The Villain EX is going brushless!

[Make-a-Wake]

Hey Jacked........we have spoken on you tube.......deraj....right? We've seen each others vids. Glad to have you here.

[Jesse J]

hook us up, where are your vids --- ohhhh that deraj, I better go back and watch.

Wahoo, we made it to page 2!!

[Jacked1]

haha yupp that is me:) I need to vid again! It is my name backwards! I copied off of ur outdrive with the gaupner coupler thing! :D

[Make-a-Wake]

hook us up, where are your vids --- ohhhh that deraj, I better go back and watch.

Wahoo, we made it to page 2!!

Yep! Lets keep this going! The Villain is a really neat boat......so scale......beautiful lines........and if i had to venture a guess, its probably the best selling RTR hobby grade boat of all time.

Just got in from running my new one from ebay.............4s and the motor from a Genesis...............friggin scoots.

The custom turnfins are my own idea i have had for quite some time........they work great!

[Jacked1]

What did you wide up doing with your genesis hull? I wanted one for a long time but got impatient with it being out of stock and ordered a surge crusher instead!

[Make-a-Wake]

What did you wide up doing with your genesis hull? I wanted one for a long time but got impatient with it being out of stock and ordered a surge crusher instead!

Never had one........i bought the motor, mount, ESC and driveline for $65 from my friend who stripped his after two runs. He's going twin drive and castle 2200'S!

[Jacked1]

Never had one........i bought the motor, mount, ESC and driveline for $65 from my friend who stripped his after two runs. He's going twin drive and castle 2200'S!

Ohhhh! Well that is a hell of a deal! I really like the motor mount. i can't wait till they sell spare parts on the hk website.
I bet that will be darn close to the fastest genesis there is!

Just ordered a new gps! I think i am gonna put this one in a taped tupperware container with about 5 bags around it

[FighterCat57]

Ohhhh! Well that is a hell of a deal! I really like the motor mount. i can't wait till they sell spare parts on the hk website.
I bet that will be darn close to the fastest genesis there is!

Just ordered a new gps! I think i am gonna put this one in a taped tupperware container with about 5 bags around it

Yeah, they say waterproof, but I've always wondered just *HOW* water proof?

BTW- I did submerse my Forerunner 101 in salt water. Then cleaned it off in dishwater. It seems to have survived OK. Including the AAA rechargeables.

[Jesse J]

paint scheme

Saw this in the Powerboat mag this month and am gonna giver a go. Silver base, black panels, and possibly some red accents. Bottom will remain primer white (its kinder discolored from the sun - guess it was a porch bum for several years).

Got the hatch all stripped down, removed the windscreen etc. all decals gone (except for the dashboard). I have it primed and pretty close.

The hull is also stripped down (fortnately, the rails were missing so no need to remove). Wiped all the decal goo off with paint thinner, scrubbed her down with purple brillo pad then some steel wool in every direction - no circles. I wasn't too happy with the rounded chine, so I added some 45deg styrene angle stock to make it nice and crisp - idea being to kick that water out and not up - thus decreasing drag.

I am stewing on the turn fins and trim tabs idea. anybody know where to get the ones on the Traxxas hopup site?

[Make-a-Wake]

Love that paint scheme Jesse............looks like it means business!

Here's a Vid of my ugly duckling 4s Villain......................Metallic Blue with white underside is on the way!

Not quite as fast as the 6s Neu Villain, but moves along nicely.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSS4FT6fS8w

[Jacked1]

Looks good! How are those big turn fins working? i made some very similar ones for mine with some trim tabs today so i hope they do the job. Mine needs to go strait!! haha

[FighterCat57]

It ALMOST hit the water today... Except I accidentally ordered the paper weight edition ESC... It just shakes the motor like an epileptic retard.

The other side works great! So, guess I'm waiting for ESC's again. I should stick with my order double what ya need rule. Ah well. Guess I should get some spares on this next order.

Everything else went together great! It should perform better than stock and run longer as it now weighs in at just 3 lbs. I could get it under 3lbs with slightly smaller lipos... I may just do that. =)

There might be life left in this old tugger after all!

[Jesse J]

Nice vid, I am in same boat as fighter - waiting on an esc. I have started the paint job and just need to detail the hatch. Will post pics soon.

just a note, I had some water pickups at the base of the vee and it acted real weird at speeds. A better option would be in hull pickup or a propwash pickup.

[FighterCat57]

Nice vid, I am in same boat as fighter - waiting on an esc. I have started the paint job and just need to detail the hatch. Will post pics soon.

just a note, I had some water pickups at the base of the vee and it acted real weird at speeds. A better option would be in hull pickup or a propwash pickup.

Yeah, I was wondering about that. Seemed odd that they put it there from the factory. I haven't moved it. Hopefully it won't cause any trouble.

[Jesse J]

probably same reason I tried it there, it seemed logical and with factory speeds, maybe they didn't see a problem. Thing is, it disrupts the water in front of the props, whereas a inhull or propwash pickup doesn't at all. It can always be changed later if you notice it kinda wobbling side to side underway.