Placed one on order

[ALD]

Check traxxis site-late July.

[Brushless55]

Check traxxis site-late July.

Traxxas will wait till the last week of July and then change the date

[Grimracer]

Dman,

Sorry you are taking some heat for this buddy..

Man. o man....

Let me do this for ya.. I dont work for PB but ya all can crab at me for the boats being pushed back.. Im use to the lashing.. Darin did nothing more then GIVE YOU AN OPTION in RC boating and it looks to be a nice one..

Go ahead.. crab at me...

Dman.. this will all blow over very soon dude.

ROCKET AND ROLL!

Grim

[mschaffer66]

Dman,

Sorry you are taking some heat for this buddy..

Man. o man....

Let me do this for ya.. I dont work for PB but ya all can crab at me for the boats being pushed back.. Im use to the lashing.. Darin did nothing more then GIVE YOU AN OPTION in RC boating and it looks to be a nice one..

Go ahead.. crab at me...

Dman.. this will all blow over very soon dude.

ROCKET AND ROLL!

Grim

I don't think anyone is blaming Darin or even directing their frustration towards him. Its not the guy who comes up with the cool stuff's fault for it not making it to market in a reasonable time. If that were the case we would all be bitching at you asking where this mythical Aquacraft cat is.... :)

[forescott]

Its not the guy who comes up with the cool stuff's fault for it not making it to market in a reasonable time. If that were the case we would all be bitching at you asking where this mythical Aquacraft cat is.... :)

[Diegoboy]

When it comes out. I'll get one. In the meantime, crying about "when" isn't going to improve the situation. Those that want one will surely have the chance to get one.
It reminds me of a bunch of kids on Christmas eve BEGGING mom & dad to open at least ONE present now!

[Rumdog]

I think the main reason it is frustrating is that for most of us, boating is seasonal. Spring releases make more sense.

[Brushless55]

When it comes out. I'll get one. In the meantime, crying about "when" isn't going to improve the situation. Those that want one will surely have the chance to get one.
It reminds me of a bunch of kids on Christmas eve BEGGING mom & dad to open at least ONE present now!

[forescott]

I think the main reason it is frustrating is that for most of us, boating is seasonal. Spring releases make more sense.

What he said! Oh yeah, I live in california. Never mind!

[rcboatmanwithkids2880]

HI Darin ,

What is the origin of the Stiletto , is it outsourced from China ??

Thanks ,

Brad

[Darin Jordan]

HI Darin ,

What is the origin of the Stiletto , is it outsourced from China ??

Thanks ,

Brad

I'm not sure what you mean by "origin"... but it was developed and designed here (by me and the ProBoat developers in Illinois) and the prototype parts and production is being done in China. With the exception of a few minor bits, the final design is what we here in the states designated it to be. The manufacturer did throw in a bit or two of creative license, but honestly, I think once they saw the direction we wanted to go, they were really onboard and did a nice job.

[mschaffer66]

I think the main reason it is frustrating is that for most of us, boating is seasonal. Spring releases make more sense.

Yeah, its really hard to drive a boat through 2' snow drifts on the ice...

Although when there is a foot of ice on the lake you are less likely to drown going to retrieve your boat :)

[Darin Jordan]

Yeah, its really hard to drive a boat through 2' snow drifts on the ice...

Although when there is a foot of ice on the lake you are less likely to drown going to retrieve your boat :)

Missing the targeted June release for this boat was partially my fault. When I received the first Production Sample to look over and start racing, I found some assembly issues that needed to be taken care of before this got into your hands. This delayed the production by many weeks.

Hopefully you'll find that, despite the wait, that quality of the boat meets your approval. Had it gone forward without addressing the issues I found, you would have had the boat in June, but not been happy with it.

I believe that when those of you who are getting this boat finally get it, you'll be pleased with the quality of this particular RTR. They've done a very nice job.

[mschaffer66]

Taking care of assembly issues is not your fault Darin unless you are the guy that assembled it.

[Darin Jordan]

Taking care of assembly issues is not your fault Darin unless you are the guy that assembled it.

True... but we need to keep in mind that the people putting this stuff together really don't know anything about boats... and they don't speak English!

You should see the PowerPoints I have put together explaining each little piece to them in detail to try to get things right.

Like I said, their engineers REALLY stepped up and the finished product is really rock-solid in the area that was of concern. I'm very pleased, and I'm pretty picky!


The ONE thing I'm not completely happy with is the battery tray cover... It's OK for sport boating, but really does need to be taped down if you are going to risk flipping the boat much (heat racing... tends to happen when you are pushing 50mph )

The "tupperware" lid was a good idea, but I'm not sure it got implemented as well as it could have been.

Luckily, I considered that when they were making it, and we had them leave the outside edges smooth with no lip so it is pretty easy to tape down ( a bit of a pain under the cables, but not that big of a deal)...

ONE of these days, I'm going to come up with a sure-fire way to NOT have to tape!