traxxas villan build

[j.m.]

I think that's going to be about 2 times more expensive on the electronics.

9xl, 120A Aquastar, shipping from hobbycity= $117

9xl, ICE 100, PiStix, shipping from OSE=$200

The ICE 100 won't handle as much current, isn't watercooled, and will need a PiStix.

You can save on shipping from china by ordering your batts at the same time, but the prices from hobbycity still end up being cheaper with the expensive shipping.

Jon

[20psinow]

i know its still cheaper then ose but i have had a fue problems with hobbycity and my cash card!! they dont seam to want my money!! so if i have to spend more money for stuff that i want well thats the rout that i will go.. dose ose have any esc that can handle the current with out spending 200 on the esc alone?

[j.m.]

huh... Do you have a paypal?

Over the Turnigy Aquastar, I'd go with the Etti 150. A tried and true contender.

[20psinow]

no i do not have a paypay!! i think thats why is did not go through the 2 times i have tried to order..

[20psinow]

huh... Do you have a paypal?

Over the Turnigy Aquastar, I'd go with the Etti 150. A tried and true contender.

so the Etti 150 and a 9xl and still able to use the batterys i have now in 14.4v's what kind of speed will i be looking at? and will that prop that i have still be to big for this setup?

[j.m.]

What exactly are your batteries again?

[Eodman]

I'm running a Mean Machine with a Fiegao 9xl and an Etti 150 & it runs well and just warm to the touch after 4 or 5 minutes! Lipos 2s 2p

Oh I did add the lager Cap Bank that Etti sells - still under $200.00

If I remember right I've got an x442 on it!

[j.m.]

What prop on that mean machine?? A 9xl on 2s?

[Eodman]

2s 2p -- 2 2s in series

[j.m.]

2-2s packs in series is 4s.

2s 2p is two 2s packs in parallel.

[Eodman]

Oh what the hell -- I guess at my age I need to eat some brain food! Can't keep this lipo nomenclature right ... just take me out back and shoot me!

[20psinow]

well i went to the paint supplie store and got the right resin (epoxy resin) not the poly resin that i have.. and some mixing cups and sticks.... so now im going to get the glass done this weekend.. and my batterys are radioshack 7.2v 2000mAh Ni-Cd (turbo racing battery pack) thats 8years old!

[20psinow]

well started on the outside of the transom, sanding it down and rubed a hole through the deck area so filled that in and got to let the epoxy cure and sand it down and this should be done till paint

[j.m.]

I wouldn't trust those batteries to more than 20 amps constant.

Which ain't gonna happen on your hull.

Even if you did have a reasonable setup, 2000Mah would last about 2 minutes.

That hull is shiny!! Your definitely going to have one of the cleanest Villains out there.

Jon

[bwells]

In the last post, pic 2 shows a "gutter type" seam which goes all the around the boat where the deck and hull are joined. I have another boat with a more pronounced "gutter" that I was wondering if this could cause lift, sort of a compression hull? Maybe just over analyzing or hoping!