Balaenoptera Musculus. Upgrades?

[masonis1]

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[Make-a-Wake]

Found it finally..............??? Looks fast! Didnt you build it to race a guy??? Did you win??

[masonis1]

I built it for me an to beat my cousins blast, well now we has the same motor but different prop and I seriously doubt it can even go straight at half throttle with this.

[Make-a-Wake]

Did you race him?

[Make-a-Wake]

I'd put a couple 4 oz sinkers in the bottom, about 4-5" from the rear...............wink, wink.

[masonis1]

I haven't raced him since i use his esc and he uses my battery's so we borrow. And will the added weight do what?

[Make-a-Wake]

The added weight will keep it down on the water better, you mentioned in the vid how it may need more weight...........or your buddy did. I use weights in Villains and NQD's cuz they are so light to start with................give it a try!!

[srislash]

3. What about keeping it twin motor with no rudder (or possibly with a rudder), just upgrading to brushless, ESC, water cooled, and 2.4ghz? Would twin brushless still work well?

Yes you can do this with two brushless motors/ESC's. Or you can now.
I have just the gizmo

[masonis1]

I'll hve to try some weight. I also need a better way to mount the battery!

[Nutbar]

Nice conversions, Mason, and Make a Wake! Well, what I'm planning on doing is getting TWO Musculi, and keeping one mostly stock, except using a bigger, faster battery, but modifying the second one to twin brushless, water-cooled, lipo, 2.4ghz, and maybe a rudder.

Btw, Make a Wake, is this the video u were thinking of? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH-a09cpsfw It looks like he did what u suggested, added a brushed ESC, servo, and rudder. That's pretty much what I want to do, except twin brushless, lipo, 2.4ghz, and water-cooled.

1. So, what do you guys think is the fastest battery I can use in the stock Musculus? I already know that a 7cell Nimh works well, but could I go even higher? 8cell? 9cell? 3s lipo maybe?

[Make-a-Wake]

Thanks Nutbar............ I hit the "G" by accident at the end of your name...........you know.........Nutba....... LOL, fixed it.

I actually get more pleasure out of taking these boats and making them into something that they shouldnt be, sleepers. There is a guy who has a twin brushless one with a center rudder...............couldnt find it on youtube.

A fully charged, quality 7 cell will read around 9.8-10.0v fully charged so I dont know why a 3 cell wouldnt work since its not but a couple more volts, worst thing is you fry a $5 electronics board. Or try a 9.6v pack, you know the flat, square "AA" size for Nikko's and toy stuff..........fully charged they are around 10.8v.

I think twin brushless with a couple 380 motors in the 2500kv range, on one big 3s powering both, would be sweet with a center rudder...............even use the stock drivelines and props to really make it look slow to an unsuspecting fellow boater LOL...............it would only have a rudder in the center to look any different.

[srislash]

If you want to go the twin brushless route I have a module that will transmit rudder signal to two ESC's.It is also adjustable as to how much power goes to each motor. Here is a demo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCxAs...ature=youtu.be

Just food for thought,we just made it.

[masonis1]

Tht might be a good idea, I'd like to see a twin 380 sized brushless motors in this, I'd like to see what I tried succeed.

[damfurst]

Nutbar I was just recommended a link to this thread by Sundog. I am trying to do the same thing as you with this boat. I have tried both 2s and 3s 1800mah in the boat and here is a link to the videohttp://youtu.be/qVCHid_FXiE The motors do really heat on the 3s.

[Nutbar]

Nutbar I was just recommended a link to this thread by Sundog. I am trying to do the same thing as you with this boat. I have tried both 2s and 3s 1800mah in the boat and here is a link to the videohttp://youtu.be/qVCHid_FXiE The motors do really heat on the 3s.

Yeah! 3s, baby! Nice! I'm gonna try mine with 3s also. It looks faster on 3s than my 7cell Nimh! And actually, the 2s DID look slower than the 7cell, but I guess that makes sense, since it's 7.4v compared to 8.4v. I'm guessing 3s is probably the fastest battery for the stock setup.

Yeah, I think I'm gonna buy a 2nd Musculus and try to convert it to twin brushless, ESC, water-cooled, lipo, 2.4ghz, and a dual-pickup rudder. Maybe even some trim tabs/turn fins! Lol! Super Musculus to the rescue!