Revolt 30 Motor Selection

[fwlbp]

Hi all. I am trying to revive my old Revolt 30. I had ran it for 4 seasons and enjoyed it quite a bit. Several years ago it stopped running, opening the hatch I was greeted by our favorite magic smoke from the ESC. My son was born shortly thereafter, life got in the way and its been shelved for 6 years.

Well it is time to get it going now as my little guy is inquiring about it. I got a Seaking Pro 120A esc installed. Upon testing with short bursts the motor cogged horribly. Close inspection I found one of the windings was charred. So on to a new motor.

I intend to stick with 4S as I was happy with the speed for my pond. May grab a 3S battery at some point and run it on 5S. Also have a S&B x642 prop. I see Leopard makes a 3674 X2 1900kv motor. I think this would be ideal and is fairly close to the original aquacraft 1800kv motor. You guys think this would be a good option for my setup? Thanks!

[BThompson]

I've had pretty good luck with the Leopard motors. The 3674 is a longer motor, and at 1900kv, should pull your prop with ease.
Another option would be the Dynamite 2000kv 3650. It is a 6 pole motor, and tends to run pretty cool. At 2000kv it should be a little faster than the original AQ motor was.

[fwlbp]

Thanks for the response! I ended up going with the leopard 3674 1900kv. Also got new 2x2s 120c lipos for 4s running. Pretty happy overall with the results, seaking esc and leopard motor were both cool after each run. Could definitely feel it has a touch more power. Had the boat setup still the way I left it with the original aquacraft 3656 1800kv motor. With the original motor it was running fairly dry and smooth. On the new leopard it seems its maybe a few mph quicker and now chine walks quite a bit. Will need to do some strut adjustments and battery position changes.

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[fwlbp]

Had a interesting evening running my Revolt. I just put in a new power HD servo and dumped the stock plastic gear tactic. I was really putting it through its paces with cornering, much harsher than I normally run. Typically I like doing large sweeping ovals. Anyhow I ran through the batteries (4S) without issues. Brought it in and found there was 1/4" of one of the steps with the gelcoat missing. When pushing it on it another 1/4" of gelcoat pops off. Seems this section of the step had a void all these years but never showed up unitl now. I think the 1/2" missing is the total length of the void, the step on either side is solid. Do you think this will effect how it handles much? I think it'll only touch water on left hand turns, which I normally don't do.
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[fweasel]

No, not really. To solidify it and possibly prevent more chipping, I would fill it with epoxy. I'd use a thinner mixture so it flows into any surrounding voids.

[fwlbp]

Will look into getting some thin epoxy to fill it in and protect it. Thanks!