Hello
I see you are considering using a 3542-1450 motor in your remora, I think this motor would be more than adequate for a remora, I run mine with a 3535-1250 motor on 3s lipo with a s40 prop and it gives excellent performance
Hi Leaky Bottom,
I have not finished painting my Remora yet (run-out of French Blue paint!), but I have already chosen a lower power brushless motor for it as the Remora was designed as a steering model. My previous Remora (circa 1969ish) had an OS40 marine motor in it (it started with an OS 21 marine motor) and it ran quite nicely. I know that the Remora is capable of handling seriously bigger power units, but I am starting with a more modest motor as I already have a few adrenaline pumping model boats and (to start with at least) I will enjoy sailing it at a similar speed to my OS40 powered original.
Some threads tend to naturally "veer-off" topic and accumulate interesting information that is not directly related to the main theme - and this can make a very interesting thread (like this one) - but it can also get a bit confusing too!
The mention of the bigger sized and alternative motors started because my first choice of motor for my Javelin (the 3648-1450) is not currently available and it may have possibly even been discontinued.
I have been using the 3648-1450 motor in my restored Rapier (same hull as the Javelin) where it has performed really well and so (if it were available) I would choose to fit another one in my Javelin - and possibly in my next Swordsman build too!
Naturally when recommendations are offered for suitable alternative motors they will be accompanied by references to how these motors have performed on other hulls as a helpful reference and that is what is happening here - and it is VERY helpful as it gives me a good idea of how they could perform in my Javelin.
I am really pleased that this Javelin thread has attracted such helpful contributions and they have all been interesting to read and contributed a lot for me to think about.