So, Really... What does it take to be considered "Fast Electric"?

[FighterCat57]

I broke down and voted for over 25mph, but only because there is no over 5mph choice which I would still consider FE for 6" long hulls.

If I could edit the poll, I would add it in just for you!

Thanks again for turning me on to the HLPS measurement! 20hlps is my short term goal. Will move up from there!
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[ReddyWatts]

If someone see's an electric boat running and says, dang that is fast, then it classifies as a "fast electric". ha

[Noahoscar986]

Mostly it depends on size so I am not casting vote.

[JestDanny]

I voted 25mph also. As stated above it really is a perception thingy, relative to size/scale of both the boat an the pond you run in. My ProBoat BJ 24" an 26" SW both run stock right around 30mph. I have two ponds I play boats in, on the smaller pond at 33mph my BJ gets the, OH my, Wow wee, holy smokes fast, cause on that little pond 30mph gets you from one end to the other an back again real quick. I don't run my FE tunnels at that pond ,44mph is to much boat speed there. Now at my large play pond, 30mph looks slow cause it takes forever to get from one end to the other a back again. SIZE MATTERS. LOL. My P-limited OPC tunnels run mid 40's, at 1:10 scale it works out to around 140scale mph that's fast FE. If you are running at or above scale speed relative to your hull works for me as FE.

[Fluid]

Guys, this is a 9-year-old thread. Perceptions of speed have changed dramatically since then.....the fastest R/C boat then was only 140 mph - set with nickel cells!



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[Steven Vaccaro]

Guys, this is a 9-year-old thread. Perceptions of speed have changed dramatically since then.....the fastest R/C boat then was only 140 mph - set with nickel cells!



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what happened was a spammer brought it back from the dead, then JestDanny replied to it.