Fastest rivercat pass so far!

[kfxguy]

So here's the 1521 in it...

[srislash]

Have you measured the voltage drop on the batteries Travis? I was surprised to see mine drop to 43'ish volts from 50(12s). Or so my logger was telling me.
Just mentioning

[kfxguy]

Have you measured the voltage drop on the batteries Travis? I was surprised to see mine drop to 43'ish volts from 50(12s). Or so my logger was telling me.
Just mentioning

I haven't but I'm sure it does drop a bit. That's why I ordered some stronger batteries the other day to help with that.

[srislash]

Yes, I have Dinogy 3300's. Not sure if maybe 4000's would help that out but on 12s2p that is $$$ and I am not sure I can get bigger in there. What size are you able to squeeze into that Rivercat?

[keithbradley]

Have you measured the voltage drop on the batteries Travis? I was surprised to see mine drop to 43'ish volts from 50(12s). Or so my logger was telling me.
Just mentioning

That's 3.6v/cell under load Shawn. That's reasonable, depending on the current draw.

[kfxguy]

Yes, I have Dinogy 3300's. Not sure if maybe 4000's would help that out but on 12s2p that is $$$ and I am not sure I can get bigger in there. What size are you able to squeeze into that Rivercat?

Right now I have 7s...65c 6500 spc packs. Well two 3s packs and a 1s pack sandwiched in the left sponson. Lol. It took some ingenuity

I have some revolectrix batts on the way. Be here wed. 5500 70c......two 3s and a 2s pack to maybe run it on 8s. 7s for sure.

[kfxguy]

I got a little more out of it....check my 80mph thread for a video..and the whole story....

[kfxguy]

Time for another update. I made a few small changes in hopes of breaking 90mph. I wasn't sure it was gonna do it but every weekend it gets a touch faster. I used a 1/4" shorter rudder, rounded the face of the drive dog and tried some revolectrix batteries. Still on 7s like before. Well....it was outstanding to say the least!

Here's the pic....

[kfxguy]

Posted wrong video. Fixed. Lol

[Spartanator]

So what's your son going to do now that you beat his land speed record??? I guess 100mph is coming.... lol

[kfxguy]

So what's your son going to do now that you beat his land speed record??? I guess 100mph is coming.... lol

Lol, I may see 100 before he does.....he's not very happy right now....lol....he and I both did not think I'd jump from 87.3mph to almost 95mph

[srislash]

Bravo Travis. So which ESC in there ATM?

[kfxguy]

Bravo Travis. So which ESC in there ATM?

T180.....I want to try a swordfish 240 tho. I think it will put the power down more than the t180. ....

[Rocstar]

T180.....I want to try a swordfish 240 tho. I think it will put the power down more than the t180. ....

What makes you think that?

[kfxguy]

What makes you think that?

Well first off, I tried a etti 7s controller which was supposed to be more efficient. ...it was even though it wasn't enough amps for my setup. I picked up about 1mph...which exceeded any previous speed I've attained. Put the T180 back in...dropped back to the same mph.

Next...ive been talking to keith here and there and he seems to think the same thing...the t180 is not meant to be run on 7s like I'm doing and I could benefit from a true hv esc...

And lastly, I've read several times where people have picked up mph going from a t180 to a swordfish or a flier (type) esc including someone who posted right above you.

I may try 8s just for the heck of it, but I want to get what I can get of of my setup as it is. Then I plan on backing down the cell count and raising kv and a few other things just to see how I can do on 6s or 4s.