I got an Impulse, did you?

[ron1950]

kinda says u better tape it up or else .....someone forgot to check that part out lol....how does the hatch go on anyway? i thought i saw a small hole for a pin in the front like the geigo hatch ..so what is the big hole in the back for?

[v-spec]

Ok guys I'm bored so it's time for me to start posting some of my plans for the Impulse. Before I do though let me first say that this boat doesn't really need anything besides some 5.5 bullet connectors found here http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/pro...d=ose-55bullet for the motor and esc/batteries a roll of hatch tape and some water to drive it in. It really is that nice!

With that said, I bought this boat to make it fast. It will be modeled after the P class boats and that mean's 4s and whatever I can fit under the cowl. My tight budget will narrow down my motor and esc choices as well as batteries since I sold my awesome Thunder Power 4s packs to pay for the boat.. I'm going to be ordering some parts as soon as I make a final decision (again since the last Neu 1415 1y sold here on OSE as soon as I decided to pull the trigger ) for now I've got an empty hull begging for power!

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[slow-at-rc]

kinda says u better tape it up or else .....someone forgot to check that part out lol....how does the hatch go on anyway? i thought i saw a small hole for a pin in the front like the geigo hatch ..so what is the big hole in the back for?

its a hatch lock

[v-spec]

Well I ordered a couple motors and an ESC and a bunch of other little stuff today. One cheap motor to hold me over till my Neu comes in! This is what I got.

Neu 1515 1Y on order from local LHS
Tacon 4074 2150kv
HRC/OSE extra long 4074 water jacket
Castle 6.5mm bullet connectors for motors
Castle 5.5m bullets for batteries/esc
Seaking 180esc
1 Gens Ace 4s 30c 5300mah pack
2x Thunder Power 4s 65c 5000mah packs
GT3B 2.4ghz radio and receiver
and a bunch of velcro because I had to remove the proper lipo holder to fit my packs (sorry Tony!)

I was tempted to not order the tacon motor (any of you used one?) since I've never tried one but for $49 I said what the hell since it'll get me on the water till my Neu comes in. LHS said 3 weeks or so which totally sucks. Hope it's worth the wait, actually I know it will be! The last Neu I had was in my old H&M drifter S and it hauled!

Anyways I'll post for everyone to see once I got something worth posting. In the meanwhile I removed the awesome lipo holder since my 4s packs don't fit very well and rub up against the bolt in the middle.

They technically "just" fit but they are rubbing up against that bolt pretty good pushing the pack in in the middle (hard to tell in the pics but the packs pushed in pretty good.) I'm also going to coat all the wood with epoxy since most of it is untreated. Here's some pics.

[JackBlack26]

I have one of those Tacon 2150 motors. They are awesome! Comparable to the Castle motors with the exception of the motor leads. Great value motor. Just take it apart and check for shavings inside. I opened mine before I ran it and sure enough, it had shavings on the rotor.

[v-spec]

Ok thanks good to know and thanks for the heads up! I was just gonna order a seaking 180 since they are in stock at hobbypartz with free shipping and only an hour from my house so I get it next day but then I saw the Tacon for $49 and the thing that made me actually order it was that it was Orange in color and matches the orange on my boat! (sucker I know!) I've still got a Leopard 2200kv too at least I can compare the two sometime.

I have one of those Tacon 2150 motors. They are awesome! Comparable to the Castle motors with the exception of the motor leads. Great value motor. Just take it apart and check for shavings inside. I opened mine before I ran it and sure enough, it had shavings on the rotor.

[dmwilson09]

Is the stock prop on the boat S/B?

[v-spec]

Is the stock prop on the boat S/B?

No it's not but I've worked on a few of them and they are clean casts and not far off balance from the factory. It's not a prop I'd use on this boat with the stock motor myself but it def won't burn things up.

[dmwilson09]

No it's not but I've worked on a few of them and they are clean casts and not far off balance from the factory. It's not a prop I'd use on this boat with the stock motor myself but it def won't burn things up.

I am thinking about getting this boat and would like to run a prop that would get this boat up to 40 Mph on 4s with out hurting/stressing the electronics. Can you anyone recommend a prop.

[v-spec]

I am thinking about getting this boat and would like to run a prop that would get this boat up to 40 Mph on 4s with out hurting/stressing the electronics. Can you anyone recommend a prop.

An x or m445 should get you there but don't expect to run it for 10 minutes with that prop and check temps before you run too long with any prop upgrade.

[slow-at-rc]

Octura x445

[dana]

try a 3 blade on 5 s hehe like an x440/3 or a grim 40/52/3

[dana]

byw i had tacon motor 1900 kv green can that died on the 6th run, but ive heard the orange cans are much better quality and more comparable to the leopard than the green ones. i wonder why tho....

[dmwilson09]

Proboat specs the stock prop as a 1.6x2.5. So my question is (and I really dont know), wouldnt a m or x445 be a smaller prop.

[dana]

Proboat specs the stock prop as a 1.6x2.5. So my question is (and I really dont know), wouldnt a m or x445 be a smaller prop.

more like the stock prop has more pitch. im not sure the diameter of that stock prop but i think the x445 is larger diameter and definitely less pitch. im not sure i agree with the prop proboat used (considering its the same one they use on all their boats) i think the 1.4 series would be a better choice given the motor. jmo