M445 and X642 question

[fwlbp]

Jealous of all this talk of building up CF daytonas!! I feel like my end goal is to one day build a CF cat. I'm still a guppy in this hobby right now though. Only have had my Revolt for this summer. Kaotic has shown me that I have a lot left to get out of this awesome boat in the coming seasons.

[kfxguy]

Jealous of all this talk of building up CF daytonas!! I feel like my end goal is to one day build a CF cat. I'm still a guppy in this hobby right now though. Only have had my Revolt for this summer. Kaotic has shown me that I have a lot left to get out of this awesome boat in the coming seasons.

Well they were supposed to show up Friday but didn't make it. I started on two rivercats at the moment. Then I'll get to the daytonas. Kaotic....you run again? I ran mine yes day but it was a bust. Wind was blowing. Water was rough. Found out my prop was messed up. It was prop walking so bad I couldn't hardly drive it. Dasboata sent me a prop to try out and it drove 10 times better. I bent mine in the last two crashes and I could not get it back right so it's trash. I'm about to head to the lake again. Hopefully got my stuff lined back out.

[Kaotic]

Well they were supposed to show up Friday but didn't make it. I started on two rivercats at the moment. Then I'll get to the daytonas. Kaotic....you run again? I ran mine yes day but it was a bust. Wind was blowing. Water was rough. Found out my prop was messed up. It was prop walking so bad I couldn't hardly drive it. Dasboata sent me a prop to try out and it drove 10 times better. I bent mine in the last two crashes and I could not get it back right so it's trash. I'm about to head to the lake again. Hopefully got my stuff lined back out.

I've been hanging out with Sean, Joel and Keith at the SAW Event in Flint MI for most of the weekend so I haven't really had a chance to get over to my pond and run. I've learned so much by talking with those guys, they really are something else to watch! Sean had is Dayton up to something like 98+mph which was cool to see especially since the winds have been hovering around 15-18mph. I got to see Keith run his cats, WOW! They run incredibly smooth especially in these less than ideal conditions. I think I'll be working on my Revolt over the winter to get it ready for the Spring SAW event and maybe I'll have my Daytona there to who knows.

[kfxguy]

I've been hanging out with Sean, Joel and Keith at the SAW Event in Flint MI for most of the weekend so I haven't really had a chance to get over to my pond and run. I've learned so much by talking with those guys, they really are something else to watch! Sean had is Dayton up to something like 98+mph which was cool to see especially since the winds have been hovering around 15-18mph. I got to see Keith run his cats, WOW! They run incredibly smooth especially in these less than ideal conditions. I think I'll be working on my Revolt over the winter to get it ready for the Spring SAW event and maybe I'll have my Daytona there to who knows.

Yea I heard they had some not so good weather out there. I had the same thing yesterday. I'm waiting on the wind to hopefully die down some today so I can go get some runs in. In the meantime I'm working in the shop on those two river cats.

[fwlbp]

Not to get too far off topic, but I figure you guys in this thread could answer my question best. Do you know if the stock 60 amp aquacraft esc can handle the 3674 leopard or does this motor demand higher amperage esc?

[Kaotic]

Personally I would get a SK120 for $85. You can sell your AQ ESC here, I think if memory serves me I sold mine here for around $60.

[Kaotic]

Well my son and I took it out tonight as the sun was setting and hit 71.7mph and that was 3/4 throttle we could only make 2 passes. The hull handled well. I need to make some strut adjustments and I'm going to swap out the M445 that we ran it on tonight with a 442. This hull has plenty more to give. image.jpg

[Kaotic]

75.3mph this morning! image.jpg

[Rocstar]

75.3mph this morning! [ATTACH=CONFIG]122171[/ATTACH]

Awesome Jeff!

[Kaotic]

Thanks Joel! Heading back out with one of Dasboata's props in a few minutes. If I can keep it in the water I think I should have it really close to 80.

[Kaotic]

Well I got it up to 76.9mph with one of Chris's props and it still had plenty more left to give, but it was running way to lose so I brought it in made a few more adjustments. While I was looking over the boat I noticed my rudder was lose so I tightened up the set screws but one had become stripped. I figured oh well I'm having to much fun I'll run it anyway. My 6 year old son said dad I think we should run home and fix it. I didn't listen and ran it anyway. Yup huge crash and now I have some major damage to the rudder assembly but I don't care because I was looking at upgrading it anyway. I'll try and upload the video of it crashing at over 76mph. image.jpg

[kfxguy]

Very impressive!

[kfxguy]

You started at 58mph....you remind me of.....myself lol

[Kaotic]

Very impressive!

Thanks Travis! I'm going to place an order for some new parts and hopefully get it back in the water next weekend.

[Kaotic]

Actually I started at like 43mph back in the spring, before I started documenting it in this thread. It's sure a lot of fun!