Speed
 

How fast do most electric boats go on a stock 540 with 7 cells?

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That s a question like: "how fast does a car go?"...

It depends very much on the hullshape, hullsize and the setup.

If you do a bit of reading you'll find that a rigger is the fastest hull, but the hardest to setup.

Check out the results of the various SAW trials and see what speeds are possible with different hullshapes, motors and number of cells.

Another thing to keep in mind is that most 500 series motors are only about 65% efficient, the rest is heat and friction..., there are more efficient motors around.

Regards, Jan.

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you also have to take into account weight direct drive or gearup up or down it all depends be more specific hulltype size length weight battery pack all that good stuff gearup down direct drive.

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I dont understand.

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Maybe I should elaborate a bit more.

What we are trying to say is that it depends on a number of factors how fast a boat will run with a certain type of motor.

If you put a 540 motor geared down in a 18" Deep Vee, it will do 10-15 Mph, depending on the weight of the cells used, water conditions (chop or glass) and general setup.

The same motor in a rigger, (direct drive is possible) will go easily twice as fast, probably much faster, but you need smooth water, as a rigger does not handle chop very well.

Better?

Regards, Jan.

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A twin 540 Triton goes maybe 8mph. My Eco Flea with a 380 and a 6 cell battery goes 15mph. It depends on the boat, set up and weight.

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8mph! i dont think so. That seems really slow. I can run faster than that.

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Sadly he's right, the Academy Triton cat is boringly slow, I know, I own one.

Regards, Jan.

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Thats Crazy!

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Search at www.offshoreelectrics.com , on the forum is a posting from Steven Vaccaro, who tested the boat and was not amused by the lack of speed and runtime.

Stock, the Academy Triton is one of the best looking, but poorest performing RTR/Kit boats I've come across, you'll have to put in a lot of work on the hull (sharpen all trailing edges, improve running surfaces), lose the dreadfull outdrive (I wrecked it within ten runs), put in a 700 with12 cells and a flex-shaft to get it moving...., you might aswell have built a boat yourself.

Regards, Jan

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Im a newb at this so i have no clue what your talkin about.

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OK, the best thing for you is to read all you can. You will learn a lot that way. Check out the site Jan suggested, there is a lot of good info there.