New Impulse 26 owner here

[Donny]

Hello,
Just purchased and having fun with a Proboat Impulse 26. The only ohter boat I have owned was a Traxxas Blast so I am new to boats.
What I am wonering is what kind of brushless system the Impulse 26 can handle. For now I will be rinning 7 cell 5000 mah nimh batteries and will eventually go to 2 cell lipo. Any help?
Thx,
Donny

[HYDROJERRY]

Hay Donny welcome to the forum,, i dont have one of these boats but was thinking of getting just the hull and ive seen people doing the shockwave 26 with the Blackjack motor and esc, so i was thinking of trying it in one of the impulse 26 hulls, i just like the look of it better then the others ''shockwave etc,''.. i would try the lipo the when you want more try doing the Blackjack setup..

[Donny]

Can I just run 1 battery (7 cell) a a time with the blackjack system?

[HYDROJERRY]

that would be just 7.2 volts im not sure id have to look at the specs on the system but i have that setup in my 32'' offshore deepv and i run 2x 2s 40c 5000 lipos in sieres to get 14.8 volts and it runds in the mid 30's.. check out this thread he's doing almost the same hull,, the info may help sense its almost the same boat,, http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...kwave-26-build

[HYDROJERRY]

if you use one 7.2 battery on the BJ setup youll just be robbing yourself of the fun and power,,

[Donny]

The Impulse 26 doesn't really have room for 2 batteries. How about a traxxas velineon vxl esx and 3500 kv brushless motor? I have access to one of those. That's why I am usung 7 cell nimh due to 2 batts not fitting

[HYDROJERRY]

that will probly be to hot i rant he same setup in a mini cat hull i built 17'' long and it was a bullet but super unstable and the motor got very hot,,, i just watched a youtube vid on your boat and with the single nihm it ran low to mid 20's then the guy put in a 2s lipo and it got high 20's like 27 to 29mph, so i would try that first but if you check out the thread iposted you will see what the guy had to do to put the BJ setup in it,,,PS the guy in the vid was using a x435 prop sharpend and ballanced..

[Donny]

What would be a good brushed motoe upgrade? I can do that then run a 2-3 cell lipo.

[Steven Vaccaro]

You may want to run a larger 3s motor that will take the heat. How much space is inside for the motor?

[mcdragon2]

the WM motor might be better since it is meant for 1 battery. a Traxxas Titan 550 12t might work nicely but I have no idea of it would be faster or not

[wparsons]

The stock motor is a 550, so there should be lots of room for any 540XL motors.

[stadiumyamaha]

Just wanted to let you guys know that i just posted a inner lid and rudder in the for sale area. I am giving them away and they are NIB. Free shipping too.

[Donny]

Impulse 26 at home on the water.Impulse Southampton.jpg

[HYDROJERRY]

Looks cool Donny how about a vid bro!!!!

[Donny]

http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...mpulse-26-quot
I put a video in the ved section. Threw a traxxas velineon system in it temporarily. Now I put a speed gems motor in it. Hvent run yet. will update you.