HK Tunnel

[Doby]

Looks cool....

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...or_630mm_.html

[Alexgar]

Saw that does look cool.did.you see the outerlimits and the smash shark ?

[Heaving Earth]

Huh, I saw that the other day and almost posted it. Looks like it could be something worthy

[mtbenjamin77]

Looks cool, but does it perform well. tunnel's need a very specific bottom design to corner well at speeds. Also, that outboard unit looks like it has a prop wash pickup but it's not in the right location.

[tlandauer]

Looks cool, but does it perform well. tunnel's need a very specific bottom design to corner well at speeds. Also, that outboard unit looks like it has a prop wash pickup but it's not in the right location.

It looks like it is the same unit that Steven was selling here:http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/pro...prod=OSE-80980
Steven's has a different cavitation plate and the prop wash pickup seems to be in the right place. Wonder if HK has made any modification ?

[mtbenjamin77]

The location of the pickup leads me to believe this is a sub-surface drive

[Heaving Earth]

whos gonna be first to buy one...

[Alexgar]

whos gonna be first to buy one...

Not it !!!

[Heaving Earth]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwGgPkKSo9Q

a preview of the 3 new ones

[siberianhusky]

No spares listed for it yet.......
Would suck if it was not standard replacements for the flex and stub shaft.
Does look like the tfl lower though.

[tlandauer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwGgPkKSo9Q
a preview of the 3 new ones

Wish they would show the bottom of the tunnel tho. Thanks for the link!

[Heaving Earth]

i think it said there will be video for the sprint 3 up in the next day or so.

[785boats]

I ordered the Outer Limits when I first saw it come up on their site. I almost bought the tunnel but went for the mono instead. We are not allowed to race stepped hulls here so it's just a sport boat. But I've got any number of motors to try in it if the 3660 is not quite up to the task.
I just liked the look of the thing.
I notice that the Smash Shark has steps only on the chines. Interesting concept.

[martin]

If you want to see how the Outer Limits & Smash Shark run go to TFL Hobby then click on boats on the top of the page & click on the Smash Shark & theirs a vid of it running. They dont have a vid for the Outer Limits but if you Google Patron Saint rc boat theirs a couple of vids of this boat running, the Patron Saint by the way is the same boat as the Outer Limits.

[martin]

The first impression i got from the vids is the Smash Shark turns much better at a higher speed than the Outer Limits. The Outer Limits seems to turn like a typical stepped hull if turning to fast & only comes with 1 turn fin on the right hand side of the boat generally indicating that they only turn well to the right. The Smash Shark comes with 2 turn fins indicating turning both ways better. By the way the Outer Limits was turning to the right not looking as good in the turns but may be the wrong set up on the boat.