Fe tunnels
 

hey iam looking for some pics of some peoples fe tunnel hulls ia building up a 3.5cc hull and ill run a fiago 11xl on a kb or a lary larsons moded lower leg both are for 3.5 nitro motors so perfect for bl. the hull iam building will be foam and ill glass it might even make it center carbon fibre ill decide that later. it will be a slow build ill be geting my drives some time soon redy to start the hull what do you think what sort of speedy will i need? ill be looking to run about 16-18cells cheers

RE: Fe tunnels
 

hi matty c

what type of tunnel are you planing on using ??

have you seen the ts2 brushless set up??

i am waiting on a ts2 hull to arrive from the u.s this week

i will post some pictures of my build as my build takes place

build specs will be as follows

ts2 hull
rek carbon fibre leg
AquaCraft Brushless B36 Motor.
AquaCraft 12-14 Cell(14.4v -16.8v) ESC with BEC
14.8v.,4000mah,10C lipos

roger

RE: Fe tunnels
 

Roger, just a side note. You may want better than 10C batts for that setup. 10C is very low these days and will be right on the limit with that setup. I'd suggest getting 15C or better.

RE: Fe tunnels
 

I would go atleast 60A continous to make life easy on the batteries. I just built a TS2 electric on a lower from Fullers. Check out these threads.
[link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_6072870/tm.htm]Brushless Top Speed 2[/link]
[link=http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=853]More Detailed Build[/link]

RE: Fe tunnels
 

well bad news the legs i was looking to get where sold ages ago [&o] but ill look out for a kb or a rek. ill be starting the build this weekend proably it will be a wof of my own design 24" long and 11.5" wide. dose anyone know where i could get a good lower in aus i might email fastelectrics see if he can get a leg in for me.

RE: Fe tunnels
 

(in reply to grant ed)cheers i will change my plans and use the 15c lipos or better (any reason why the higher would be better ?)

(in reply to fast guy) yes i have seen your ts2 build that is were i got my insperation from to build a ts2 brushless boat from i see that their are a lot of people that like your boat good work !!!

RE: Fe tunnels
 

matty c their is a REK lower on ebay australia at the moment

roger

RE: Fe tunnels
 

yea but its 140 abit pricy imo i should be able to pick a kb cheeper and iam capable of moding it so it will hold the bl motor. but ive gota find one iam emailing some blokes now see if they have a spare i know that dave from spp had one fs for 45bux but its sold now [&o] meh ill find one might take abit longer tho.

RE: Fe tunnels
 

4000mah 10C cells will be able to supply 40amps (4000mA X 10). 4000mAh 15C cells will be able to supply 60amps (4000mA X 15). The SV setup draws around 40 amps depending upon prop and voltage. Using a higher C rating battery allows you to draw more amps from the battery and stay within the safe operating range of the battery. A higher C rating pack will hold its voltage better and have a longer life. Using packs to their limit of current rating shortens their life. The best packs have C ratings around 30.

RE: Fe tunnels
 

ts2 brushless build up date

the TS2 hull has arrived

just started to mould up a new designfor the radio box which will allow it to be fitted onto a TS2 will minimal modifications to the TS2 allowing the TS2hull to be converted back to a nitro setup

the radio box will be made of fibreglass fitted out with a clear lexen lid

pictures will be uploaded soon