Dominator??

[TeakFreak]

Looks like a great group �� you guys in the Villages really got it going on.

[TeakFreak]

I'm in Tampa, there is no boat club. Closest is in Brandon and next is Sarasota.
Might be one in St.Pete, they typically run Saturday mornings at a lake.
10045-10063 16th St N, St. Petersburg, FL 33716 ((Tampa Bay Model Boat Assn). They used to have a website but seems to be gone.
If that spot is empty, I might go there, wasn't the most helpful bunch.

We are 3-4 guys typically running Saturdays ~ 12PM Lake Seminole Park (Shelter #1) but too hot right now. Give it a couple of weeks.

I have a V-hull type, good for starting out and can part with it. We have all types, non competition.

Your not lying about the heat, it?s suffocating outside.
Im in Oldsmar, it an easy 40 minute drive. I think I?ll take a Sunday morning drive when things cool down a bit. I?d like to see these things run outside of Utube.

[jkflow]

Lately I'm running in Bicentennial Park in Oldsmar, just brutal in the heat with no shade. Yes, we should get together sometime soon.
Usually I'm there ~ 10AM but let's tie out beforehand. Probably 1-2 weeks out and hopefully some clouds for shade. Was there last weekend and gave up after 30 min.

Seminole has more shade, they are just low on water still. Nothing but weeds at the moment, a little rain and that will work again, and we have plenty of rain lately.

[TeakFreak]

That’s great! That place is like 12 minutes from me. Hadn’t considered it as a place to run boats but it sure beats getting run off by irate homeowners or police ��

[Notoriousone]

The Dominator is a quality hull that comes with good equipment, and for 95% of people it wont need to be upgraded. You can buy the same hull and hardware from DYmotorshop and use your own electronics, but if you don't already have motors, esc's, servos and radios by the time you get everything together you will be within a hundred dollars of the cost of just buying a readymade boat that comes with a warranty. Having said that, if I was in the market now for a Carbon Fiber V hull I would probably go for the OSE Raider 34 with the TP motor and ZTW 200amp esc. Probably the best overall value for the money for that type of boat

[TeakFreak]

Thanks
Your point of the expense of upgrading, kind of justifies going all in, in the first place.
I think ��

[NativePaul]

The dominator is a rebranded Tenshock Scord I?ve purchased 2 boats from them with no troubles 1/2 the price for the exact same boat

I could be wrong but the closest thing they have (that I found) was the Mini. It isn?t carbon fiber and not with the same running gear.

You are right TeakFreak the Mini Dom is a rebranded Tenshock Mini Mono, not a Tenshock Scord, it does look a lot like a Scord 3 in photos though, having all the same design elements, being designed by the same person at the same time for the same purpose, but shrunk down, with just some minor changes to suit the smaller size. Tenshock didn't just offer the Mini Mono in glass though, you had a choice of glass, carbon/kevlar, or carbon. The only differences in a Mini Mono and a Mini Dom are the motor KV being suited for 2s for racing in the Mini Mono and 3s in the Mini Dom, but Tenshock make the motors so if you ask them they are happy to fit a 3s motor, and the props are different, with Oxedean having a more aggressive prop than those that Tenshock offer.

Tenshock are constantly testing and evolving their boats to stay competitive, I bought my Mono1 in '08 and they have developed 6 Mono1s since then, encouragingly they only released 5 as the Scord4 was found by the beta testers to be a step backwards in average race water.

They have recently released the Mini Scord and discontinued the Mini Mono, if you want a mini Mono you can still get one form dealers with stock like Ecomaster (he currently has all 3 hull materials in several colours) or a rebadged one from Oxidean Marine, but after seeing their good practices with Mono1s I would bet my arse that the Mini Scord is a better boat than the (very good) Mini Mono/Mini Dom. However all the Carbon ones are currently going to Team Tenshock racers, so that one is currently glass only, and if you want carbon or carbon/kevlar you will have to wait, maybe till winter, but I think they will likely start trickling out after the World championships in August.

It remains to be seen if OM will get the Mini Scord as a Mini Dom v2 or whatever he would call it, or if Tenshock will keep selling him the Mini Mono to keep the Mini Scord molds free for themselves. Its possible that they may even sell him the molds so he could actually produce his own boat in house as he likes to imply, they would likely still be selling him hardware, motors, and ESCs to go in them, so it could be good business.