building a boat for the first time. Genesis

[Marius]

I'm new to rc boats, been into cars for 15 years.
I have a genesis cat in the mail from HK.
So Im looking for some decent stuff to put into this.
I'm thinking about buying a swordfish 200A esc and Leopard 4082 1550kV 2y from OSE. good or bad idea?
What kind of prop and battery/ies should i use if i go for the esc and motor.
Thanks for all help

[Fluid]

First we need to know what your expectations for the boat are. Realize that the normal FE boat has much less run time than the average car does.

- Speed you are looking for
- Run time you would like to have
- Radio you will be using
- Size of running area, and smooth or rough water
- Voltage you are wanting to use (4S or 6S or 8S)
- Amount you want to spend

With this information we can give you intelligent, meaningful suggestions.



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[Make-a-Wake]

The setup you suggested will be very fast on 6s and put the motor in a good zone, just make sure the 4082 will fit under the canopy.

[Mattwarner]

Sorry to hijack but I am in the same position but having brought a kyosho twin storm which I got bored with after a few runs! I now have the same hull in carbon fibre and was planning the exact same set up Marius has just mentioned but with a seaking 180 esc.

Marius if your search for fightercat forum there is loads of useful info but this hull.

[Marius]

Speeds: 80-100km/h maybe?
Run time: have no idea.
radio: flysky gt-3b
Running area: mostly smooth water, and quite large.

I've been looking at batteries, is it an idea to get 2x Turnigy nano-tech 6000mah 4S 25~50C Lipo Pack and running them in series for speed and paralell for long runtime ?