brushless conversion on "miss vegas" hydroplane

[AntronX]

I ordered Octura X640 balanced and sharpened prop. It should be even faster than M440.

[Genettico]

Be careful with the load on it! I almost fried my ESC when I tried that prop! I really didnt care much for the 2mph increase of speed! It took forever to get on plane and it just put too much strain in the ESC and batts!

[Genettico]

ok link works! Quality sucks but whateva!

[Genettico]

LOL! I just noticed I almost hit a damn turtle on the 1st take off! you can see it going under on the right side!

[AntronX]

That thing is FAST !!! Your boat is barely touching water! Damn, i need to get some LiPo cells for mine. I am running 2.2 pounds of batteries over here. Your's runs like a feather. Oh well, I just ordered some more A123 cells. I will have to wait till more work comes in (part time remote broadcasting) and buy couple of LiPo packs. This is insane!

[Genettico]

lol! Im glad you liked it!
this is as fast as yours im sure! Yours might even look a little fast! If you think is barely touching the water then just wait till tomorrow with some little chop and wind and then Ill post another vid! Thats when I went the fastest at 49mph+! This run was slow in comparison! I usually average around 45mph! I think is fast enough!

[AntronX]

Anyway, what prop was that? What batts?

[Genettico]

Thats why im surprised your boat doesnt lauch out of the water! Im sure It will with a diet and some tuning It will run faster than mine it seems because It already runs fast enough! Mine is running on 4s! on the vid! But when I want some show speed I slap the 6s and the thing is definately a rocket! Too fast for my nerves! lol

[AntronX]

lol! Im glad you liked it!
this is as fast as yours im sure! Yours might even look a little fast! If you think is barely touching the just wait till tomorrow with some little chop and wind and then Ill post another vid! Thats when I went the fastest at 49mph+! This run was slow in comparison! I usually average around 45mph! I think is fast enough!

Yes, i think 50 mph is the limit of this hull on normal slightly choppy water. I should be pretty happy with it hitting that speed. Its pretty neat when people driving by pull over to see the boat, and when i tell them its electric, they reply "i did not know electrics went that fast". Awesome.

[Genettico]

nah man! 50mph is not the limit by far! I have hit 63mph on a very slight chop and with a plastic prop! Of course your run time is much less and the ESC DOES get hot running on 6s! I dont like to run mine that fast! I dont enjoy it! The hull runs completely suspended on air and any minimun mistake and you brake stuff!

This is how I broke my plastic prop when I was testing it like that! I decided to stay with 4s! Still good speed... just not stressed out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abKI7KNfasc&feature=related

[Genettico]

The 49mph record was on 4s! My 6s is 63mph!

[AntronX]

Do you know your current draw at 6S ? What batteries were those?

[Genettico]

At load it peaks @ 110 amps

[AntronX]

Haha, no wonder my old 110A ESC burned up running Feigao 8XL and 19.8 Volts with X440 prop.

[Genettico]

That will happen!