need in put on running six cells?

[onegreenray]

i have a castle 1512 1.5y in my miss geico with a turnigy 180. do you guys think in is safe to try running 2 3s 5000mah 40c batteries threw it or will it blow the speed control? what prop would work good with this setup? have 6.5 mm castle connectors on the engine and 5.5mm on the batteries.

[battlefury]

Hi onegreenray,

any pictures of the setup?

[onegreenray]

since i took these pictures the wires i spun around so they are facing the hull now. reason being it was popping the Tupperware like seal up while running the boat.

[blackcat26]

i have a castle 1512 1.5y in my miss geico with a turnigy 180. do you guys think in is safe to try running 2 3s 5000mah 40c batteries threw it or will it blow the speed control? what prop would work good with this setup? have 6.5 mm castle connectors on the engine and 5.5mm on the batteries.

No problem at all with that setup. I am running the same motor on a 150a esc with no issues. Ran mine on 6s with a m440 and got around 58mph out of her. I'm sure some are gonna say too many rpm's but I like em.

[onegreenray]

getting 2 turnigy 11.1v 5000mah 40c in this week from the usa warehouse. I'll see if i can get a video of the test run. what are you using to cool the motor? should i just go with the old school water cooling coil?

[blackcat26]

I made a can at work since I didn't see any for sale. The coil style may not cool that well on a finned motor. Mine stayed just over a hundred degrees for about 5 100yd passes.

[onegreenray]

still new to this what is a temp to stay below?

[Boomer]

You boys are "flyin". Pretty close to the 60 mph barrier. I am very interested to see how fast this hull will actually go before it becomes an aircraft. Very impressive boat. Will be installing the rudder off set this coming week hoping to see the remaining bounce disappear.
Looking forward to seeing your new combo on the water.
Boomer

[blackcat26]

still new to this what is a temp to stay below?

Around 120f is ok. Too much over that like the 150 and over range will spell trouble.

[ron1950]

just off the top of my head...we used to run tc5's (touring cars) on carpet and had temps of 150 or 60 easy....why do these water cooleled motors need lower temps?

[blackcat26]

just off the top of my head...we used to run tc5's (touring cars) on carpet and had temps of 150 or 60 easy....why do these water cooleled motors need lower temps?

It's all a game of risk. You can run hot all the time if you like but one day the magnets will lose their juice and prolly smoke something. It's best to stay cooler and have a longer running system. If you stay 150 or above you will have trouble, it's just a matter of when. (especially with the less expensive chi motors)

[onegreenray]

lol the chi motors. i have been staying away from them. thank you for the input on the temps will remember that. have a temp gauge coming in this week.

[blackcat26]

Don't get me wrong chinese motors have their place and I have ran several. I have made some power mistakes in the past with too much prop/volts/whatever and at least it's a cheap mistake..........

[tman52804]

I just purchased the castle/neu 1512, 1.5y for $60 from Castle. Also bought a seaking 180 amp esc and a water jacket. I currently have been running 4S and 5S on the stock setup, so I don't have any 6S batteries yet. How well will this setup run on 4S and 5S compared to stock?

[onegreenray]

i was hitting 34-36 on the gps with 4s on stock setup with i think its an octura x642

with this setup i have been hitting from 38-42 on gps with 4s. may try the 6s ( 2 turnigy 3s 5000mah 40c) out later today to see if i can get a little more out of her.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8EZTKUG69U