Q...Hydro and Marine of Germany

[Tanks 4 Tots]

Do any of you have or ever had one of these hulls...I'm wanting to build a Hydro, or Shovelnose, these appear to be nice hulls but I can't seem to find any details on them or reviews, any help appreciated...I'd like to stay 1/10 scale since all my rc cars/trucks are 1/10

I like these ones
#20557 Hawaii Kai 1/10th scale Hydroplane,
# 10536 Classic U62 Hydroplane,
# 10791 Bud Viper Turbine Hydroplane. Factory assembled Hull
#10496 Viper II GFK 3Point Hydro
#20609 Olympia 1/10th scale Hydroplane
#20178 Bud twin wing 1/10th scale Turbine Hydroplane

Link http://www.finedesignrc.com/hullshydromarine.asp

What do you guys think?

Dean

[Diesel6401]

H&M are very popular and well made hulls. I've owned a couple and there great, sadly the only place in the states to really get them is Fine Design and they don't have the best reputation. Just do a search of "Fine Design" and look for yourself. Lots of horror stories.

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[LarrysDrifter]

I have an ss 21 hydro hull ill be posting for sale this weekend. Its used, but in good shape.

[Fluid]

While H&M hulls used to be world class, that is no longer the case. Many are now made outside of Germany, and since the change a few years ago the reported quality has dropped. Too, the hulls the OP listed were designed for brushed motors and round cells - they often perform poorly with BL motors and LiPos unless modded.

This isn't a recommendation not to buy one, just that they do not live up to the overall reputation they enjoyed five or more years ago. You can order direct from H&M, the owner speaks decent English and is happy to ship to the US.


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[circus162]

I have 2 of the hulls. Running UL-1 motors with SF120 esc. I'm very satisfied with both hulls, althought the hatch fit is a little sloppy. You can E-mail Ollie directly and he'll send you a shipped price with paypal invoice. Both hulls took exactly 30 days to receive.

Rich

[properchopper]

I owned the Hawaii-Kai for a while - ran decently with a 9XL on 4S2P. The NAMBA 1/10 scale class uses 1500KV spec motors for 1/10 scale racing-probably the best bet for sport running although the AQ 1800 KV would make a good choice as well if you don't race it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uboEB1ReNdc

[FRED]

P0ll of boats??????/ Which cat to choose from. I've been raking my brain between the Motley and the Geigo. The price isn't much difference. The Motley motor at 6 pole-1800 has the led. I have the tactic whic works great. The geigo motor isn't a 6 pole 1800 but is 1500. The Poll has Motley at 30 votes while Geigo has 11 votes. I' retired with a bad health problem which is being treated at present. What i would like is some pros and cons as i don't race but fast sport FUN. Sure would appreciate iinput from you masters, THANKS!!