I'm starting a winter project and I'm in the process of rounding up parts for the build and wanted to make sure I was on the right track or at least close. I'm on a budget so when a good deal comes along I get it and I'm hoping I'm close.
1) ESC I got a suppo 200 amp esc with bec and lvc for 4s along with water cooling and water resistant coating. I've used hi models in the past and had great luck even without water cooling and hope this does the job. I'm hoping it comes with auto lipos size sensing in it so I don't have to program it since I don't have a programming card and don't know how to program it manually.
2) MOTOR I ran acroos a neu 1512 1.5Y 1800 kv motor like new for a great deal (60.00 used once) and couldn't pass it up. I was going with a 8xl feigao but I thought this was close kv wise and always want a neu motor in the build. I'm planning on running 4s lipo since I don't have much room for batterys in the front cockpit but maybe 5s if I can fit them in there. I was thing of mounting the motor allittle bit further back in the boat to have more battery space but don't want to ruin my front to back weight balance either. Any input on this would be great.
3) I was going to run a traxxas water proof servo for steering.
4) The hardware I really wanted to run the fine design rudder .21 rudder strut combo .150 size flex shaft and 3/16 shaft. I thought I would beef up the mount in the rear of the boat for it since the stock one seems allittle weak.
5) The boat came with the solid straight shaft non flex type for the drive so I removed it by cutting out a small portion in the bottom of the boat were the old shaft was and will be installing a new brass tube once I get the strut set up then I was going to beef up the bottom of ther boat with some carbon cloth and resin. I also have seen some people put expanding foam in the sponsons but don't know if this is a good idea or not?
6) I was going to beef up the trun fin mount aswell and insall a larger one since the stock one is straight a fairly small in my opinion.
7) I was going to use the motor mount on this site thats carbon and adjustable with cooling built in the mount asell. It looks nice and I think should work out well.
Any and all suggestions would be great with this build since it's only my 4th build and I haven't done a hydro before which is alot different. I will post pics tonight and ordering more parts next week. I'm in the planning stages and have the whole winter to get it right. (they are long here in wisconsin and you need a good project to keep you busy)
Thanks in advance sine in the past you guys have helped a ton in all my projects and know this one will be the same.
I have read about alot of completed conversions on here and know that the battery space and balace is critical in this build so help in that are would be great before I get to far to fix the problem.
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