Rio EP my thoughts

[Brushless55]

Hi brushless55 if you don't mind me asking where did you get the photo of the new camaro for your avatar? is there a bigger photo of the car or a link to photos of it?
THANKS

I did a google search and saw this!

[SweetZ28]

I did a google search and saw this!

NICE!! Even though they should have made the new Z28 after the second generation model in my opinion!

[Diesel6401]

Ran the SV today, new paint scheme looked great on the water and the CF42 prop got the boat on plane so much faster than the stock prop and with the port side turn fin and upgraded trim tabs it was very stable and a pleasure to drive... Lost a little speed with the prop and trim tabs negative, but handling was awesome

[SweetZ28]

Ran the SV today, new paint scheme looked great on the water and the CF42 prop got the boat on plane so much faster than the stock prop and with the port side turn fin and upgraded trim tabs it was very stable and a pleasure to drive... Lost a little speed with the prop and trim tabs negative, but handling was awesome

Cool glad everything worked out for ya.

[Diesel6401]

Almost broke 18mph in my RIO today, titan 12t on 8.4 4600mah nimh's, boat ran wonderfully. Thinking about going brushless on my RIO, which combo you guys think would run better in the RIO, a traxxas velineon esc & motor or a proboat widowmaker esc & motor. Just curious, any other suggestions are well welcomed.

[RCprince]

I wonder how much a lipo conversion would increase speed, being that a 8.4 4600 weighs about 18+ ounces where as a comparable 2s may weigh from a third to half of that nimh.

[SweetZ28]

Almost broke 18mph in my RIO today, titan 12t on 8.4 4600mah nimh's, boat ran wonderfully. Thinking about going brushless on my RIO, which combo you guys think would run better in the RIO, a traxxas velineon esc & motor or a proboat widowmaker esc & motor. Just curious, any other suggestions are well welcomed.

I don't know i have a proboat apache 24 with a 3300kv motor and i bairly got 18.7mph on 2S I am going 3s lipo battery with it now I am waiting for my batteries to come in.

I think the traxxas motor will be much faster than my 3300KV motor I hear the proboat system makes the widow maker hit 25MPH. If you get the traxxas one one way to cool the ESC would be run a aluminum pipe across the heat sink and glue it on with to little dabs of glue on each end this way you can get some cooling.... Or just get the traxxas 3500KV motor and buy a boat esc.

[Diesel6401]

I don't know i have a proboat apache 24 with a 3300kv motor and i bairly got 18.7mph on 2S I am going 3s lipo battery with it now I am waiting for my batteries to come in.

I think the traxxas motor will be much faster than my 3300KV motor I hear the proboat system makes the widow maker hit 25MPH. If you get the traxxas one one way to cool the ESC would be run a aluminum pipe across the heat sink and glue it on with to little dabs of glue on each end this way you can get some cooling.... Or just get the traxxas 3500KV motor and buy a boat esc.

Anyone ever hear any info about the HPI Flux Brushless system. It's a 540 size motor with a 5700kv rating. Overkill for a RIO?!? My goal for this boat is 25+mph.

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXVUT9&P=ML

[SweetZ28]

Anyone ever hear any info about the HPI Flux Brushless system. It's a 540 size motor with a 5700kv rating. Overkill for a RIO?!? My goal for this boat is 25+mph.

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXVUT9&P=ML

That's way to much of a motor... on my RPM checker the titain 12 on 7.2V was like 26,000RPM and a 3500KV's rpm @ 7.2V would be 25200RPM but with much more power it will be able to turn a larger prop so it should be faster.
here is how you find RPM X the KV 3500X voltage 7.2V= 25,200RPM

[Diesel6401]

That's way to much of a motor... on my RPM checker the titain 12 on 7.2V was like 26,000RPM and a 3500KV's rpm @ 7.2V would be 25200RPM but with much more power it will be able to turn a larger prop so it should be faster.
here is how you find RPM X the KV 3500X voltage 7.2V= 25,200RPM

Right now I have the stock prop on. I would hate to order the Velinon system and it not perform the way I want.

[SweetZ28]

Right now I have the stock prop on. I would hate to order the Velinon system and it not perform the way I want.

I know i here ya with boats it's a test by test and $ game.

[SweetZ28]

Did You seen vids of the widowmaker go? ...if it looks fast enough for you just go with that set up. but that's only 2900KV the VXL is 3500KV

[Brushless55]

Almost broke 18mph in my RIO today, titan 12t on 8.4 4600mah nimh's, boat ran wonderfully. Thinking about going brushless on my RIO, which combo you guys think would run better in the RIO, a traxxas velineon esc & motor or a proboat widowmaker esc & motor. Just curious, any other suggestions are well welcomed.

One thing to keep in mind is the VXL motor has way more power than the Titan motor.. The Titan has maybe 150watts?
and the VXL can pull 100amps!
on 2s the VXL has almost the same rpm as a SV on 4s
I've seen these motor run in boats on 3s and they are nuts!
all comes down to the right prop..

[Diesel6401]

Did You seen vids of the widowmaker go? ...if it looks fast enough for you just go with that set up. but that's only 2900KV the VXL is 3500KV

Yea I seen some vids, I honestly thought about getting it for my next boat, but it looks kinda unstable in the water and bounces around a whole lot. I may just grab a traxxas system.

[Rumdog]

If you're buying a package (esc and motor) you'd be much better suited buying one made for boats. You'll get a water-cooled esc. You could get yourself a feigao 540 s motor and run a sv27 esc for fairly cheap. It would be overkill, but you could run the whole sv27 package in this hull. Keep in mind, lower kv, higher voltage will be much more reliable than high kv and lower voltage. If any of you guys need a smallish 3s lipo, I have one listed in the swap shop for $20.00 bucks.