animalnut

just finished soldering up the esc and sub micro servo to the de-cased fm rec. so all together it,s a losi micro-t esc an ammo 4110kv motor and a blue bird servo it,s all in but the motor and I will work on that tomorrow and get some pics and if all goes well some cool vids. wish me luck

RC_Bob

how many amps cont. can the esc take? (cuz thats a pretty high kv rating[X(])

CadillacDTS2001

for a tiny boat like that i would say about 8 amps on the motor IF that..
4110 KV is low for a micro.

ryan_t888

The Ammo 12-30-4110kV will puff on any more than 4A. This is a TINY motor for any boat.

Ryan

animalnut

well the speedo is good for 6amp cont. 9amp peak the motor is I want to say .2 amp no load but the esc is for a 10800kv brushless.I did all the math on paper and in theory (and I use that term loosely)it should work so you guys quit making me nervous(lol) and wish me luck I,m headed out to give it a maiden voyage in about 30 min. I,ll get the wife to get a vid so wish me high speeds and lots of luck

ron krog

Rockn roll cant wait to see how ya went ..[:-] all the best dude

animalnut

well just got back and the wife will upload the vid after dinner but all in all an 8" boat doing any were from 15-20mph 20min run on 300mah 7.4v lipo esc never got warm motor got slightly warm but there is no cooling so I would expect some heat but over all I tripled the speed of the boat from would not plane out to will not stay on the water and it still handles great only went upside down once and that was jumping little waves and the wind picked it up and tossed it so overall it went great[sm=thumbup.gif][sm=thumbup.gif][sm=biggrin.gif]
http://s186.photobucket.com/albums/x...t=M4V00004.flv

animalnut

hope that link works better vids on the way wife still has a lot of camera skills to be desired lol

DRAGONFIRE81M

here guys http://s186.photobucket.com/albums/x...t=M4V00004.flv


do you have the trim tabs on it ? like to see it on some come water that wind was makeing some pretty good chop for that little boat but all and all pretty nice man

animalnut

thank man just seen I did it wrong well I can build a boat in a couple days but I can not paste a simple link thats just sad

animalnut

yes it has the 0 degree tabs straight back and the drive is set level

DRAGONFIRE81M

i would try it with some + deg on that drive help keep the nose down

animalnut

I had the weight wrong the batt was against the transom running up the hull should have been a little bit further forward I,ll tune on a day when I can tell if it,s cog or wind/waves

Stokes

good work on the mods, i think you're spot on with wanting to move the weight forward a bit, but motor, ESC and batts seem to be well suited to the hull. You need flatter water to really give it the beans though ;-) your girl's a keeper btw - mine won't shoot vids unless i plead for days on end...

animalnut

well about to go to a different lake (flatter water) and get some more footage and a couple shot of my mini cat I also moved the batt foward on the itty bitty boat so hopefully a little more speed but the prop is still junk and I,m waiting for the 4 blade it,s on back order[&o]

animalnut

here we go
http://s186.photobucket.com/albums/x...t=M4V00019.flv
http://s186.photobucket.com/albums/x...t=M4V00020.flv
http://s186.photobucket.com/albums/x...t=M4V00021.flv my minicatracing three point hydro

DRAGONFIRE81M

a lot better man good job

animalnut

thanks alot man

CadillacDTS2001

video is good, but where are some pictures

animalnut

gettin some pics right now
here we go
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/DSC00032.jpg
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/DSC00030.jpg
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/DSC00031.jpg

Captain Swede

Hi animal nut!!

Saw your video and got really excited. I have a mini-z catamaran as well and want to do the same mod you have. What parts do I need to make it faster but more importantly.... longer run time. What parts should I get? ...and where do you buy your parts?

So thankful for your help!!

/hampus (only have a stock version of the mini cat)

teamchrome

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Is that a minicat racing boat like on E-bay in the vid?
If so whats your opinion on them.