does it have to be a marine esc???

[ironjaws]

I heard it might be possible to use other brushless esc's and water cool them with a plate shrink wrapped around it. Is this true. I am building a boat and want better than a castle or swordfish, but want the quality of a schltze without the heft price tag. Am i asking for too much?

[Make-a-Wake]

Sure you can do that, folks do it alot. I know one guy in Holland that buys only aircraft ESC's and makes his own plates and heatshrinks them on. There's really no difference. You can buy cooling plates here on OSE.

[Make-a-Wake]

Oh, and i practice what i preach, here's a plane ESC with a cooler i added for my mini mono.

[ironjaws]

awesome. Since im newer to this stuff, what are some good companies that offer quality esc's for 10s and 12s boats?

[Make-a-Wake]

awesome. Since im newer to this stuff, what are some good companies that offer quality esc's for 10s and 12s boats?

If its for something that big I'd just get a Swordfish 240hv or 300hv and be done with it.

[ironjaws]

thank you sir...

[Make-a-Wake]

Your welcome, what are you building.............sounds big!

[ironjaws]

r42 ac cat. ron buck hardware. peter z aka punisher motor mount. 7000 leopard motor. 300 swordy... if steve gets them in. She's gonna be a screamer. pretty too.

[Fluid]

The OP says he wants the quality of a Schulze for less money, doesn't want a Castle, but he buys a Swordfish? Where's the disconnect here? Every Swordfish I've seen in the club over the past 18 months has failed.....so a virtually untried 300 amp version is going to be fine? Why do some folks think they need a 300 amp controller for 10S but not for 4S? Good luck.







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