rate and can handle this situation. How bad is it? if it is just the battery trays, I won't bother, but if the hull is warped, well, you get my drift...

[Zackthrills]

no its not stock you know that. What you think that that leopard motor that I'm running in it the 4082 1600kv could be causing the battery packs the heat up like that or do you think that me having your Octora 445 prop is causing ityou heat up and melt the batteries?

[Heaving Earth]

The spartan ain't stock?

[Zackthrills]

alright guys I have a question and maybe you can help.I switched my Traxxas Spartan back to the original battery packs to let my boys play with it instead of being on lipo. after running about 5 maybe eight minutes I opened up the hall to pull the batteries out and they literally had fried the plastic around the batteries. I contacted Traxxas and they think that the boat has hey short somewhere in it. The boat runs perfectly fine and seems to not act up. But they would like me to send it back as they think it has a problem. Has anybody ever noticed this and do they think that that could be the cause. I sure hate this in my book back for two to three weeks and not have it to play with. When I run Inn on my other packs it has no problem.should I return it back to stock and ship it back to them for repair?

[Hor2012]

Twin castle 1512 1800kv motors would be perfect on 6s per motor with x447 or x442 props. U should expect close to 90mph and with 2x t180 esc. On a fantasm and you will have $ left over

[steveo]

How big of a boat do u want to. 100 may change ur budget but I like the fightercat 41" fantasm in carbon fiber is a good platform with in ur budget. A pair of leapard. 4092 back with good cells like hyperion or dinology on 6s and seaking t-180 escs and props to match. This is only a suggestion

[Speedracer128]

I'll be watching this one

[Zackthrills]

True thank you so much

[kendt]

Just so you know its not just about breaking stuff it about burning stuff up. A fire inside the boat will take everything out. And that gets very expensive very quick. So take your time, get lots of advice and choose your parts carefuly. It can be done for sure but you just need to go into it knowing what your up against.

[Fluid]

For a lot less $$$ you can still go 100 mph, or at least have the potential to go that fast. Look here for some ideas:

http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...tup&highlight=

BTW, you do not need twins to go 100 mph in a cat, but twins are so cool....


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