Originally Posted by
T.S.Davis
I don't know Terry. I've raced against some I consider very good racers? Some I consider the very best. I've lost to them. I've beat them. I've raced against hand wound motors, custom fabricated Neu motors, almost every RTR motor of the day. I've even modified some motors myself to see what was possible or to address what I thought were flaws. Won some. Lost some. I can't say that I was ever beat by a motor. I've lost to racers. Guys that turn laps, learn their boats, learn to respond to their boat at speed, tweak, tweak, tweak.
Heck, I know a few people. I have access to all those options too. I race motors that I bought off the shelf at the local hobby shop. If you buy a Proboat on line tonight it will come with a better motor than I race with. I simply don't take the best care of them.
So my opinion is that although one motor certainly could/can be better than the next it isn't enough to buy a win so to speak. It's like a .67 nitro motor. You can do what you want to it but it's still a .67 motor. It's only going to give you what it has if it's legal. The guy that knows how to get that little extra from his entire setup, can drive it, maybe got a better night sleep than the next nut...........that guy is going to win.
The reality is, and I have both observed and been on each end of it, is that the fastest boat will not necessarily win. Often as not they will stuff in, roll over or break down. The old adage, "if first you want to win, then then first you have to finish".
While I get the basic reason for a 'ltd' or 'spec' class, there are few (and lessening) rtr offerings left for a beginner to get on the water with. So the question could really be , why even bother if there is no overall agreement in what it should be.
That being said, it just make sense to me that the 37x60 size would be the best compromise, as Don said, "Bottom line is your only going to be able to squeeze a certain amount of power no matter what due to physical limitations of the can size."
This is why we (NZ, I did that!) have a mah limit, Aussie and Naviga have weight limits. The best limitation is the size of the 'fuel tank'. You can only get so much out of it regardless of the motor!
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2016 SUHA Q Sport Hydro Hi Points Champion.
BOPMPBC Open Mono, Open Electric Champion.
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