FloatDaBoat
08-17-2011, 06:03 PM
Previously, I had a Novak 550 Ballistic Motor (~ 600 Watts) powering my 30” custom fiberglass cat, utilizing 130 flex cable for the drive. Fastest it ever ran was 31.6 MPH & the motor always ran TOO HOT despite being water cooled, so I decided to raid my Spare Change Cache in order to finance an upgrade.
Purchased another SeaKing 180 ESC from Steven & modded it for extra cooling, plus a new 150 cable assy, coupler, & a dozen pairs of 5.5 mm bullets. Also bought the rudder assy shown in Pic # 1 from OSE, because it was cheap & the rudder blade could be easily replaced. I got a Tacon 4074 2150 KV motor from HobbyPartz ($49.00W/free shipping).
I removed & replaced the old motor mount & stuffing tube, fabricated an extension bracket for the rudder assy, & replaced the rudder blade with a longer one I made. I also had to rebuild the prop shaft strut to accommodate the larger 150 sized flex cable & Teflon liner.
Pics # 2 & 3 are the end result - - hopefully, with a top speed closer to 50 MPH than the previously unexciting 30 . . . .
Purchased another SeaKing 180 ESC from Steven & modded it for extra cooling, plus a new 150 cable assy, coupler, & a dozen pairs of 5.5 mm bullets. Also bought the rudder assy shown in Pic # 1 from OSE, because it was cheap & the rudder blade could be easily replaced. I got a Tacon 4074 2150 KV motor from HobbyPartz ($49.00W/free shipping).
I removed & replaced the old motor mount & stuffing tube, fabricated an extension bracket for the rudder assy, & replaced the rudder blade with a longer one I made. I also had to rebuild the prop shaft strut to accommodate the larger 150 sized flex cable & Teflon liner.
Pics # 2 & 3 are the end result - - hopefully, with a top speed closer to 50 MPH than the previously unexciting 30 . . . .