I just caught this and thought you guys should be in the know
http://www.hifei.com/copy-of-swordfish-esc
Shawn
I just caught this and thought you guys should be in the know
http://www.hifei.com/copy-of-swordfish-esc
Shawn
That is great to see. Looks similar in size to the previous non-"Lite" version but with the benefit of the wires coming out of the ends rather than the bottom and only a single pair of power wires. I hope they improved the cooling. Curious to see if there was a price increase.
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2008 NAMBA P-Mono & P-Offshore Nat'l 2-Lap Record Holder; '15 P-Cat, P-Ltd Cat 2-Lap
2009/2010 NAMBA P-Sport Hydro Nat'l 2-Lap Record Holder, '13 SCSTA P-Ltd Cat High Points
'11 NAMBA [P-Ltd] : Mono, Offshore, OPC, Sport Hydro; '06 LSO, '12,'13,'14 P Ltd Cat /Mono
So Seaking recently revamped their marine 120 and 160 offerings, Swordfish now treating Marine with some love, word is Castle is also working on Marine ESC's! I'd still love to give an MGM controller a try.
NEVER SATISFIED RACING
Fine Design 32 V-Hull 4082+6s
Has anyone used one yet? I just ordered a 220 from the ose store. I'm going to put it into a sport running Rivercat I'm building. If no one reports back I may have this boat done soon so I'll report on it. May start a new thread
32" carbon rivercat single 4s 102mph, 27” mini Rivercat 92mph, kbb34 91mph, jessej micro cat(too fast) was
I have three right now. One is the sport one almost done. My fast one and a bare hull. I have a 1770kv tp 4060 I might be putting in it. Not 100% certain just yet but that's the plan. It's going to be trimmed in blue. Blue hatch, blue epoxy, blue servo and be carbon wrap on the motor cooler
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32" carbon rivercat single 4s 102mph, 27” mini Rivercat 92mph, kbb34 91mph, jessej micro cat(too fast) was
Very curious about these myself. They are sexy. I just hope they work well and are reliable. In a RC world where you need two and buy three, we need more dependable electronics. We also need a 8s 220-250a for some headroom.
They make 'em, but they ain't small, or cheap! Used for larger boats. I think that gas has the advantage over electric in bigger boats. Our batt technology is stretching it anyway on 41" and bigger. I'm running the SW150a, rated to 12s. With the smaller boats, you can drop the current when increasing volts and make batts run a bit longer. It just depends how you want to make your watts!
FYI, want more reliability, drop the current. That's what breaks parts... use volts to make your watts
Photo, isn't it really expensive? I agree an electric boat will always out accelerate a gas boat. I'm making my statements not to the die hard racer, but the guy that just wants a fast sport boat. If your racing, then all bets are off on safety tolerances. I'm trying to help the guy that doesn't want to break a bunch of parts. Racers don't need my help, at all! But that doesn't mean that sport boaters don't count.
C'mon Lithium Air batteries!!! Perhaps we can lighten the load.
8s in the new trim. The 300s weigh in at 490g
Yeah, switching amps ain't easy!
The weight is about 370g which I have measured!
I ordered a 220 from OSE a couple days ago....I just blew a seaking and was in need but the integrated data logger is what caught my attention
Raise that batt voltage and prop down, watch those amps drop. I'm recommending higher voltage setups to folks because running lower amps is the sure ticket to really slow up breaking expensive parts. But you have to be disciplined and use data logging to set your power draw. You can make a very reliable boat if you follow thru with that game plan. The racers are in a tough position. Class rules restrict your batt voltage, which drives your current up and puts ESC's, motors and batteries at greater risk. If you have a boat, using 250amps at 4s, then you can run 8s and halve your current! But you have to change the motor and prop to yield a speed result similar to the original setup. But anyway you slice it, the 125a is much safer than 250...
It is the X plus 300, measured again = exactly 395g!
I will try it at the Munich SAW (September 21-24) in my Vector 45 with a TP5840s/4Y at 6s and 8s . I burnt 3 other escapes this year and I hope this one keeps alive.
Got my 220 in yesterday. Built much better than the older one. The circuit boards look different too so it seems to be a fresh design. The whole case is aluminum. The circuit boards are epoxy coated. So far I'm liking what I'm seeing.
32" carbon rivercat single 4s 102mph, 27” mini Rivercat 92mph, kbb34 91mph, jessej micro cat(too fast) was
Well unfortunately I haven't run it yet. Oddly it won't fit in my Rivercat but will fit in a mini Rivercat lol. The reason is the depth of the hatch rail is much deeper on the 32". I ended up putting a raider 150 esc in the Rivercat for now. I'll put the sf220 in my mini, it may not get built for a few weeks as I have other stuff on the work bench needing finishing first.
32" carbon rivercat single 4s 102mph, 27” mini Rivercat 92mph, kbb34 91mph, jessej micro cat(too fast) was
How well are these working out?
I put it in my mini but the weather hasn’t allowed me to run it yet. I probably could have gone to the small end of the lake and tested it but I’ve just been to busy. I have three boats awaiting maiden and testing voyages.
32" carbon rivercat single 4s 102mph, 27” mini Rivercat 92mph, kbb34 91mph, jessej micro cat(too fast) was
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