Upgrade motors for King of Shaves

[BILL OXIDEAN]

I keep seeing this SAW.What does it stand for?And your ekos is awesome.Cant wait to see a video.:thumbup1

Thanx for the compliment, and I believe SAW stands for straight away

[VIKOS]

KInda like WOT being wide open throttle...lol which goes good with SAW...well unless you want to beach your boat lol.

[VIKOS]

After designing and building 100+ struts and stingers with bearings I don't get it. No need for a spacer if the strut is machined right. If not and it is just a tube then a spacer would be needed to keep it from moving. Super glue or locitite reatainign compound should hold them fine unless the tube is not machined. I would machine them and move up a size in bearings. My struts are designed to have the bearing pressed in now.

Bill, got youre request....I will consider it but you have to go out and set some records and have my name on your boat. :) I plan to get some decals made so people can use them...had a bunch of reqiests for them.

What spacer are we talking about that which sits between the dog and your stinger bearing or whats in the stinger after the bearing..that tube with holes. Honestly I don't even run one in there and have no issues at all. Also seeing the price of the bearings doesn't really scare me to much. I just lube and grease them when I remove the shafts back in and keep going. I too would use a bushing on these,I don't see the point in bearings. Grease um up and go.

[Jeff Wohlt]

There must be a bushing between the bearings so they can't float. Seems it must be the bearing close to the hull that is not machined. I press mine in and they stay. This stinger must be different with just a tube so no machined area. Easy to do with just normal tubing.

[VIKOS]

Hey Jeff let me know when the xl's come in. I'm gona order two with water jackets. I feel that the stockys are about done. Even when I lube them with electronic lubricant. Maybe say 5 more full runs.

[Jeff Wohlt]

9 or 10 XLs?

[BILL OXIDEAN]

motors

I'm back gents , and these motors just came in from Novak.
4.5HV Ballistic series PN# 3504

They feature adjustable timing! I'm just waiting for props from venom which should be here any day..

[Darin Jordan]

I'm back gents , and these motors just came in from Novak.
4.5HV Ballistic series PN# 3504

They feature adjustable timing! I'm just waiting for props from venom which should be here any day..

SICK! OK, GET TO IT! Let's get that baby on the water!!

[BILL OXIDEAN]

SICK! OK, GET TO IT! Let's get that baby on the water!!

I agree, I wanna see what she's all about..

[forescott]

Good to have you back! Was wondering what was happening with your build!

[VIKOS]

10xl I want the option of running 3s-5s on a motor. With say 180A esc with rudder cooling along with stock cooling. 5s venom lipos fit especially since I've removed half of the hatch foam but still enough for it to float.

[forescott]

I would think the 180 is a bit overkill. Dont you think the 120 would be more than enough?

[VIKOS]

I guess but what about if I get itchy for 540s. I doubt I will see them though. What if I want to run 6s on some serious motors for that lucky 60-70mph runs. Lol ok maybe it's overkill but so is 120. 60-80 amp esc should work fine on this hull since there's two of everything.

[BILL OXIDEAN]

I'm back!!

Ok gentlemen, the time is here.. I bet you cats thought I abandoned the project didnt ya'??

Well its done, and its really trick and I ran it on 4s today the thing runs like a BAT OUT OF HELL!!!

I bet its the world's fastest EKOS.
I've unlocked the key to speed on it and I'm gonna; push it harder.

OK boys here's a quick rundown: I went with the Novak 4.5 hv systems. I used 2 traxxas EVX marine cooling kits in series.

I used one pickup to cool both motors, and one to cool both speedos.
I used a jump tube to connect motor to motor.

Used the stock flex shafts and used 2 left hand rotation 32mm Venom red cnc aluminum props.

My girlfriend will be here today to film this sonofagun.. I'll have video for you by this evening.

[Rumdog]

Well, how'd she go Bill?