EKOS clone and upgrade questions.

[JPriami]

I am charging the packs now. but i do a slow charge at 1 amp. it timed out on me at 120mins. I forgot there was a time limit set.
I will keep track of the run times. I may set an alarm in my transmitter to warn me after a certain amount of time.
I am thinking now i may just use the money i was planing on new esc's to get new 4S packs. that way I have at least 2 diffrent sets of packs to run. because its about a 30 min drive to the closest decent size body of water. and it would be nice to pend a little time there once i got there

[JPriami]

the metal that hold the rudder on is a POS!

Aluminum Rudder with water pickup this work? i think it maybe too long

[FighterCat57]

the metal that hold the rudder on is a POS!

Aluminum Rudder with water pickup this work? i think it maybe too long

Yes... yes it is. http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...ad.php?t=16091

You can go bigger on the rudder, should be OK.

[JPriami]

thanks. ive hit a turtle before in my sv27. no good nice rudder you found

[JPriami]

ok note to self. stop running boats that are too fast for the little pond in the little pond. bad things happen

[Diesel6401]

thanks. ive hit a turtle before in my sv27. no good nice rudder you found

Use a nylon bolt for the bottom hole on the rudder so it breaks when u hit something.


Unless you hit a turtle with ul doing 50+

[Brushless55]

I am charging the packs now. but i do a slow charge at 1 amp. it timed out on me at 120mins. I forgot there was a time limit set.
I will keep track of the run times. I may set an alarm in my transmitter to warn me after a certain amount of time.
I am thinking now i may just use the money i was planing on new esc's to get new 4S packs. that way I have at least 2 diffrent sets of packs to run. because its about a 30 min drive to the closest decent size body of water. and it would be nice to pend a little time there once i got there

I would charge at the full 1c or better on your lipos
they will have a tad better punch
I'm curious to know how many amps you are putting back with that good run time?

[JPriami]

I will see what happens tonight when I charge them again.

I'd really like to get a dual pickup rudder and try that out instead of the cutting holes in the bottom of the boat for those cool water pickups i see that are out of stock (dual ones). I cant seem to find one for this size boat. Thought about buying the bigger speedmaster one and cutting it down a bit. but it would still be too long i bet

[FighterCat57]

I will see what happens tonight when I charge them again.

I'd really like to get a dual pickup rudder and try that out instead of the cutting holes in the bottom of the boat for those cool water pickups i see that are out of stock (dual ones). I cant seem to find one for this size boat. Thought about buying the bigger speedmaster one and cutting it down a bit. but it would still be too long i bet

I had the same problem. Hard to find one the right length. The one I'm using is a little short, but I only do sport runs and works well enough for me.

I have a pair of the in hull pick ups if you need them.

[JPriami]

ordered some turnigy 4S packs. now to wait. i wonder how long it takes to get stuff from Hobbyking thu EMS express? im still waiting on battery connectors i bought 2 weeks ago but that was regular airmail.

[JPriami]

I would charge at the full 1c or better on your lipos
they will have a tad better punch
I'm curious to know how many amps you are putting back with that good run time?

ran again today after work for about 8.5mins then brought it back in. I have a timer on my radio remind me. It ran good and strong the whole way through.
I just finished charging the first pack and you wanted to know what mAh its putting back into the packs. the software says 4059mAh. Past couple times i have charged the packs at 5-4amps.

[forescott]

Thats a good amount of run time. How's the heat??

[LarrysDrifter]

I bought a SpeedMaster rudder/mount made for a mino hydro for my EKOS.Filled in the stock holes,and drill new ones for the mount.Works awsome.I recommend it for a replacement.

[FighterCat57]

I bought a SpeedMaster rudder/mount made for a mino hydro for my EKOS.Filled in the stock holes,and drill new ones for the mount.Works awsome.I recommend it for a replacement.

Cool, link?

[JPriami]

Thats a good amount of run time. How's the heat??

I didnt bring my IR temp with me today. but when i pulled it out of the water and onto the dock the first thing i do is untape and open it up to disconnect batts. the motors and esc were barely warm. And the batteries were about the same, barely warm.