ORIGINAL: srt10
ORIGINAL: wilsta67
ORIGINAL: OKCIS
We were gonna take it out this weekend and get a video but never got around to it. If i was gonna guess on the 6s 11.1 lipos we are running in it the boat probably does 40-45 mph. Im basically basing that off knowing how fast my cars run. We are going to toss my garmin GPS inside it when we do it so we will have an actual reading.
The biggest problem we are having is with those batteries it wont run longer then 5-6 minutes without the ESC going into protection mode because its too hot. Thats running the boat in water that is 33 degrees also so how fast is it going to overheat when we get it in 80 degree water this summer at the lake.
Hopefully we can find a good aftermarket cooling solution for it that will let it run for awhile. With the batteries we are running id guess we could get an easy 20 minutes of run time out of it.
have you set the ESC to accept the lipos if you dont do this it will do exactly what your saying its doing going into limp mode.you need to read the instructions. it also has three settings for speed.
I'm not sure if you read what his issue is?
his esc is getting hot after only 5-6min. it does not matter if the esc is in the Nimh or lipo mode
a hot esc is a hot esc
and I'm not sure of anyone who is wanting to set the esc in the lower of the TWO speed setting on the esc.. it will only run 1/2 speed.. not much fun at 20 something in this size of boat [:-]
maybe if its not set to lipo mode it will over heat because there is to much current. ;-)