** SX-4000 2S SAW Set-up **

[Philmunsterman]

I received the hull last week and have started to gather all the parts to set up the boat to run SAW. I found the recommended Lehner 1920/5 ( Thanks Don ) and today in the mail from OSE came the Swordfish 200amp ESC, Hyperion 2S 45C 5000 mah Lipos and a Hyperion EOSO720i ( I needed a new Charger ) I also got the Big Etti Cap Board but I'm not sure it will fit. I'm still waiting on a few parts and my goal is to get in the water next weekend. So the set-up will be:

SX-4000
Lehner 1920/5 6270 KV
Swordfish 200
2S 45C 5000 mah
V937

Any comments or advice would be appreciated. Phil

[LarrysDrifter]

Very sweet,Phil. I have rigger envy.Good luck with your build. Hope to see it in action.If you ever come south,we have a very smooth lake we run at that would suit your rigger nicely.

[RaceMechaniX]

Cool build Phil. You might want to try the low voltage cap bank instead. It's shallower.

Tyler

[Fluid]

1P or 2P? What speed are you looking for? Current records are in the low 90s IIRC.



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[Philmunsterman]

Larry, I may come check out your pond sometime. You Guys should come over to Frank Holten Park one weekend. I'm on a mission to show the Gas and Nitro guys that Electrics can really run. The best they have seen is a UL-1.

Tyler, I don't think I'll have room for either Bank. How do you think the Swordfish will hold up with out one ?

Fluid, 1P. I'm not going to guess on the speeds, I'll know more when it hits the water next weekend.

[RaceMechaniX]

Phil,

Give it a shot without the extra cap board and using a small prop for the first runs. If the caps on the swordfish come in hot, it would be a good idea to add additional ones.

Instead of using a prefabed cap board you could just solder on additional caps to the Pos and Neg leads from the esc. See pic.

[Philmunsterman]

Tyler, Thanks for the pic. Right now the V937 is the only small prop I have. Most of my props are left over from my Gas Boats.

[johnson22456]

Looks good Phil. Can't wait to hear that little lehner scream.

[Philmunsterman]

Spent a few hours on Saturday getting the Rigger all set up. If I can get the Wire Drive this week it should be in the water this weekend ! I will try to have my son shoot some video. No room in the boat for my GPS but I just traded for a Garmin Radar Gun.

[Brushless55]

Larry, I may come check out your pond sometime. You Guys should come over to Frank Holten Park one weekend. I'm on a mission to show the Gas and Nitro guys that Electrics can really run. The best they have seen is a UL-1.

Awesome!

[Philmunsterman]

I had a chance to take the Rigger for a quick test run this am. Not great conditions ( very windy in St Louis ). We went to a small pond and just made a few 1/2 throtle passes to check things out. All went well. Dry and low temps. Now I need a calm day to take it to the big lake and open it up !

[TotalPackage]

Sweet design what kind of speeds you expect?

[Philmunsterman]

I try not to guess at top speeds. The original Hull ran in the mid 90's. I will find out what the current set-up will do when we get some calm weather here in St Louis. That little Lehner is a Screamer !

[carlcisneros]

Phil;

Don't Let Ken or Chucky see it run at full tilt,
they might get FE envy. LOL

Carl

[Jeff Wohlt]

Will get you at least one wire drive out by Tuesday. 937? Yikes! 6500KV? x 7.4...eeeek....48,000 rpm? I will drill her as deep as I can captain! May even try brazing one and loctite the other...see which one holds! LOL

[Philmunsterman]

Just got two new Wire Drives from Jeff and they look great. If the weather is ok I'm going to try and get a few runs in tomorrow.

[Philmunsterman]

I found a video on line of the same boat and setup that I'm running. I still can't get any decent water to open it up. I'm going to the lake tomorrow to give it another shot.

http://www.rcline.tv/video/364/sx-4000-von-graupner