The official 36" zelos twin modding thread

[Prodrvr]

Patiently waiting for this video! Should be interesting.

[CraigP]

That's a huge surface ride! Is that a 12s application? I see where your high power experience comes from. You don't have anything to prove here, just enjoy yourself... Folks get a little wound up these days, so let's all respect what we bring to the table. I'm going to watch what baller does, I may want to build a huge rigger some day.

[BatteryPete.com]

HEY Guys, I know this thread is quite old... but maybe good for me because you guys have had more time to play with your toys and make them go faster. I have been playing with boats lately mostly electric because we bought a house on a little lake... great water feature but not much good for anything other than little boats like the Zelos 36 and such... So being the guy I am , I put the best battery option in it and still want for speed. Recently smoked a motor ( Figure because i picked something up and motor got to hot because cooling line got jammed. Anyhow, I figure now is as good as time as any to upgrade to some bigger faster motors and wonder what is out there and should I get... Honestly I want crazy fast. She will do 80 mph now, so looking for 100mph+ now....

Power On...
Pete

[CraigP]

Seems everybody is in a big hurry!

[HESTER24]

So I burned up one of the motors in my Zelos and it seems they discontinued the motors in it. Any suggestions on motors I can switch to that I can use the stock ESCs?

[BatteryPete.com]

Anything bigger, More powerful, more RPM than the 2000kv available ? whether I need to up grade other stuff (ESC) (Batteries) or not dont care.... I Have The Need For Speed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Erroneous]

2000kv is already a HOT setup. You can allways get a bigger motor like a 1515 (4074) just to be able to spin a bigger prop. Check out the Zelos fast list thread to see what myself and others have done to go absurd speeds. The Poseidon 1515 2200kv did well for me... https://forums.offshoreelectrics.com...elos-Fast-List!! ...... 100mph??.. Hasnt been done, yet. Rafael (Proboat developer) is sitting at the top with 93.75mph. Uper 90s-100 is going to be tricky with this hull with its wide stance and big tunnel.

[BatteryPete.com]

2000kv is already a HOT setup. You can allways get a bigger motor like a 1515 (4074) just to be able to spin a bigger prop. Check out the Zelos fast list thread to see what myself and others have done to go absurd speeds. The Poseidon 1515 2200kv did well for me... https://forums.offshoreelectrics.com...elos-Fast-List!! ...... 100mph??.. Hasnt been done, yet. Rafael (Proboat developer) is sitting at the top with 93.75mph. Uper 90s-100 is going to be tricky with this hull with its wide stance and big tunnel.

Sweet - thanks for the response... This list of mods on each guys set up is perfect ... Just enough to get me in trouble... moohaha... I will do some clicking and knock a dent in my AMEX, then do a little tinkering and be back to ya guys... had her hitting almost 80 currently just batteried UP! Just a smidge... LOL!

There's "No replacement for raw displacement..." More motor and/or Battery.... in this case vs ci in say a v8... As for hull design and specs I beg to differ thinking 100mph is quite attainable with ideal conditions... weight needed to hold her in the water long enough to accelerate and put the power to the water...

I will be back.... I got a few cool videos somewhere I'll post! :)

Power On...
Pete

[vinnyp]

Almost 80 mph with a stock set up???

[Erroneous]

100 will require hull reinforcement, strut at the transom reinforcement, battery tray reinforcement, an airdam to curtain the air pack at the front, lead teflon bushings (OSE store) in the struts etc etc etc.. A few pages back you can see the mods Ive made in prep for 90+. Im also thinking about blueprinting the sponsons. I still dont think its enough but will be entertaining. Good luck on your venture, I know Ill need it.

[stratus]

Sweet - thanks for the response... This list of mods on each guys set up is perfect ... Just enough to get me in trouble... moohaha... I will do some clicking and knock a dent in my AMEX, then do a little tinkering and be back to ya guys... had her hitting almost 80 currently just batteried UP! Just a smidge... LOL!

There's "No replacement for raw displacement..." More motor and/or Battery.... in this case vs ci in say a v8... As for hull design and specs I beg to differ thinking 100mph is quite attainable with ideal conditions... weight needed to hold her in the water long enough to accelerate and put the power to the water...

I will be back.... I got a few cool videos somewhere I'll post! :)

Power On...
Pete

Dude are you being serious? He has like 26 combined hp and 88k Rpms. None of the facts you just stated matters, they are canceled out by the sheer power of the Cordova's. Having those motors, is just literally magic. Besides, this guy knows what he is doing. He has multiple speed boats (only seen two rtr zelos boats that have never run yet) and speed run rc cars. Why even try to help him? He's far beyond our skills and experience. He's already let us know he needs no help or advice so I think we should just leave him be. (I'm gonna stop now, I don't want to instigate anything else, that's why I'm not responding to his posts....I'm just getting good laughs tho....I probably shouldn't have posted this but I couldn't help myself because some people are actually entertaining this shenanigans).

I think the post above you was tallking to the other person (the one I linked you) not for baller

[kfxguy]

I think the post above you was tallking to the other person (the one I linked you) not for baller

Apologies, yes you are correct. I'll delete my post even thought it's funny about him.

[BatteryPete.com]

No not totally stock, but yes the stock 2000kv motors... Batteries is always a big contributor to performance... Kinda why I got into the hobby as of late... Being I am BatteryPete I plan to develop and manufacture my own line of SneakyPete Lithium Battery Packs that are tailored for the needs of a given application. Boat guys... Truck Guys... Car guys.... (buggies vs live axle cars), jet turbine guys... even drone guys... so stay tuned on that venture... probably 9-12 months out on that venture... still gathering info and tinkering...

Power On...
Pete

[Prodrvr]

No not totally stock, but yes the stock 2000kv motors... Batteries is always a big contributor to performance... Kinda why I got into the hobby as of late... Being I am BatteryPete I plan to develop and manufacture my own line of SneakyPete Lithium Battery Packs that are tailored for the needs of a given application. Boat guys... Truck Guys... Car guys.... (buggies vs live axle cars), jet turbine guys... even drone guys... so stay tuned on that venture... probably 9-12 months out on that venture... still gathering info and tinkering...

Power On...
Pete

Very good. Make them right and price them fair. Fair being that what some of these companies charge for batteries is crazy. But tailoring to each specific type of r/c may be a stretched effort. IMO, being that I have all different r/c's, I would say your strongest packs are needed for fe boats, edf jets, and 3D heli's. On and offroads, scalers/crawlers, scale boats/trucks, tanks, and construction equipment have much lower amp requirements. Good luck Pete!

[Erroneous]

If you can make a pack that beats Revolectrix you have a winner. The IRs on these things is off the hook.