Proboat Blackjack 24 - 81mph Pass and Testing

Got a new PB with the Blackjack 24 today. We finally broke into the 80s, but it did it kicking and screaming. I don't think it's happy with this prop. It's drawing way too many amps and not getting nearly the speed it should on 8S! Batteries are suspect as well, but my next move will involve some smaller props than this Proboat 1716. More details in the video.

In general, I'm happy to have finally broken into the 80s, but I'm not happy about the way it was achieved. This setup should be significantly faster than what I was able to do on 6S with the 120amp ESC, but we're really pulling way too many amps here. I think going to something like a 4218 or 4416 could be the ticket here as far as prop choice goes. I will also try running without the front aero just in case that's really causing too much drag, but I don't think it could possibly be the main factor at play here. This thing drew more peak amps than my Super Sonicwake at 75mph with a 54113 motor on 14S! That ain't right 😂

Oh, also I'm having to give it quite a bit of rudder input to keep it tracking straight while at top speed. When I let off, it actually turns hard as you can see in the video a few times. When driving at moderate speeds it tracks straight. I'm convinced this is part of the problem as well because the boat was faster on the runs where I wasn't correcting the trajectory as much. That's how it went from 76mph on the first 8S run, so 81 mph on the second one. The other issue is that I simply don't have enough room at this spot to get it up to speed slowly and smoothly.