What esc to use?

[Flawlessdecisions1]

Sure that would b awesome Lenny ! Thx

[lenny]

When Rumdog built and tested it.

Hear you go at Franklinville lake.

[TristanJones]

My lightly modded centurion cat is faster than that.

[lenny]

Where is the videos.

My lightly modded centurion cat is faster than that.

[TristanJones]

Where is the videos.

Im waiting 9 days at least for an ESC, then I will shoot a vid and you can agree or light your torch sir. :)

[lenny]

No torches, Just videos of boats running and having fun.
What happen to old esc ? Smoke.
No past videos ether of it going faster or slower ?

I guess it's not faster now than is it at this time.

[ray schrauwen]

Some of us aren't the video taping type of people. I wish I had a nice video camera to use though.

[lenny]

There getting pretty small and cheap now Ray.
I was just using my camera first,
Than picked the camcorder up cheap.
I see a lot of people up grading to the newest,
And selling them for like $45.00 not bad deal.

[Rumdog]

That cat wasn't built to be a saw machine or do 70 mph. It was built to be fast fun, and reliable. I could have built it to be way faster, but hey... It runs great, still and you don't have to fish for it every run either.

[Jason4636]

I just ordered a genesis 41 and was wondering what esc to use its stock for now but eventually wanna put big motor with 2 4-5s packs! Thx for the help in advance !

Here is my suggestion, trust me there is a lot more guys out there with a lot more knowledge than I do. But here's my suggestions, and I just figured your going with the 8s 200a esc from Kieth Bradley. And I take it your wanting to run 2- 5s packs. But I would run them in parallel, so your running 5s2p. And if your getting the esc from KBB, just pick up a set of his parallel connectors. And I'll start out with my first suggestion, all rpm is unloaded rpm

Sirius 1717 from Keith Bradley
49.5mm x 85mm / 1580kv
5s = 29,230 rpm
6s = 35,076 rpm

TP 4092 from Fightercat
40mm x 92mm / 1600kv
5s = 29,600 rpm
6s = 35,520 rpm

Leo 4092 from OSE
40mm x 92mm / 1730
5s = 32,005 rpm
6s = 38,406 rpm

Leo 4092 from OSE
40mm x 92mm / 1480kv
5s = 27,380
6s = 32856

Reasoning behind my picks. Since the sirius is a bigger dia. motor, you would have more torque. It's not the fastest rpm, but since you would have more torque. You could prop up and go just as fast as the Leo 1730kv, maybe faster. But since its lower rpm, its way more reilable.

I put the TP motor in second. I just think they are a better built than the Leo's are.

I'm sure I'll get some comments on this, but these are my picks for a 41" genisis. Same as the fantasm that I have. Just my 2cents

[iridebikes247]

You could go with the sf200a esc for up to 8s, I wasn't sure if you had 4s packs laying around which would make it easy to just put them in series. If not go with a turnigy 180 esc, leopard 4082 1600kv and an m445 prop. You'll have a boat that runs cool and is easy to tune as you hone your skills. Best to stick with lower kv motors for now plus you're granted a slightly larger margin for error with things because you won't be spinning things as fast.

@Lenny- Curious what KV is your genesis? Looks to be a fun boat. I love my fast boats but this looks like a great cruiser and like Rum said you don't have to swim after it all the time.

[Jason4636]

Even if he has 4s batteries laying around, I still wouldn't run them in series on the sf 200 8s. I just don't like running max volts on an esc. I like to have a nice cushion. Where nothing burns up on my

[paultbg]

@flawless- you should know that you will need to upgrade also the flex cable, strut and most probably the rudder once you upgrade the power; also Genesis is a pain to make run straight above 50 miles...you will see.

[bracka69]

My apologies gentlemen. I contacted the guy which I sold my CF Genesis to with the Nemesis Gold(leopard)setup to and he says the motor is a 1600kv not a 2200kv like stated earlier in the thread, again my apologies.

[lenny]

Setup is neu 1515 1y 2200kv sk 180a esc 187 flex x442 on two 4s 30c 5000mah packs in parallel,

Also it has a nice fine design strut with offset rudder and handles great and straight with it.

That is a lot of torque for the daytona hull,

The daytona is 37" L x 9 1/4" W x 4 1/2" H hull.

And the fantasm is 41.3" L x 11.81" W x 5.70"H hull.

Here is my suggestion, trust me there is a lot more guys out there with a lot more knowledge than I do. But here's my suggestions, and I just figured your going with the 8s 200a esc from Kieth Bradley. And I take it your wanting to run 2- 5s packs. But I would run them in parallel, so your running 5s2p. And if your getting the esc from KBB, just pick up a set of his parallel connectors. And I'll start out with my first suggestion, all rpm is unloaded rpm

Sirius 1717 from Keith Bradley
49.5mm x 85mm / 1580kv
5s = 29,230 rpm
6s = 35,076 rpm

TP 4092 from Fightercat
40mm x 92mm / 1600kv
5s = 29,600 rpm
6s = 35,520 rpm

Leo 4092 from OSE
40mm x 92mm / 1730
5s = 32,005 rpm
6s = 38,406 rpm

Leo 4092 from OSE
40mm x 92mm / 1480kv
5s = 27,380
6s = 32856

Reasoning behind my picks. Since the sirius is a bigger dia. motor, you would have more torque. It's not the fastest rpm, but since you would have more torque. You could prop up and go just as fast as the Leo 1730kv, maybe faster. But since its lower rpm, its way more reilable.

I put the TP motor in second. I just think they are a better built than the Leo's are.

I'm sure I'll get some comments on this, but these are my picks for a 41" genisis. Same as the fantasm that I have. Just my 2cents