Looking for small Vee type Hulls / Boats

[Hydromaniac]

:w00t: Our club is looking for some smallish under 20 inch, Deep Vee Hulls or RTR type boats. We have a small pond that is on a Riverwalk here in Pueblo. Our madness is 2 fold. We want to expose our club to those who may be interested in R/C boat racing to a little action, and we have a few young ones that are children and grandchildren ect. We are gointg to start a kids class. Here is what we are looking for:
Cost, nothing to High.
Parts support.
We need 6-10 of them.
Let us know if you are aware of anything that fits the bill. :smile:

[Jesse J]

I have a mini V hull sitting on the shelf that I ran brushed (pretty much stock) and had retrofitted with a flex drive through the stock steerable outdrive. It could go if you like hull/hardware or, I have a brushed motor and a stock esc/rx combo... but not so sure about the transmitter (shouldn't be hard to track one down).

$40 hull/hardware or $50 for hull/hrdwr, motor/esc/rx.

[Doug Smock]

Rod, contact Phil at Vac-U-Boat. He has been working on a small vee for this purpose. The boat is approx. the same size as his Crackerbox.
I have a prototype here but haven't put a set up in it yet. These little boats should be just the ticket to get the youngsters involved.
philpace@vac-u-boat.com
Doug

[martin]

One of the best handling & fastest but easy to use mini v boats has to be the Minicat Velocity mono at around 17", Who also stocks spare parts with good back up service. Thanks Martin.

[martin]

Go to wwwminicatracingusa.com & click on to the Velocity boat & theirs a video of this boat running. You wont find a better running micro boat than this in my opinion. And i dont have any thing to do with this company. Thanks Martin.

[befu]

The 1/10 crackerboxes that I built would be perfect for this, but the flipping thing really stinks for new people. Other than that, they would be perfect. $20 motor/esc setup, get used radios for $20 each or less, runs for 15 minutes on a lipo battery that is <$10, cheap setups. I think I have 7 or 8 hanging downstairs right now! LOL!

Also have the 24" wild thing mono, you could set them up with a solid shaft like an eco pretty cheap.

If you go the mini-v route, let me know. I have a few extra ones with drivetrain, no esc/servo. I also have extra mini-v radios I am going to throw out, they are cheaply made!

[badag98]

The mini echos from minicatracing rock!!!

[Hydromaniac]

I have a mini V hull sitting on the shelf that I ran brushed (pretty much stock) and had retrofitted with a flex drive through the stock steerable outdrive. It could go if you like hull/hardware or, I have a brushed motor and a stock esc/rx combo... but not so sure about the transmitter (shouldn't be hard to track one down).

$40 hull/hardware or $50 for hull/hrdwr, motor/esc/rx.

Thanks Jesse, the problem is we would like 6+ boats that are pretty close to each other in peformance and handeling.

[Hydromaniac]

Rod, contact Phil at Vac-U-Boat. He has been working on a small vee for this purpose. The boat is approx. the same size as his Crackerbox.
I have a prototype here but haven't put a set up in it yet. These little boats should be just the ticket to get the youngsters involved.
philpace@vac-u-boat.com
Doug

Thanks Doug we'll have to check those out.

[Hydromaniac]

The 1/10 crackerboxes that I built would be perfect for this, but the flipping thing really stinks for new people. Other than that, they would be perfect. $20 motor/esc setup, get used radios for $20 each or less, runs for 15 minutes on a lipo battery that is <$10, cheap setups. I think I have 7 or 8 hanging downstairs right now! LOL!

Also have the 24" wild thing mono, you could set them up with a solid shaft like an eco pretty cheap.

If you go the mini-v route, let me know. I have a few extra ones with drivetrain, no esc/servo. I also have extra mini-v radios I am going to throw out, they are cheaply made!

Crackerboxes are pretty cool, but can be a hand full for new drivers. I think something with more Vee on the hull would be better and little less discouraging.

[befu]

Crackerboxes are pretty cool, but can be a hand full for new drivers. I think something with more Vee on the hull would be better and little less discouraging.

Yeah, I agree. Still fun boats.

I would also contact Randy at BBY, he has some very nice plastic boats that are cost effective.

Brian

[SweetAccord]

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[Skipster]

The mini echos from minicatracing rock!!!

And they are self righting.

check this out
http://www.minicatracingusa.com/eco.html

Make sure to watch the video at the page bottom.

but 300 greenbacks (after radio, bat and charger)
may be a bit over the edge

contact sailr here on the forum
he may make you a deal?

[badag98]

And they are self righting.

check this out
http://www.minicatracingusa.com/eco.html

Make sure to watch the video at the page bottom.

but 300 greenbacks (after radio, bat and charger)
may be a bit over the edge

contact sailr here on the forum
he may make you a deal?

I would put my mini echo up against any stock ul1 or sv on a course and feel I could take em! This thing turns on a dime and is just as quick as my stock SV

[Alexgar]

oval masters at
bbyracing.com

[befu]

The problem with the minicatracing is the price. No one argues they are great, but when trying to set up a group to allow new people to race, the $300 price adds up to $2400 for 8 or them. If you are building them yourselves from a vacuum formed hull, you can probably build a brushless crackerbox RTR with 1 or 2 batteries and a radio for $100 to $120 including $20 for radio.

I would see if Randy at BBY would offer a group package if you want a vee hull.

[sailr]

We would be willing to offer you a great deal on the Velocity Mono boats. RTR, just add radio and battery. We also carry all the parts, all the time! PM me.

Jim

[Hydromaniac]

It looks like the best recomendations are pretty much the same 2 we are considering. The BBY Oval master 21 and the Velocity Mono. We wanted to see if there are other options for a good durable choice that guys know about and we are not aware of.

[Jesse J]

Hey Rod, sorry for the delay. I have three options for you, even can be the whole lot. I will email you the details of each boat, but here is the lot. If you think you might be interested, let me know. I could make you special price on individuals, or the whole lot. The mini cat I built from the Shockerman plans and needs a hatch. It has a BL ESC tucked inside there but the motor is not good. Also, there are two brushed motors, one brushed esc and the Proboat esc/rx with servo. I will throw in a set of turn fins/ trim tabs. You basically have goods to make three full sets here.

If you are not interested, I will be posting in the swapshop.

hope this helps,
Jesse