22" stepped hull mono El Lobo II setup

[Darin Jordan]

Also the short flex has a sharp bend in the stuffing tube and you could feel the tension on the cable as it rotated the longer straight tube will decrease friction and amp draw.

For what it's worth... I ran my three El Lobos with the motor at the back, using .130" flex, but hardly had any bend at all... You just have to take the extra steps to mount the motor as LOW as you can get it... My Maus Microbullet N1 boat is the same way... no extra friction, which is important in a low powered N1 setup... I'll try to dig up some older pics and show you the installation... I'm not convinced that the slight bends have any more friction than the increased shaft area of a motor-forward installation...

What you are proposing should work.... Only one way to find out!

[rockwerks]

For what it's worth... I ran my three El Lobos with the motor at the back, using .130" flex, but hardly had any bend at all... You just have to take the extra steps to mount the motor as LOW as you can get it... My Maus Microbullet N1 boat is the same way... no extra friction, which is important in a low powered N1 setup... I'll try to dig up some older pics and show you the installation... I'm not convinced that the slight bends have any more friction than the increased shaft area of a motor-forward installation...

What you are proposing should work.... Only one way to find out!

Its always good to have insight from a master

[Darin Jordan]

Its always good to have insight from a master

Hardly... Think of me more like a student who is just a grade ahead... We are ALL learning new things each day...

Enough talk! Get to work, and bring back PICTURES and Video!

A damn El Lobo II is squirely enough in standard form... can't wait to see someone try to tame one in stepped form...