Mean Machine Catamaran (Sport)

[Brushless55]

Awesome, keep us posted..
I may get a 580 for my MM

[Rich]

odds are you will get it before me money is short right now

[Brushless55]

well I'm wanting to buy a new motor for my Baja 5B first..

[Rich]

lol i see hey would the etti 150 opto esc hold up to the 580? i looked at the specs i think it will

[befu]

Outrunners?

Anyone try an outrunner with a MM yet? Looking for a slower sport boat, mid 30's only.... For now

[DISAR]

After testing various motors on my MM I am running it now with an outrunner Align 600XL 1700KV on 6s with a 440/3. I have a made a carbon cooling jacket for the motor (the external casing does not rotate) Speed is abt 45 mph and motor temp is 150 F

[ozzie-crawl]

disar whats your run time when the motor gets to 150 f

[questtek]

Awesome, keep us posted..
I may get a 580 for my MM

Ever get it and check the speeds with the 580 L?

[DISAR]

disar whats your run time when the motor gets to 150 f

About 3-4 mins. I also tried the 9XL on 4s but motor temp was a bit higher

[Brushless55]

Ever get it and check the speeds with the 580 L?

No, I'm still running a 9XL..

[ozzie-crawl]

About 3-4 mins. I also tried the 9XL on 4s but motor temp was a bit higher

thanks was just comparing to mine running a 8xl on 4s m440/3 is around the mid to high 40s and motor at bearings after 2 min is around 110 f esc caps the same

[DISAR]

What is your strut position? Mine is about 3 mm or 1/8" (botom of strut above bottom of sponsons) and parallel, and running in sea water

[ozzie-crawl]

mine is 8mm from bottom of strut to bottom of sponsons and prop up about 2 deg, has a nose up attitude
running like this on fairly flat water its really stable speed is around 45 mph
but were i run has lots of cross winds and gets choppy a lot, but this is when the MM loves it the most and i pickup 3-4 mph
couldnt get mine to run properly on anything less than 8mm, just wanted to porpoise,

[DISAR]

Thanks, I will try that. Seems that it brings the motor temps down

[ozzie-crawl]

yea it certainly will, think a lot of guys run from about 3/16 to 1/4