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Cheetah Twin build - ESC and Battery locations ??
First time trying to put together a boat like this and I was hoping someone could give me some advice. Two TP 2100 y wind motors are in place and I am now trying to find the best location
for the two ZTW 200 amp esc's. First I tried the ESC location as far to the rear as possible. No matter what I did with the two 4S batteries the boat was nose heavy so then I tried putting the two ESC's
cross hull forward with one on the platform and the other on a battery rack forward of that. (This boat has the 14 1/4 inch long platform) I was then able to balance well (33%) from the transom and had
some wiggle room for different size packs on the platform. I do realize that the 33% point is just a ball park and that each setup is different.
BUT I know you want weight down low in the hull (tunnels?) so I had what might be a eureka moment. I tried fitting the ESC's down into the hull and they go just fine with plenty of lead length. I thought to mount them there on a couple of leveled and raised battery racks. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? From my point of ignorance I think this is a great solution as that gives me almost the whole 14 inch platform to get a happy CG point and gets some weight down low also.. by the way the VERY FIRST thing I tried was to put the batteries in the hull tunnels - the motor locations did not allow the weight to come to the rear anywhere near to a proper CG. Mounts were factory installed.
These ESC's are (supposed to be) waterproof but if I think positive I should NEVER have to worry about that right ?
I also have a rudder with a five inch extension which I am going to try to avoid hooking which I have seen in some other cases - any experiences with this would be appreciated also.
for the two ZTW 200 amp esc's. First I tried the ESC location as far to the rear as possible. No matter what I did with the two 4S batteries the boat was nose heavy so then I tried putting the two ESC's
cross hull forward with one on the platform and the other on a battery rack forward of that. (This boat has the 14 1/4 inch long platform) I was then able to balance well (33%) from the transom and had
some wiggle room for different size packs on the platform. I do realize that the 33% point is just a ball park and that each setup is different.
BUT I know you want weight down low in the hull (tunnels?) so I had what might be a eureka moment. I tried fitting the ESC's down into the hull and they go just fine with plenty of lead length. I thought to mount them there on a couple of leveled and raised battery racks. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? From my point of ignorance I think this is a great solution as that gives me almost the whole 14 inch platform to get a happy CG point and gets some weight down low also.. by the way the VERY FIRST thing I tried was to put the batteries in the hull tunnels - the motor locations did not allow the weight to come to the rear anywhere near to a proper CG. Mounts were factory installed.
These ESC's are (supposed to be) waterproof but if I think positive I should NEVER have to worry about that right ?
I also have a rudder with a five inch extension which I am going to try to avoid hooking which I have seen in some other cases - any experiences with this would be appreciated also.
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