Let me start by saying I have been a "lurker" here for some time. My first revolt had a void for lack of a better term on the bottom.
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After being told twice by tech support that hadn't received either of my two emails I had my lhs (not really local to me at two hours away) contact them for a replacement.
The replacement boat must be batch two as the tape has changed, the rudder pick up is widened, the alignment of the motor and tube looks good (to me as a noob anyway), the decals seem to be placed on better and lastly they have added support to where the stuffing tube enters the transom.
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Now why they still need some qc. This one arrived with a few spots in the glass not completely epoxied, no big deal to fix as the second hull seems less rigid than the first anyway. I know seems weird but the hull with the void in it felt stiffer than this one. There are only two small areas that still has soft cloth but as I said I'm not overly concerned as this one I think I'm going to re-enforce this one anyway.
The other thing for the replacement is the right side turn fin is missing the backer plate
. I'm not sure how you could miss one of the six plates but whatever there. I've emailed boat support to see how much hassle I will get this time. Hopefully at some point I'll have a complete new revolt but so far my $320 will still be sitting until I go get some nuts and steel plate or they mail me a backer one.
Please don't take this as I'm bashing aquacraft but this my first "new" boat. I have a sv27 I got of ebay I'm in the middle of gutting and re-doing to but by no means is it a new boat. Mostly this was just to say they have cleared up some of the problems with the first batch. Hopefully I'll be able to get her wet soon.
, the revolt of course.
Don
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After being told twice by tech support that hadn't received either of my two emails I had my lhs (not really local to me at two hours away) contact them for a replacement.
The replacement boat must be batch two as the tape has changed, the rudder pick up is widened, the alignment of the motor and tube looks good (to me as a noob anyway), the decals seem to be placed on better and lastly they have added support to where the stuffing tube enters the transom.
20120816_003947.jpg
20120816_003956.jpg
20120816_004451.jpg
20120816_004132.jpg
Now why they still need some qc. This one arrived with a few spots in the glass not completely epoxied, no big deal to fix as the second hull seems less rigid than the first anyway. I know seems weird but the hull with the void in it felt stiffer than this one. There are only two small areas that still has soft cloth but as I said I'm not overly concerned as this one I think I'm going to re-enforce this one anyway.
The other thing for the replacement is the right side turn fin is missing the backer plate

Please don't take this as I'm bashing aquacraft but this my first "new" boat. I have a sv27 I got of ebay I'm in the middle of gutting and re-doing to but by no means is it a new boat. Mostly this was just to say they have cleared up some of the problems with the first batch. Hopefully I'll be able to get her wet soon.

Don
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