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Well I've finally decided to take my Triton from 16 cells to 24. I'm going to use the 12xl I picked up from SJFE and a Hacker 77 with 1.33:1 gears and an X642 prop. Maybe I can get one of the fuel guys to drive it against my 24 cell MM, that would make for some great video! speaking of fuel guys, one of them is buying the 10XL and Hacker 70 that's coming out of the Triton. I'll get these guys converted to FE yet! I'll have the results and video to post (as always). Wish me luck guys!
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It should be fun to see on Sunday. And it will be cool to have more people with FE boats. -
Way to recute!!:D. I will be glued to your Triton results
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I just finished ripping out everything but the trans and servo to make room for the additional cells. All the wood is cut and everything will be mounted yet tonight. All that's left for tomorrow is a little soldering. She WILL be ready to run for Sunday.Comment
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Ran it today, was pretty pleased for the first time out. 39.1mph seemed pretty effortless. Motor, batts, and esc stayed very cool. The hull handled the weight very well, wot turns were a breeze. I was thinking maybe I could lower the strut a bit, it seemed like the prop wasn't getting enough "bite" in the water. Maybe you can tell by the vid. I'm going to try an M645 on the Triton as well as the MM tomorrow, I'll post the results. Here's the vid and a couple pics of the setup!
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Did you try moving the weight a bit more towards the transom?
It therory. http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/conversion.htm
1390 rpm at 85% eff
and that gearing.
turning a x642 and 24 cells at 1.1 volts under load will yield around
44mph. So your not far off. But there is still room for improvement.Steven Vaccaro
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I didn't try that today, but I'll see if that helps when I run tomorrow. Thanks Steven:)Comment
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Hey RMZ, how about leaving some water in the pond for everyone else? lol ........great roostertail outta that beast!!!Comment
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I hear ya, Piranha LOL. Maybe with the CG moved rearward I'll leave more water in the pond and go faster:rolleyes:Comment
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Had to wait out the rain today, but finally got to run. With the CG back 1" the top speed was 42.7mph. Temps were still low but considering I'm only looking to run sport and this setup seems to go easy on the motor esc and batts, I may leave it as is. My hopes by running that many cells was to go pretty fast and not be to hard on the electronics (including the batteries). I think I've reached that goal. Sorry, no vid this time, my camera girl couldn't come along. I'll try to post a vid next weekend.Comment
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What kind of current do you think you were pulling? Any idea on total runtime?Steven Vaccaro
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The packs I used for the gps run took 2600 mah charge tonight, 24 cells peaking at 36.16 volts. The run was 3 min 8 sec. Packs only reached 109 degrees, guess I could run longer? I forgot to bring the watts up meter today, so I'm not sure what the peak amps are. I'll be sure to bring it next weekend. Oh, and thanks for the CG tip Steven, it did exactly what you said it would.Comment
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Works out to be about 50amps continuous. Thats a good setup for fun running an offshore classes. Also nice an easy on the equipment.Steven Vaccaro
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