1400mm Catamaran (Super Daytona) build.

[drwayne]

Lodge a complaint on poor quality ... demand return and refund, perhaps ?

Ive not seen TFL hulls as bad as you claim, but Im sure they offload their seconds somewhere ( not saying FC get them .. )

Shipment is not their issue, that's the carrier .. and at Christmas period everything is on go-slow.

As a general rule, cheap hulls are not good, good hulls are not cheap.

sorry to hear of your issues..

[Cooper]

Note* This is an unfinished fiberglass product. If you are uncomfortable with priming/painting and sanding or want to complain about a scratch, this is NOT the product for you.

Well I guess when they say this in there product description they mean it. That sucks.

[keithbradley]

Post some pics twissted. I have one here from FC and it's pretty nice for the price. It's not HPR or MHZ quality at 1/3 the price of course, but it's not anything like what you seem to be describing.

[mtbenjamin77]

Super Daytona Fightercatracing Review. What piece of sh*t!!! The seams down the side are wavy, and over lap in and out , has holes that go al the way threw and air pocket every were. The inside has large air pocket and some of the kevlar Matting is hanging with no resin in it at all. The botttem of the boat didn't conform to the mold and lokks like crap as well Kevin the owner is responible forthe packing and the slow shipping. I would never buy from this company again. These hulls are gunk. I will post the pictures soon.

Post some pictures. I have bought hulls from them before and they were not top quality but really only need a little bit of work to get em right. But then again they are the best "on a budget" you can get.

[nata2run]

There is a reason why European hulls are x3 more. They also seem to run better if setup correctly. Plus will handle a Crash at high speed!!! If you buy cheap, expect what you pay for but don't call it a "POS". It may be a nasty hull or whatever, but think about it, you bought it! And were thrilled it was under $500. You mentioned you wanted 100+ mph out of this.....?? Do you really think you we're buying the right stuff from the beginning???

[twissted]

Fightercatracing 60" Super Daytona rhe hull review

Your right about you get what you pay for! I think that with a lot of work that I can make it nice. I added some 30 min resin to the seams of the hull, it was a filler and sealed the pin holes that I could see from the inside. I tried taking pictures of the two holes but it wouldn't take. I sanded it with my orbital sander with 120. It looks like it will turn out. I will start repairing the inside of the hull today. I started making cardboard patterns for the motors mounts as well as the hull bracing that will happen int he front and the sides. I thought of making custom mounts for the stingers and also the drive tube mounts will be custom. I found this build some where and I liked it. I will try my hand at some work like this as well. I think the battery mounts will be the prefab pieces. I have some more pictures to show but the camera is at home and I'm at work.

[nata2run]

Why you showing a picture of a HPR?.. It's nothing like what you got there.. Spend x3 more and you can have one.

[LOVE6S]

I would like to see a pic of this hull, I have gotton 4 hulls from them, FC, and theres nothing wrong with them, infact the the seams, between the two halves are not bad at all, why post a pic, if its not the boat we are talking about?

[mtbenjamin77]

Your right about you get what you pay for! I think that with a lot of work that I can make it nice. I added some 30 min resin to the seams of the hull, it was a filler and sealed the pin holes that I could see from the inside. I tried taking pictures of the two holes but it wouldn't take. I sanded it with my orbital sander with 120. It looks like it will turn out. I will start repairing the inside of the hull today. I started making cardboard patterns for the motors mounts as well as the hull bracing that will happen int he front and the sides. I thought of making custom mounts for the stingers and also the drive tube mounts will be custom. I found this build some where and I liked it. I will try my hand at some work like this as well. I think the battery mounts will be the prefab pieces. I have some more pictures to show but the camera is at home and I'm at work.

You prolly shoulda asked for some advice on how to fix the damaged or flawed areas. Filling with 30 min epoxy and using an orbital w/ 120 prolly won't give you the best results and definitly is not a structural repair. Ask here, this is what the forum is for.

[keithbradley]

I would like to see a pic of this hull, I have gotton 4 hulls from them, FC, and theres nothing wrong with them, infact the the seams, between the two halves are not bad at all, why post a pic, if its not the boat we are talking about?

I've had somewhere between 50 and 100 FC hulls and never had a "bad" one.
I guessing this is a case of unrealistic expectations. If you are buying a hull expecting a "ready for paint" finish it's not going to happen. MHZ would be the closest and even those have a seam.
Also twissted, the larger your hull gets, the more bodywork you are going to need to do to get it straight. If you are still planning on doing a hull larger than this one, expect it to need even more work than this one does.

[mtbenjamin77]

Yep, Once again this thread gets more attention than some of the other actual builds with pics. I shoulda titled my build threads "250 mph $2000 boat build" I woulda got more hits, ha.

Twisted,

The best way to run a build thread, IMO, is to start with a picture of everything you have right now, not what you're gonna get. Then start aksing "whats the best way to do......" I feel bad cause everyone's kinda beatin up on ya. It's not becuase of what you're doing, it's cuz of the way you're going about sharing what you're doing. When you get all your parts start a new thread with a picture of everything and go from there. Just my 2 cent. I just don't want you to get turned off of model boating becuase everyone's giving you a hard time, but at this point ya kind've earned it by the route you have chosen. Now I'm prolly gonna get slammed for my opinion, but it's just that an opinion. I think you have a lot to give later down the line after you get some build experience and forum experience. Ya just gotta take the right steps to get there my friend. Now, go home layout everything YOU HAVE on a table and take a picture. Post it here and start building. Forget about how much everythging costs. we all know how much it all cost. We have access to all the same websites you do. Good luck my friend

Travis

Travis

[Cooper]

I too get suckered into this, keep thinking I'm going to see what you are talking about. I'm not reading your posts because I want to see someone else's work, I would like to see what YOU say YOU are going to do. And am always thinking I'm going to gain some knowledge that may be of use to me or others in the future. But I'm sorry to say my fellow ose forum user I'm rather tired of being disappointed from your lack of delivering what you state your goals are. We are willing to give advise when asked and assist in your build for the altimate outcome to be a proud and knowledgable build but you just keep leading onto not leading into. Please adjust your thread to be boat building, posts of detailed boat build, accordingly or post into general questions.

[ManuelW]

by the way the picture of the fixed HPR cowl is from me. It was a cowl from my HPR06 Repsol, which was HPR quality but still just GFK as I wanted to use GPS inside. Stuffed it just around 80mph and the cowl completely broke into seperate parts.
I fixed the hatch for another build but just for display purpose with the cockpit glasses and window frame, the boat got a paint job anyway. And for running there is another one.

And on my HPR the cowl was replaced with a full-cevlar version with honeycomb sandwhich core. Now its about 1/4" thick, that did the job so far.

BTW: Still waiting on pictures of that Daytona!

If you want something else: http://www.hpr-powerboats.com/products/hpr-135/
He does have so many, he even sells them....

regards,
Manuel

[mtbenjamin77]

One suggestion is to go through and read some of the other build threads on this site, and other for that matter. And get a feel for how other people have run succesful build threads. you're more than welcome to view any of my build threads to get an idea, but definitely research a variety. Sometimes you gotta be a little political with your statements. And if someone suggests something for your build you don't have to follow exactly they say, just take they're advice and put your own little twist on it. Now I'm tired of talking the talk. lets see some build progress.

[Doug Smock]

C'mon fellas, leave the man to his thread.
If it is a source of aggravation for you please don't revisit it. Unsubscribe, ignore list, whatever it takes.

Thanks in advance.