3 cell lipo, yeh I guess so. You could have tried it on 8 cells and that would only have been 9.6 volts.

Yeah, 8 would have probably worked decent, problem is I only have various 6 cell packs and a few lipos, I haven't run electric stuff in a few years- besides my planes which is why I have some lipos, so I need some new cells/packs. When I bought the astro flite motor, I picked up a 6 cell 3700 pack, so that should work decently. If I like it, I may have an 8 and 10 cell pack made up for it also, we'll see how it goes today.
Joe

Heheheheh- I just got back from running it- I haven't stopped laughing yet!! On the 6 cell, this thing is BRUTAL!! Lol- almost the whole time is it at full throttle, it is only riding on the prop and the right sponson . Pretty wicked!! Did a couple of barrell rolls on me, but nothing tragic. This is one fun little boat. I'd like to put it up against my 12 cell brushless hydro- I think it would be a good run on the straights! Just nervous to turn at speed since it likes to roll so easily. I'll have to get video to show you guys.
Joe

Hey GRK- you still reading? I am not an ebay fan, but I found this earlier- http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-New-MBC-60...QQcmdZViewItem

This one ended, but he has others. For $40, I may have to try it just to see if it works! I have a Hacker 70 in both of my boats, so I don't need another one but it is worth buying just to see how well it works- hell, it's about 1/4 the price!!!
Joe

Interesting, I wonder if it works with a Pistol Grip Radio?

Dunno.. I know I modified an old futaba pisto grip once so it would release the trigger all the way in order to use an airplane ESC and it worked great, so worst case.....
Joe