BL Conversion - Traxxas Villain

[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.