which is better a castle 200hv or a schulze?

[Make-a-Wake]

I run two 2028 setups with the Swordfish 240hv.............great ESC..................i fried two of the brand new Castle 200HV's...........SF's for me from now on!!

[RaceMechaniX]

FWIW There are twenty current IMPBA FE records with the Shultze/Neu combination.

True, I believe those were probably all the older style from pics I have seen of the record setting hulls in recent years. I think I am the only NAMBA record holder using the newer style ecs's.

[Slvrbowtie]

So what your saying is if you really want to do it right go with the schulze 40.303 and the 3080 lehner motor and send it. that is if your pockets are deep enought.

[RaceMechaniX]

Not necessarily. If you want to go big then yes the Lehner 3080 and Schulze 40.333 is probably the highest power system you can currently build in a single. I meaured 12.5kW on mine http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...-Target-100mph

However, a 2028 Castle/Neu or 5692 Leopard with a 200A speedo in a lighter hull will go just as fast on half the power.

It's about the right pairing of components.

TG

[ManuelW]

Do you have pictures of that hull?

I'm not really experienced with monos but 65" is really big, maybe it makes sense to use a twin-setup?

Best regards,
Manuel

[Slvrbowtie]

Yes I prob should have made it twins but without messing up the paint job and sending it back to the hull builder it's to late. I would do pics but not sure how to get them on here.

[JIM MARCUM]

11/23/2011
FYI: Castle is now sending out the new CASTLE HYDRA ICE2 HV 200, version 2, esc's. I received (2) new HYDRA ICE2 HV 200 esc's today (one of my originals fried & melted the leads on the inside, the other only blew the caps). I will test them this week in my 68" segad cat, leopard 5692 1340kv, 8s2p/10s2p config. Castle has been working very hard to assure these new units will not fail. It took awhile to do it right and have a product we can all trust. I have no doubt that they will work as designed.

I love the great customer service and product support castle - an American company - has given me. Jim

[ManuelW]

So the boat is already built? What was used before, which power plant do you want to replace?

Best regards,
Manuel

[JIM MARCUM]

The Seagad is an electric conversion of the gas boat. I have ran a Leopard 5692 730KV with 12S2P, and a 5692 1090KV with 8S2P. Speeds were 67.7MPH and 70+ respectively. Going to run a 5692 1340KV 8S2P & 10S2P setups to really give the new ESCs a workout.

[Slvrbowtie]

what size prop do you run

[JIM MARCUM]

Currently, I'm running an Octura X462. JIM

[JIM MARCUM]

I ran a pre-recall Castle Hydra ICE 200HV. Before it fried the caps, it showed 360A spikes with 150-200A constant. After that the data logger no longer worked.

[Old Sloppy]

it showed 360A spikes
. After that the data logger no longer worked.

Gee, I just can't figure out why the data lgger no longer worked? (he he)
Harry

[JIM MARCUM]

I love the smell of fried data loggers in the morning. JIM

[Fluid]

Gee, I just can't figure out why the data lgger no longer worked? (he he)

Harry, this was one of the recalled 200HV controllers, but Jim had not sent it back for repairs. It failed the same reason the myriad of other HV Castles did - a sub-standard part foisted on the maker without notification by the supplier.


.