Crack in Transom, Both hulls......

[Tony Vega]

What does it take to pull the stuff out of the stock hull and into one of these recommended replacements?

[kjohnsiii]

Well it looks like I have found my answere to my own question. It does not look like AQ will be helping me either BOO HOO!

[pyroM!KE]

Hmm..I was going to get one of these but F all this BS!!

[z400]

You guys expect everything to just be oh so perfect.

[Steven Vaccaro]

The SuperVee is a great boat. A small crack here or there can easily be fixed with a bit of glue. I have a German Hull that I paid over $200 for the bare hull that has cracks. Its part of the hobby.

[pyroM!KE]

Wounder why my Geico hasnt done this yet? Well over 40 runs..

[veejo]

It's a manufacturing issue ...... that is why the issues are along the seams. Once the polyester has fully cured, and you glue the deck to the hull, it is nolonger a chemical bond, a physical one. I put some glass tape / mat along the seam with expoxy in areas I can get to. Very fiddly and I'd rather pay extra and it done at the factory in China for a lot less than it costs me to buy epoxy locally. In my opinion, they should make these hulls out of epoxy rather than polyester considering how much they charge, the market they sell to, and the benefits in regards to strength and bonding expoxy shells rather than polyester shells togther. It's not just aquacraft, but also proboat, though proboat at least has a nicer finish before they crack (and usually only after impact).

Hmmm here's an idea "supervee platinum edition ....... made with epoxy and reinforced seams" make it a plug and run if you're worried about costs or a bind and run.

hmmm, go into the hobby shop
consumer: "I'd like a SuperVee 27R please"
retailer: "would you like to up size that to extra re-inforcing and glass in the hull for an extra $10"
consumer:"yes please, seesm like good value"

[veejo]

I have just called hobbico regarding this problem. The tech stated that they have sold hundreds of these boats and not one has been returned for this problem. He also advised me that that no one is going to be further investigating this due to the fact that it does not appear that any design problem exists. This is contrary to what Grim has told us so I suspect we are having a failure to communicate this information within the hobbico network. Was also advised that as I have used this boat that I could not simply return it to Tower for a refund. Mr. Grim if by chance you review my post here might you please offer me some advise on how I might be able to get some resolution to this. Thank you in advance as I know you are working on this issue. Today I guess I will rough sand interior of transom and paint on a coat of thinned finishing epoxy to try and seal her up. Insaniac thanks for the form but hobbico stated that it would be a waste of time to return it as well as expensive for me. Model was purchased from Tower on 9-2. Enjoy to all. donnie

We seem to have an accepatnce of things going wrong in this hobby and we fix it, we are tinkerers. If this happened to a mainstream product eg a car, there would be an uproar and it would be on the news "consumers are in an uproar as cracks appear on their Aquacraft family sedans". Windows crashes on a PC we reboot and accept it. If your family car needed to be rebooted, and it has software, there would be an uproar. RC boat problems aren't life threatening .... just inconvenient and irritating and a nuisance.