Going to try 6s on stock setup wish me luck

[Piranhafreak]

And i understand that im not trying to hold anyone liable but it was shown it can be done in stock form which my boat was as for him saying he burnt up the esc with a larger prop well that can be done on 4s as well

[Darin Jordan]

the other reason i tried it was this statment by a valued member on this board



Impulse 31
Stock – 32mph on 4S-45C
Stock – 47mph on 6S-25C
Stock – 47mph on 6S-50C
1.9” Prop – 48mph on 6S-25C (Yes, we know you told us not to try this prop with this setup, and as you warned, we fried the ESC on this setup)



You would think when he said this he ment stock which would be stock esc motor ect but that must not be the case

I'm sorry for your troubles, but you can't just take one post, out of context, and think that you can push the limits based on it's information.

I have stated many, many times, that running 5S or 6S on these setups is strictly at your own risk. Pro Boat never recommended it, nor did I. It sucks, I know, but you can't push the limits this far without risking your equipment.

Another point is this... Two people can have exactly the same boat... with essentially the same setup, and one might blow and the other might not... Could be the difference in as little as 1/4" of battery placement or .050" of trim-tab or strut adjustment, or even the difference in how they apply the power and when... Water is very draggy, and drag causes amps to go up. Trouncing on the throttle doing a standing drag-race start will spike your amps well over 100 on one of these setups, where driving it up onto a plan before you lay into is will keep things down in the "under-80A" area... That can make all the difference.

We try to design these boats with some head-room in them to take into account the "newbie/basher" or otherwise those who will push things too far, either intentionally, or otherwise, but with today's demands for out-of-the-box performance, the edge is a little closer out of the box. The stock power system is designed to provide good performance out of the box, with a decent amount of headroom to get a little more performance out of a prop upgrade (and yes... you can easily get to 40-42 with a simply prop upgrade...). Like any other RTR anything (Traxxas, etc.), you need to invest in a proper power system if you REALLY want to make it fly. (I'd HIGHLY recommend checking out the new Thunder Power Z3R-8 Motors... http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products...ID=THPM18A1900 , they make a 1400KV, which would be FANTASTIC on 6S, as well as a 1900 and 2100KV...)

Again, I'm sorry you had to experience this. Hopefully you get things working again.

I'm curious... How long did you run it on 6S before it let go?

[Piranhafreak]

I was running 2 3 s 30c 5000 mah
Lipo made 4 high speed runs then boat stopped canopy blew off about 10q feet in the air then the fire started hull melted everything destroyed only the aluminum is good ohh well I shpuld have known better