New Impulse 26 owner here

[limitedr1]

what prop are you running. i have one of these and looking to get alittle more top speed with out dropping new motors and such

[Donny]

I am running complete stock boat and prop other than the Traxxas Velineon Brushless ESC and Motor. I was running a 7 cell nimh during that video

[limitedr1]

yea i checked that out man very cool vid. do you know what size prop shaft it has? gonna try to find an after market prop to hopefully get some better speed

[Darin Jordan]

Guys... I have tested this boat with a variety of power systems... 3S fits without too much issue, and a nice 3000KV BL 4-Pole Motor and equivalent ESC on 3S REALLY goes!! I placed the 3S 5400 mAh pack sideways towards the rear of the boat and the balance seemed to be good. The same power system on 2S is also respectable, so this system will give you some options.

Please keep in mind that this is intended to be an "entry level" boat, so it's not going to hold up to crash after flip after roll-over without possibly damaging the plastic.

However, mine did seem to handle the speed pretty well... surprisingly well, in fact. For having such a simple setup and hardware, it performs quite nicely with some injection of some real power...

[Donny]

Darin, what is a good next step boat? Deep v or cat, what is good on choppy water that won't break the bank?

[Darin Jordan]

Darin, what is a good next step boat? Deep v or cat, what is good on choppy water that won't break the bank?

In my opinion, the best all-around performance boat available is the Pro Boat Impulse 31 Mono... A LOT of people like cats, but in my opinion, they are limited. With the Impulse 31, you can run on stock power and have a blast in all types of water conditions, and then, when you get the $$$, you can put some bigger power in it and really go.

[KCboater]

How does it compare to the Shockwave 26 BL?

[roadrashracing]

put that brushless system in this boat and you would be cooking, shockwave is a steerable drive

[limitedr1]

Would you get an outrunner or inrunner bl motor for this boat?

[lenny]

Inrunner will work, But the outrunner would be new and very different feel.

[limitedr1]

What do you mean a different feel, i thought that was what was in it now was an outrunner

[burgerchow1]

i've got an extra stock impulse 31 motor and speed control. Thinking about putting it into the impulse 26. Do you think the stock 26 flex shafts will hold up? I was thinking of running it on a single 3s battery

[Donny]

I put a Traxxas Velineon Brushless system in mine for a while. No problems with any of the stock hardware.

[Darin Jordan]

i've got an extra stock impulse 31 motor and speed control. Thinking about putting it into the impulse 26. Do you think the stock 26 flex shafts will hold up? I was thinking of running it on a single 3s battery

Yes... the flex shaft is a .150 flex, just like on the MG, Mystic, Impulse 31, etc... Should hold up fine.

[limitedr1]

that traxxas system seems to be working pretty good for most people..hmmmmi have a slash with one of those lol