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55inch fireboat mono deep V plywood hull
Hi I am a newbie to the forum and electric boats, need all the help I can get. My Fireboat is my own design mono deep V hull built with plywood without plans and it is 55 inches long 16 inches wide and weight is 25 lbs without any hardware. The end weight will probably about 30 lbs with all batteries motor and other parts needed. The speed I am looking for would be 15 to 18 mph, the prop I think will do is an octura X450/3. I used the Octura brushless speed prediction -RC boat calculator but it does not take the weight of the boat into the factor. What I would like to know is the seize of motor ,batteries and esc that is needed without over heating anything. Thank you for any help.
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55inch fireboat mono deep V plywood hull
If y?all are dropping voltage, okay, especially easy to try two 4S wired in parallel, and okay with series as well.
But shouldn?t he drop the motor size as well? That motor can pull 100A continuous at 8S nominal voltage. Cut that in half, and if he tries to tow something he could be looking at over 200A continuous, 340A peak. Then ya?ll are talking about dropping to a 150A ESC as well?
I get it, not a speed boat. But no matter the boat, I always try to make sure my ESC is at least rated for what the motor is rated for. And we all know how easily those motor ratings can be exceeded.
I stand by the ZTW 200A recommendation. You can never have enough ESC, and it gives you the option of 8S. It is a 30lb hull.