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Man and I thought I was hard on a boat...LOL! Do you have another motor to try with your ESC? I almost guarantee you the ESC is fine. It won't beep unless a working motor is connected to it. They are designed to go into thermal shutdown around 175° to keep from burning up. Check your motor wires and connectors because one could have came unsoldered. BTW that boat was plowing in the turns and running way too "wet" to even be thinking of running that hard for any length of time. I'm surprised it lasted 4 minutes. You'll want a big motor if you want to run like that all the time. Something like a 1515 or similar and a higher amperage ESC. Good luck with it!
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Last edited by MADRCER; 02-06-2018, 12:55 AM.TFL Zonda (124mph), Miss Geico Zelos 36 (108mph), Veles 29 (91mph), Zelos Twin 36 (90mph), Miss Geico 29v3 (83.5mph), Sonicwake 36 V2 (83mph), Blackjack 42 (81mph), TFL Pursuit (79mph), UL-19 (75mph), Sonicwake 36 (73mph), Motley Crew (47.5mph), AquaCraft Rescue 17 -
Robert, where in FL are you located at? Just wondering if you're near me. Pm me if you like and let me know, perhaps we're not far from each other.Comment
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ok, so after a few cocktails and a good nights sleep I hooked up another motor and it's working so back to square one.
I do have the motor from the BJ26 1500kv that ill try for now and see how it works with a x642 or the stock prop, what do you think?Comment
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I'm in Sanford FL just off SR 427 near the 417 on ramp.Comment
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1500kv is better suited for 6s anyway .642 should be a good place to start .for comparison i run a leopard 4082 1600 with a x645 prop on my pursuit and that gets me in the upper 50`svolantex vector pro ,proboat veles 29 , traxxas spartan, hobbyking/tfl pursuit ,ft009 with rescue riggingComment
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ok so I put in the 3630 1500kv motor and with a x642 prop only got 37mph so then I tried a Grimracer prop I have and its a 420 or 421 cant really tell what the last number is but it got me to 49.7mph all temps are good, maybe all try 445 prop next and see what happens.
yes this is on 6s.
also raised the strut a bit and was running much dryer.Comment
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your on the right path .near 50 mph is a good speed for that boat ,well into the fun zone .volantex vector pro ,proboat veles 29 , traxxas spartan, hobbyking/tfl pursuit ,ft009 with rescue riggingComment
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Run your cooling feed to the motor water jacket barb closest to the rear of the boat and then use the forward barb to send water out the side of the hull. Do what you can to rotate the jacket so the top barb is as close to the 12:00 position as the install allows. Both of these tweaks will fill the jacket with more water and provide more cooling to the motor.Vac-U-Tug Jr (13mph)Comment
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Good to know thanks.
So I ran a M445 prop this time on the 1500kv 6s and got 52mph before the flip all temps under 100 but that was just 3 long passes, I feel I found a happy place.
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I fort same thing more drag than rue Paul's best mateComment
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