ML Boatworks New Sport 20 Hydroplane for FE or nitro, pics and build thread

[cybercrxt]

Thanks Chilli, 2p can be a number of mah ranges, i plan on running 6500mah 6s in mine. I feel 4- 3s 3300mah or 2- 6s 3300mahin packs should fit fine. I just dont see a need for more mah amounts. Mike

[Chilli]

Okay bro. I have 5000 mAh packs on the brain. I don't have any idea how many amps a Q-Sport sucks up during a heat.

[cybercrxt]

Just went out and did some checking, i see no reason 6s, 8000mah cannot fit. I just went out and fit 4-3300mah, 45c, 4s hyperion packs in the front. That is 8s, 6600mah! Easy to see u can fit a big setup in there!

[carlcisneros]

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I think Chilli knows what I am thinking...............................

[cybercrxt]

Got the 20L tested today. Review in the 20L thread! You will like what you hear!!! Mike

[Brushless55]

I want to see some video of those bad boys!

[weil0127]

It sounds like the sport 20 is made for a spec set up but what is the 20L made for?

[riptide1]

Mike,

Can you measure dimensions of the battery compartment on the Sport 40. At 1.75" height, how far back would my packs sit from the front and how much remaining length before the bulkhead? Do you think this could handle a 8s 1527 1y setup?

Thanks, Brian

Dry fitted some hardware this evening, and test fitted the equipment in my personal Sport 40...TONS of room! Mike

[Chilli]

It sounds like the sport 20 is made for a spec set up but what is the 20L made for?

P-Sport Hydro

[JRS Innovations]

Hello Mike

Could you please put me on the list for a sport 20 Kit (p-spec version).

Thanks
Joe Scarpino

[cybercrxt]

Riptide, at 1.75" battery height, you will start your packs 2" from the front of the battery area, and this leaves you with 5.25" to the bulkhead. You do have 5.5" width in that battery area as well. You have so much width that the packs can easily slip threw the bulk head. 8s is very doable as I have already laid in (4) 4s 3300mah 45c hyperions in the front with no issues in space. I actually designed my motor mount location to accomidate a 1527 in case it needs one. Fighercat is sending me a 4092 1600kv to compare vs my current 1521 Neu 1577kv motor so we can get a real comparison in the motors. I will be running this hull for the first time tonight when I get off work. More info then! Mike

[cybercrxt]

JRS, I will pm you this evening about a kit. Thanks, Mike

[cybercrxt]

As some of you may your may not know, I was offered my old job back last week, and decided to take the job. It is forcing me to restructure the builds I have on the list. Some that are not prepaids are dropping off, espcially if I have not had contact with that person in a while. Once I get that backlog caught up, I will then be more open to adding any additional builds to the list. If you do not see your name on the build list, please PM me about it, and I will offer you a kit to build. I just have to get some of the hulls that had deposits on them done, and done soon. Its put a lot of pressure on me, and its time to get those settled up. Here is the current build, and kit list for all the sport hydros. If you ordered a tunnel, or scale build, you will not see your name on this list anyways as its only for the sport hydro crowd. Thanks, Mike


Sport 20
1) ron1950- Removed per his request.
2) MarylandFE- STARTED
3) Mike Buck- w/ paintwork STARTED
4) Roger Mahan STARTED
5) Jason Boushard offering one of the hulls in this batch to him now

Sport20L
1) Roger Mahan STARTED
2) Grazacind STARTED

Sport 40
1) Bert Dygert- STARTED

[cybercrxt]

While I have been back at my full time job for about 2 weeks now, I have been finding time every night to get something done to the sport hydro build list. I am very close to having all of the hull actually in one piece, and depending on what happens from there, some will be ready to ship this week!

I did make it out to the pond yesterday, a new pond that is full size where I can really stretch the hulls out...finally, after 4 years of running in a puddle! It has become very obvious that all of these hulls REALLY like an X series 2 blade prop. The sport 40, with a 1521 1Y 1577kv on 6s power, ran a stock, cleaned up x455 yesterday, and it ran so clean. I had been running an ABC H7, but wanted to see what the X series would do, and it just got the rear of the boat way up, and the hull stablized, and moved out. I have a 1527 1.5D 1500kv motor on the way right now for that hull, so I can push it even further.

The Sport 20L is fast right now. I would say its a touch faster than the sport 40, but that is only due to the TP Power 4082, 2200kv motor is a great choice for this boat. Its big enough to run cool, but not so big that I had to rearrange anything to get it to fit after pulling out the 1415 castle. (The 1521 1Y in the sport 40, to me, might be a little on the small side for a hull that size. It comes back cool, but the x455 started warming it up some) The more I run the sport 20L, the more impressed I am with the 82 series TP power. It comes back very cool. Right now, the hull has a highly modified ABC H5, but the next time I run, I am going to put on an x445, then x447 and see how it does. Being so pleased with the X series on the Sport 40, I have to get one of the 20L as I think it will let the hull run flatter.

Now that I have a good pond to run in, I hope to get some good videos if I can get my co pilot to stay in town for a weekend. No matter, I am accumulating setup data every time I run the boats, so if anyone has any questions, I can definately guide you in the right direction. Well, its time to get in the garage. I have a lot of time today to work on the builds! Mike

[cybercrxt]

Getting close. Hope to have them all done soon. Mike

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