Twin 540 10Xl HOTR

[tiqueman]

Daggersfl was in the area today so we got to shot a quick vid. Didnt have but a few seconds as we are trying to get ready for the family Easter thing here at the house. This is its 2nd run. Lots of Ducweed in the water floating about so turns really had to be watched so I didnt get into any of it, but she corners A LOT better than I thought it would have.... GPS didnt record.. it lost signal, but yesterday was 59.7mph. (will shoot another soon for that Proof of Ins) I removed the 6V esc batt and installed the Dim. Eng. BEC that Steven sells. Seems to have worked lovely. The left (reverse rotation) motor ran about 10 degrees hotter than the right... so I gotta figure out whats going on there. It was 137F.. starboard side was 126, batts were 99 and 100F and ESCs were 101 on the port side and 105 starboard. Little fine tuning and its going to be an incredible boat...
Enjoy
-Scott

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf1Th9SlC3o

[tiqueman]

GPS recorded

Ran the boat this am... couple minor stinger adjustments... Glued in a strap system under the drivers canopy of the hatch to secure the GPS... ran by myself, so couldnt get a vid. Also ran it w/ my Eagle tree. First time I got to use that piece of equip.. fricken awesome tool!

Heres where shes at.

[properchopper]

Very Very Nice !!

[bigpapa]

sweet lookin little lady u got quick too

[tiqueman]

Detongued and cupped 442s from Egneg and stepped up form 5000mah to 5800 and ran a 69.8 this am. Im hoping some scuffing of the hull and minor tweaking and I can at least get a flat 70.

Had to share the pond w/ a gator this am. He was swimming away as I got there, and came back as soon as the boat started running. I turned about 8 or so laps then called it quits as he was geeting close. As soon as I stopped, he started swimming away again.

Didnt get to check temps as I got talking to a neighbor and didnt have my temp gauge w/ me. I didnt get the boat in until 20 min or so after I ran it. Things felt pretty warm, but not hot. Id say Im getting close to the "safe and reliable running point" though. Here a couple pics. Hope to get some vids over the weekend.

-Scott

[FighterCat57]

That's a nice looking boat!

OT: What is HOTR?
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[tiqueman]

Thanks. Its Head of the River, the supplier of the hull.

[Doby]

If the boat flips,,and the gator gets to it before you can,,,,is it gator food or what??

[FighterCat57]

If the boat flips,,and the gator gets to it before you can,,,,is it gator food or what??

Oh, dauym, don't mess with the gators. I see silly golfers losing limbs regularly trying to recover their golf balls.
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[ED66677]

that's a nice run! on a budget!

[tiqueman]

If the boat flips,,and the gator gets to it before you can,,,,is it gator food or what??

May not be food, but may not come back in one piece.

that's a nice run! on a budget!

Yeah its not bad. I think Ive got more into building the hull than I do all the electronics.

[ozzie-crawl]

here you go how to catch a croc

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=1108635449

[ED66677]

when I see the result I feel like I'm going to spend some money... same hull, same motor, cheap ESC, and a pair of Lipo from HC! Bingo!

[tiqueman]

when I see the result I feel like I'm going to spend some money... same hull, same motor, cheap ESC, and a pair of Lipo from HC! Bingo!

I love spending other peoples money. Yup, 2- 120A ESCs from HC, 2- Lipos form HC, 10XLs and water jackets from steven and a bunch of misc. parts. (x2) Still quite an expensive build though.

[ED66677]

I think I will go for two 8XL under 4S2P, so that I can use the same motor/ESC's/Batt/prop as my 29" mono!