52" G Freak needs more power

[Diesel6401]

what about this price comparison on the 52"
from the place they possibly get their boats, a 52" RTR with motor, esc, and computer 3ch FM radio is $557.00

http://www.fuyuanrc.com/en/detail.asp?id=15483

theirs with motor and esc no radio is $1348.00!

http://www.gfreakracing.com/products/budcat_52

uhm, that's a difference of $791.00 and still no radio or batteries!
and think of those who don't know and bought one

Not Awesome at all...

[ozzie-crawl]

i wish i had the money to buy one of there 32" cat hulls and then build it up just using a fiegao on 5-6s then send them a video of there cat really doing 60 mph

[tiqueman]

i wish i had the money to buy one of there 32" cat hulls and then build it up just using a fiegao on 5-6s then send them a video of there cat really doing 60 mph

Im there Oz.. Mine does 54

[Brushless55]

Yeah.. thats painful. As said a few pages back.. hopefully people do their research before kicken out that kind of hard earned cash.

I cannot tell ya how much I have learned from this site at OSE!

[ozzie-crawl]

Im there Oz.. Mine does 54

now you have replaced every thing but the hull how does it handle ?

[tiqueman]

now you have replaced every thing but the hull how does it handle ?

Frickin incredible.. not at all like you may think a narrow cat would run. I will see If I can get some vids of it this wekend. Also, search my posts for (Is 40 too much to ask for) At the end I run it on the BJ esc and motor on 5S. There are some other vids concerning handling. Cant remember if they are in that thread or not. But you will see all I went thru with it. I think I labeled most of the threads something to do with "Imex 32" cat"

All the vids are kinda bad bc I filmed while driving the boat. Pay particular attention to the "handling vids" though. you will see where it went from to what it is now. Some of it looks like its squirrley but its because of one handed driving and steering w/ my thumb.

Now its got an 8Xl.. no 9XL (changed it today) 8Xl on 5S was mid 50s.. 4S was mid 40s. Havent run it on the 9 yet....

[tiqueman]

Hey Dom, look what I found from 8/11/09

FROM DOMWILSON
I think that after you get this all set and running good, you'll be buying a Feigao 9XL, An X442 prop and a good 120 to 150 amp ESC to make it run on 4s1p.

Subtle hints there....
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Government Moto:
"Why fix it? Blame someone else for breaking it."



Feigao 9Xl........ CHECK
X442.................CHECK
Etti 150 opto.... CHECK
4S1P.... Only when its not runnin on 5

[ozzie-crawl]

good to hear you sorted it out and it runs well and the hull turned out decent.
Imo best way to learn about boats buy a rtr then fix all its problems and modd it till it screams, by the time you finish you get a good understanding on hull setup and what does what, plus its heaps of fun

[Jeepers]

Direct g freak quote to a ul-1 question "where do you live we smoke those rtr's all day"

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

hmm.. I watched this video and if you listen to the rpm when that boat launches and leaps out of the water, its way more then when they get it on plane and run it for 50 feet. I wonder if they are holding it back...... I have never seen a hydro pull wheelies before with that much weight towards the nose! that plastic prop is flexing so much that its losing pitch, I am surprised it held up during those launches.

[Brushless55]

Sean, you should see my UL-1
it jumps out of the water and does a massive torque roll!

[Jeepers]

Sean, you should see my UL-1
it jumps out of the water and does a massive torque roll!

BRING IT! I would like to see it.

you should see my p limited out rigger on launch!

but it don't do wheelies like those G freak hydros , it torque rolls hard!

[Diesel6401]

good to hear you sorted it out and it runs well and the hull turned out decent.
Imo best way to learn about boats buy a rtr then fix all its problems and modd it till it screams, by the time you finish you get a good understanding on hull setup and what does what, plus its heaps of fun

That's how I am doing it now. Soon I would hope to build my own delta force. It will be a while before that happens though. I am still working on my sv & ul to get them running good.

[LiPo Power]

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

What is this cr.p??? Video sucks! Camera man recording sucks! Boat sucks!
Can not do one straight run with it???? Driving style down the drain....
Wicked, Ill take it!!!!
I have seen so many videos here on OSE, good and bad but this one is something alse....

[BakedMopar]

hmm.. I watched this video and if you listen to the rpm when that boat launches and leaps out of the water, its way more then when they get it on plane and run it for 50 feet. I wonder if they are holding it back...... I have never seen a hydro pull wheelies before with that much weight towards the nose! that plastic prop is flexing so much that its losing pitch, I am surprised it held up during those launches.

I think its hitting the soft cut-off. We ran a DF on 6s and the auto calculate would let it activate the cutoff. After we set it up for 6s manually it hauled ass. Almost certain thats whats happening in the video. You can hear the RPM drop in the video.

These guys are clowns. Why even put a number on speed that it clearly doesnt do? Maybe in scale speed!

[T.S.Davis]

Comparing their hydro to a UL1 isn't apples to apples. The run I watched was 5s. Plus it's not the 4s spec motor that's typical in a UL. Mike Ball ran the original prototype UL1 that the rest were based on at the nats with 4s and an open motor. That was nutty. The boat was a little faster than it was really designed for. The same is true of the video I saw of the G Freak hydro. Slow it down a t touch and run it through some traffic. The UL isn't perfect either but I know how well it can handle if you spend some time with it. In a straight line on 5s with an open motor? That thing better kill a UL. They always let off just as the thing starts to get harry. That's to much pony for the boat in my opinion. On a 1/6th mile course on a spec motor and 4s?......who knows. Might be a killer experiment. Throw the HiModel equivalent to the BlackJack motor in there and race along side guys that can hold a line and then tell me how fast it is.

There's a lot more to a race boat than raw power. If I put 5s on a 9XL in my P spec sport it would likely crest 65. But once I go to 5s I'm Q sport. Then I have to race FAS with his AC Sport. That beast can crest 70 without even breathing hard.