EKOS clone and upgrade questions.

[LarrysDrifter]

Your cooling should be fine.Check the set screw very often on the couplers.Mine backed out constantly.The washers will work too.Just make sure you still have a flat spot on the stub shaft for the set srew in the drive dog.I thought you wrecked your rudder mount?

[LarrysDrifter]

Wouldnt be a bad idea to run the larger tubing on all of the cooling system too.I use 1/4"od.Works good.

[JPriami]

I did destroy my rudder mount. But I restore old cars for a living so fixing things and fabrication is my nack. But the metal is weakened from being bent up and bent back. So if I hit something again I dont think it will hold up to well.

[JPriami]

I need more of the larger tubing. I only had a little extra. i ordered some of the smaller tubing cause thats all that was in stock here on OSE. but its smaller than what came on my boat. I would have ordered the larger tubing but its out of stock atm. its on my list along with the dual water pickups

[LarrysDrifter]

I did destroy my rudder mount. But I restore old cars for a living so fixing things and fabrication is my nack. But the metal is weakened from being bent up and bent back. So if I hit something again I dont think it will hold up to well.

Sweet.I have a 70 chevelle that I am restoring.I replaced everything on it except the roof,rockers and floor pans.Was my 1st major build.Turned out nice.Did you go to gravesrc.com and look at the Speedmaster hardware?I put a rudder and mount for a mini hydro on my EKOS and has held up great.I has a break a way too.You have to drill new holes for the mount after filling the original holes.

[LarrysDrifter]

I like ordering from ose too,but you might want to look at your local hobby shop for tubing.I bought an butt load from HobbyTown that was going out of business.The LHS usually have it on spools and you can get as much as you want.Dont get the fuel tubing for nitros though.Its a little stiffer.

[JPriami]

MY LHS isnt much. I would like to open a good one around here one day later down the road.

[JPriami]

70 chevelle nice ride :D

[LarrysDrifter]

Thanks.Im going home tomorrow,so Ill look for that programming card.The sticker on the face of it is for cars,but the directions give a diagram for the parameters.If you look on Kintec,you can see the 4 options on his.Its the same card I have just a different sticker.When are you supposed to get your motors?

[JPriami]

IDk. ordered them today. I want them but im not going to put them in right away. going to test the diffrent cooling with the stock setup and see how that goes. got my CF 40mm props today so I might give them a try on the stock stuff. I have my struts up on the ends about 2 deg. thats helping get more of the boat out of the water and also more of the prop out of the water to unload it I think. im still waiting on the new lipos too. and bearing lol and maybe new wire drives if i order more soon. guess if i sell the heli now it will be for new esc's. stupid boat is eatting my wallet. or is that my need for speed fix doing it? i dunno oh well. lol..

[LarrysDrifter]

Both eat your wallet.I have close to $1000 in my EKOS.Damn near make me sick when my wife added everything up for the credit card.

[JPriami]

We are off to a good start this morning. got my drive dogs, new 4S lipos new motors and cooling jackets.
I wont be putting the new motors in just yet I want to test the new cooling line routing first. but hey the new 4S lipos fit like a glove.

[JPriami]

New cooling system routing seems to work well.
The 40mm CF props do great. made it run faster on the 11.1v lipos. looked like it was going to be insane on the 14.8v lipos but I lost one of the props in less than a min of the 14.8v testing.
Here is a vid of the 14.8 lipos and the 36mm props. I would have strapped my gps on it but I was kind of rushed as I had my wife and son with me and we were going grocery shopping after I was finished. And my 13 month old son was getting bored and mad because he couldnt play in the water.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bxg13vML6Q

There are a couple other vids at this link. one short on of the 14.8v & 40mm's and one of the 11.v and 40mm's

http://www.youtube.com/user/Pomenis?feature=mhum

[JPriami]

GPS readings from today's runs. Stock 70amp esc's and stock motors.
11.1v 36mm props 40.9mph
14.8v 36mm props 55.8mph

When I get my other cf 40mm prop to replace one I lost I'll see what the gps says.
Got some nice pics to post later when we get back.

Oh it's been a good run for the day.

[FighterCat57]

Nicely done!