New P-1 mono in stock!!!

[forescott]

I just checked towerhobbies, and they are listing the new p-1 mono "in-stock"(limited quantities). Gave em a call and mine is on its way.

[jamespl]

venom website says out of stock!

[hazegry]

He said tower hobbies not venom. Venom may be out of stock while tower has a few left

[jamespl]

He said tower hobbies not venom. Venom may be out of stock while tower has a few left

i know, i can read! i just replyed with that cos it seems strange that venom are out of stock but tower hobbies have some.

[hazegry]

not if you have been following Venom's habits for more than 2 weeks they go out of stock all the time. they are never instock long and with the time it takes tower to get the product onto the site and ready for market it doesnt seem strange at all.

[forescott]

I am guessing that both venom and tower have back orders to ship before they come available. Looks like tower had some, but as of last night they are already gone and awaiting the next shipment. I have been watching venoms facebook page, and a comment was made that someone saw a shipment of p-1's come into their warehouse. Thats the only reason why I've been checking towers stock status daily!

[hazegry]

GL with it forescott I would like to get a EKOS hull and build my own but with all of thier complaints I just cant justify spending the money on one.

[forescott]

GL with it forescott I would like to get a EKOS hull and build my own but with all of thier complaints I just cant justify spending the money on one.

Yup, I know all about the complaints. I have one of the first batch of ekos cats when they came out. The paint and scale looks of both boats are outstanding though. I am prepared to upgrade the guts of the p-1.

[forescott]

Got the p-1 today. Here are some pics...

[forescott]

More....

[forescott]

A few more...

[forescott]

The hull measures 31.5 inches without the hardware. Stinger looks to be the same as the ekos with the exception of the strudder bracket at the transom. Drive is 4mm flex, and the included props are 36mm 1.4 pitch 3-blades.(same as the ekos) The overall finish looks excellent. Albeit a pretty simple paint scheme with white base hull and clearcoat over decals. Single pin hatch w/2-magnets at the rear. The magnets are actually integrated into the rear corners of the hull opening.You can't see em but they're there.(see pic.) Only bad thing about the hatch is its really hard to remove it once its latched. There is nothing to grab onto to pull it open.

[Diesel6401]

Very nice looking hull. Not a fan of that 4mm drive at hull. Also shocked of the non cooled mount. Do you plan on doing a comparsion of outrunner vs ammo 1280 you have? Is that 36-88 ammo going to bolt to the stock mount OK? Last question I have is are you going to leave the 4mm drive or switch over to a .150 cable or even piano drive?

[forescott]

Very nice looking hull. Not a fan of that 4mm drive at hull. Also shocked of the non cooled mount. Do you plan on doing a comparsion of outrunner vs ammo 1280 you have? Is that 36-88 ammo going to bolt to the stock mount OK? Last question I have is are you going to leave the 4mm drive or switch over to a .150 cable or even piano drive?

I was really hoping it would have 3/16 hardware. I dont think the 4mm flex will handle the bigger props I want to run with the ammo. The stuffing tube is straight so wire drive is definetly an option. Not sure which is stronger flex or wire drive because the wire on my ekos is thinner than the flex. Also the outrunner gets narrower @ the motor mount area, so the mount will surely be too small. Gonna run this guy on 3s and 4s tomorrow and see what results I get. Got my gps ready!

[Ub Hauled]

I just confirmed my suspicion... it's a stepped mono... I was hoping it was not a stepped mono since is stepped is not NAMBA legal... I wanted this hull, it's one of the few monos I liked...