BL Conversion - Traxxas Villain

[_paralyzed_]

cannot run two bec's, pull the red wire from one. wire your two battery packs in parallel (making it one pack) then power both esc's off your one paralleled pack, and both batteries will draw the same

[Unsullied_Spy]

Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

cannot run two bec's, pull the red wire from one. wire your two battery packs in parallel (making it one pack) then power both esc's off your one paralleled pack, and both batteries will draw the same

For the 5 minutes at-a-time and miniscule power draw of a single cheapo (TRX 2055) servo is it really necessary to make a parallel discharge harness? In a few hours of use it'll draw a noticeable amount of power, but I can't see it causing issues in 5 minutes. One pack will simply have 50 mAH or so less in it. I'll probably be using my MA packs at first anyway and one of them seems to discharge slower than the other anyway.

I never run my lipos very low, they're usually resting at 3.8v/cell when I put them back on the charger. This is in a truck though, it takes extra power to get a boat back to shore.

[lincpimp]

Looks like a cool project. The gear eduction is not really necessay with brushless, but it is there so it is easyier to use it than ditch it. The nylon gears will be fine, just run some grease on them. Boats have no real load until they are wide open, so drivetrain shock is no really and issue. Sikeson did a villian like this a while back, he may have info for you. Straight drive with a rudder is more effecient, but you have 2 motors and plenty of power. The villian hull is said to be very stable, even though it is plastic. have fun with it and keep us updated.

You mention having a supervee 27. Get an octura x642 prop and a prop balancer. Teach yourself how to balance a prop, and give it a light polish with 1000 git sand paper. Sand the rear 1/3 of the hul bottom with 600 grit wet/dry paper, front to back motion. Then get some decent lipos, a pair of 2s packs good for 100 amp discharge. Then watch the boat do 42+ mph on calm water. My boat did a best of 44mph, and i was only running 3600mah 12c lipos, so good for 45amps cont... I have a feeling i could get close to 50 with a few tweaks... I need to get the new aquacft bl esc that has the lipo cutoff.

I have a few boats, and have played with quite a few. I will keep an eye on this thread as it is intersting to see different approaches to boat setup!

[Unsullied_Spy]

Thanks guys!

Originally Posted by lincpimp

You mention having a supervee 27. Get an octura x642 prop and a prop balancer. Teach yourself how to balance a prop, and give it a light polish with 1000 git sand paper. Sand the rear 1/3 of the hul bottom with 600 grit wet/dry paper, front to back motion. Then get some decent lipos, a pair of 2s packs good for 100 amp discharge. Then watch the boat do 42+ mph on calm water. My boat did a best of 44mph, and i was only running 3600mah 12c lipos, so good for 45amps cont... I have a feeling i could get close to 50 with a few tweaks... I need to get the new aquacft bl esc that has the lipo cutoff.

I have a few boats, and have played with quite a few. I will keep an eye on this thread as it is intersting to see different approaches to boat setup!

I've got the optional Grimracer prop for it, 3x42 I think, and I think I'll keep that for a while. I'll try your hull mods (was planning on going through the "Supertune your SuperVee" thread on RCU). My only time running it the thing cut out on me and sank so I've gotta seal it up before doing anything else. The ponds around here are always smooth as glass when I get to them, so I have some room to open up the throttle a bit without getting too badly out of shape. There are also some calm spots in the local rivers that would be fun to boat in once I am sure the electronics will be reliable. I ran it on 12 cells NiMH and it was easily doing 30+, quite the rush compared to the stock 7.2v Villain!

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by Unsullied_Spy

Thanks guys!

I've got the optional Grimracer prop for it, 3x42 I think, and I think I'll keep that for a while. I'll try your hull mods (was planning on going through the "Supertune your SuperVee" thread on RCU). My only time running it the thing cut out on me and sank so I've gotta seal it up before doing anything else. The ponds around here are always smooth as glass when I get to them, so I have some room to open up the throttle a bit without getting too badly out of shape. There are also some calm spots in the local rivers that would be fun to boat in once I am sure the electronics will be reliable. I ran it on 12 cells NiMH and it was easily doing 30+, quite the rush compared to the stock 7.2v Villain!

Yep it is a fun boat. Another thing to ditch is the stock radio, just replace it with a fm setup, and wrap the rx in a balloon, even though it is in the box it is not really all that well sealed.