HV setup question?

[forescott]

I am starting a build with a 56 inch mono. Running a castle 2028/ice 200 combo on 10s max. I want to start with a 457 prop. FE calc. says low 60's on 10s which is great. My question is if I want to run in a smaller pond at say 40-50mph at wide open throttle, will the motor/esc pull the same amps running less cells? Say 8s for 50mph or even 6s for 40mph? I know its better to run at wide open throttle, but what happens to the amp draw when the cell count is dropped??

[keithbradley]

The load will be less on 8s and current draw will go down as well, unless there is another pnenomenon occurring (boat rides to wet on 8s, etc.).

[jcald2000]

The reverse will happen from keiths advise when you try to slow down too much.