M445 Prop

Need a little help with set up. Spartan is upgraded with Seaking 180 amp esc, leopard 4082, 3/16 drive and upgraded strut, trim tabs, dual pick rudder pick up, (2) 3s 40c 5000mah batterys, tactic receiver and transmitter and a pranther 220 prop. Boat runs great. Installed new m445 prop moved batterys all the way forward and adjusted trim tabs down a bit more. Cant keep the boat wide open, insane to the point it will flip over eventually as well a lot of torque roll. Wandering if negative adjustment on strut will help or I heard about moving entire strut up on transom,Thanks

Just play with the strut. Careful, if you angle up or down too much it will cause premature death to the flex... I ran mine up, and dropped my right tabs. Put the batteries in the middle, it is the best balance for this hull.... I kind of miss mine, but I have a new toy coming in a couple of weeks!

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Originally Posted by Spartanator

Just play with the strut. Careful, if you angle up or down too much it will cause premature death to the flex... I ran mine up, and dropped my right tabs. Put the batteries in the middle, it is the best balance for this hull.... I kind of miss mine, but I have a new toy coming in a couple of weeks!

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Spartanator, question want to purchase stinger drive from Offshore ,is their a drive tube and cable from Offshore that will work. I have a upgraded 3/16 cable/ strut from kentic will it be long enough for the stinger,Thanks Darren

I am sure that a Flex cable can be made to fit (you or someone will have to make it...)
Once you get a flex cable that can fit it the stinger you will be happy. You have to do some other stuff such as, reinforce the stinger mount with a some aluminum (or your choice of metal).

I want to be quite honest, the OSE .187 Flex and strut are awesome. The OSE kit is a lot easier than getting a stinger in there, then you have to play with flex length. On the flip side a stinger looks way cooler and doesn't move if used right! There is at least 2 threads that deal with the stinger install. You may have to go back 20+ pages...

If you want to stay in the water, get two 5cell lipos. MAKE SURE YOU WIRE THEM IN PARALLEL, unless you want to catch the boat on fire...

My setup before I sold:
2 5cell lipos
Quad tabs (and adjusters)
Sticker ESC and motor
Castle 6.5mmPolarized (green)
10G wire on ESC
OSE tow hook
OSE HD flex kit
P220 S/B by OSE
Kintec 5" Rudder
Telemetry (watch voltage/temp!)
Castle Cap pack

It was a reliable boat that could handle whitecap conditions. After a while you will figure out days on which to run or not due to wind. If I wanted 6s, it was waking up before the crack of dawn or 1PM.

If you are wondering you will have to drill at least 2 extra holes in the transom to accommodate the stinger.

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Originally Posted by PowerDemon

If you are wondering you will have to drill at least 2 extra holes in the transom to accommodate the stinger.

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Same goes for the quad tabs...