Hey guys, just wanted to enter another update on my progress so far. I ordered and received a S&B Octura M545 prop from here at OSE. Pulled off the carbon Graupner K48 and ran with the m545 yesterday for the first time. My jaw dropped when I saw the top end of this prop, amazing! My dad, who has been an observer of my FE boat journery this summer, was laughing like a mad man. It was running extremely dry with chine walk & air time over wake. To my untrained eye, it looked like it was in the upper 40's.
It was interesting to see the difference in performance. It definitely didn't accelerate as hard as the Graupner, but the top end is well worth the trade off. Even mor interesting is how cool my entire setup ran. Motor, ESC, batteries, connections all were luke warm to the touch even though it was running the fastest I've ever seen.
My last point of discussion after seeing it run at these speeds is why do people feel the need to bump it to 5S or 6S. The 48 to 50 mph range seemed like about the most I'd want to run this boat as it was slightly unstable. I feel like I'd have alter the setup and run the hull wetter just to handle the 5S/6S increase. So not sure what the point would be as everything would run hotter and more unstable.
It was interesting to see the difference in performance. It definitely didn't accelerate as hard as the Graupner, but the top end is well worth the trade off. Even mor interesting is how cool my entire setup ran. Motor, ESC, batteries, connections all were luke warm to the touch even though it was running the fastest I've ever seen.
My last point of discussion after seeing it run at these speeds is why do people feel the need to bump it to 5S or 6S. The 48 to 50 mph range seemed like about the most I'd want to run this boat as it was slightly unstable. I feel like I'd have alter the setup and run the hull wetter just to handle the 5S/6S increase. So not sure what the point would be as everything would run hotter and more unstable.
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