the current set up is as follows ;- a pair of e flite park 450 motors rated at 890kv , direct driving to m4 shafts turning 40mm 3 bladed plastic props , speed control is a pair of fusion tornado bl 30a hv escs , currently we are runing on a single 12 volt 7 ah gell battery , ive fitted the boat so that the rudder servo and steering gear are in the rear compartment , the next compartment has the main 12 volt battery , and the 2.4ghz receiver , it also has a bank of master switches ( radio , main radar motor , nav lights , search lights ) , both the rx and the switches are just below deck level , in the third compartment ive got both motors , and the receiver battery , the foward two compartments are empty , the model is giving a reasonable battery duration and the speed doent seem to bad considering the size of the boat , at full throttle on a fully charged battery the bow lifts out of the water as far as where the bow fairs into the keel ! the model was tested with a cross wind and a three to four inch high chop ! . i ws going to try different props in an effort to see if it would improve the performance ?, do they sell two bladed props in oposing hands , as this model has contra rotating shafts , which currently rotate away from the keel ( port , anti clock starboard clock wise when veiwed from the stern !
jon