{"id":2705,"date":"2021-03-15T12:51:54","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T12:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?p=2705"},"modified":"2021-06-08T13:19:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T13:19:27","slug":"rc-tech-tip-video-the-easiest-way-to-upgrade-a-brushed-rc-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?p=2705","title":{"rendered":"RC Tech Tip Video:  The easiest way to upgrade a brushed RC boat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lower cost RC boat like the Ft009 is powered by a brushed 540 silver can. If you want to make the boat faster without spending too much money, the easiest thing to do is to replace the motor with a faster one, such as a 21 turn motor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ftIMG_20210521_062443.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2967\" src=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ftIMG_20210521_062443.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"417\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ftIMG_20210521_062443.jpg 804w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ftIMG_20210521_062443-300x185.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ftIMG_20210521_062443-768x473.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ftIMG_20210521_062443-675x416.jpg 675w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ftIMG_20210521_062443-480x296.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A 21 turn motor can rotate faster without overloading the boat&#8217;s ESC unit prematurely. And it has an internal fan that can help cooling the system. Expect to see a 10% or so increase in overall performance.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w4mfVA_MBno\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Still, in the long run you should also upgrade your ESC to a better one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ftIMG_20210525_111114.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2969\" src=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ftIMG_20210525_111114-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ftIMG_20210525_111114-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ftIMG_20210525_111114-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ftIMG_20210525_111114-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ftIMG_20210525_111114-1246x935.jpg 1246w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ftIMG_20210525_111114-675x506.jpg 675w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ftIMG_20210525_111114-480x360.jpg 480w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ftIMG_20210525_111114.jpg 1373w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lower cost RC boat like the Ft009 is powered by a brushed 540 silver can. If you want to make the boat faster without spending too much money, the easiest thing to do is to replace the motor with a faster one, such as a 21 turn motor. A 21 turn motor can rotate faster [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,126],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2705"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2705"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2970,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2705\/revisions\/2970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}