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kahnen
10-14-2007, 02:42 PM
Hey everyone, my first time posting here, though I've read these forums for a while now. Some of you have helped me and probably not even know it :laugh:

Anyways, I converted my villain IV to a single drive with a 700 motor. The actual build is on another forum, but I wanted to show you guys too what you help me create. Thanks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g84KYQHofyg

SJFE
10-14-2007, 04:06 PM
Boat boogies man. Nice job!!

kahnen
10-31-2007, 03:22 PM
Heres a new video running 14 cells and a CF45mm prop, need some turn fins its a handle full now. Transom of the villain is "odd" shaped, might be hard to find one that fits without mods. Enjoy.
Oh and thanks SJFE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRWeClH4ytY

kahnen
01-30-2008, 11:36 AM
OK, instead of starting a new build thread I decided to revive this one since I will be going brushless with this. I'm getting the mystery 80 esc from the freebie giveway and was wondering on a motor choice for it. I'm not looking for insane speeds, just more. It'll run on 12-14 cells. Yes NIMHs :tongue_smilie: I think the wieght will help keep it in the water. I was thinking a range of 1500- 1800? Does that sound good? Maybe the proboat motor or SV or just a Feigao one? This will be my first brushless motor but I have read alot on the subject. Thanks for the :help:

kck741
01-30-2008, 02:00 PM
Lets see if your not looking for insane speed but an honest good dependable motor I would go with the sv motor,It has loads of torque.But I really dont know about the ESC I have never fooled with one of those

steveo
01-30-2008, 04:20 PM
maybe a 10 or 11 xl on 14 cells might keep the amps down for that 80 amp speed control and put a fan on the controller, just to be safe

txboatpilot
01-31-2008, 12:11 AM
BJ26 or SV27 motor would be great.. Lots of torque..

kahnen
01-31-2008, 12:33 PM
Thanks everyone, I ended up getting a proboat motor from FEChris. Anyone know if this esc can be water cooled with like the SV esc plate?

kahnen
02-13-2008, 02:32 PM
Well, I'm all ready, just waiting on the motor. And since I was buying stuff for the build, I couldn't help myself and splurged on some lipos:w00t: :doh:
So the specs will be
proboat motor 1500kv
mystery 80 esc with a cooling plate and Pistix
4s1p
.150 flex cable
most like the CF42mm, though I got a 40mm to try first.
Speedmaster stinger
custom rudder


And we got more snow, to make it that much more frustrating. :thumbsdown:

SJFE
02-13-2008, 03:35 PM
@ just over 23000 rpm unloaded it will be a nice sport setup. The amps should stay down and your run time should be decent. Pick up a 42 & even 45mm prop for a few more mph.

kahnen
02-13-2008, 04:34 PM
Thanks and as luck would have it, I do have a 45mm already.

Hydromaniac
02-13-2008, 07:40 PM
Its neat to see some of the conversions that can be done. I had done a single brushless conversion to a Traxxas Villian a while back. It runs quite well and can really handle rough water. here are a couple of photos and a vidieo of the finished product.:bounce: :bounce: here is the video link http://www.putfile.com/hydronut. Click on "Super Villian" You may have to let it play through once then replay it to eliminate the broken up effect. Hope you enjoy it.

kahnen
02-14-2008, 03:16 PM
That looks awesome, you make the hatch yourself? Right now I'm just useing a flat piece of plexi to seal it good. I wanted to use the orignal hatch but there just wasn't a way to seal it tight:thumbsdown:

Hydromaniac
02-14-2008, 06:01 PM
Yes I made the hatch from some pieces laying around the shop. Like you I didn't think the original sealed well at all. So I closed up the opening and made it much smaller then built a hatch cover to fit within the new opening size. Rather then build it to look like the original pleasure boat style I decided to give it a bit more of an enclosed offshore look. It is now completely watertight.

justneedspeed
03-06-2008, 06:22 PM
Hey everyone, my first time posting here, though I've read these forums for a while now. Some of you have helped me and probably not even know it :laugh:

Anyways, I converted my villain IV to a single drive with a 700 motor. The actual build is on another forum, but I wanted to show you guys too what you help me create. Thanks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g84KYQHofyg


Kahnen how did you convert your villain to a single drive. Can i see pics if you have any. My friend is think about doing that Thanks in advance. :spy:

Eyekandyboats
03-06-2008, 06:41 PM
JNS
here . look through this
http://www.lousfastrc.com/villain.htm

justneedspeed
03-06-2008, 07:47 PM
thanks eyekandyboats. Ill have to show it to him.

kahnen
03-07-2008, 02:48 PM
Lous' is a very good tutorial. I think he uses a gearbox, been awhile since I looked it over, not really needed with lower kv motors or 700 motors. Everything else is a great example.

Quicksilver converted one too, he did a quality job (hope he doesn't mind)
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_6570320/anchors_6570320/mpage_1/key_villian%252Csingle%252Cdrive/anchor/tm.htm#6570320

Mine has come a long way from when I first converted it cheaply-quality wise. It worked but eventually I swaped out more quality hardware as I got more funding. So I would suggest doing it right the first time around :smile: Inside of my boat looks horrble, to many mods/remods/unmods when I was fooling around with converting. I still don't like to show the inside of my boat because of the mess. :spy:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_6221110/anchors_6221110/mpage_1/key_villian%252Csingle%252Cdrive/anchor/tm.htm#6221110

FRED
03-12-2008, 07:58 PM
Nothing important.