New Shipment of Generation II boats coming in

[sailr]

Hey everyone!
Just reordered GII Micro Hydros, Mini ECOs and Starships. Expected arrival is late April.

I do have some in stock now but limited colors.

Remember, the GII boats have 4 pole 3200 KV motors and 40A esc's. The speed is now insane. The Micro Hydro is about 45mph outta da box! Rigger (starship) is faster!

Jim


www.minicatracingusa.com

[chidago]

Great, I can wait, I enjoy mine so much, all my friends gotta have em.. :) quality is off the chart..

[Southwest]

I have an original yellow eco without flood chamber but ponds here are real low due to drought to run boats. But that's life. Hopf label reads Original Hopf Boot. I have a Turnigy 3550 on 2S which has wire drive and a Carbon Fiber 629 prop with tip of blade is 1/8" below bottom of boat. The motor is to high a kv and should be 24,000rpm.

[chidago]

WITHOUT the chamber? still got to be a good boat, just have to go get it when it flips..and most of us are used to that..lol

[sailr]

Who made it? Pretty sure it isn't a Tenshock. ECO is a class run in Naviga.

[rbsmith6]

WITHOUT the chamber? still got to be a good boat, just have to go get it when it flips..and most of us are used to that..lol

Chidago, What Mini Eco are you currently running? Any mods?

[chidago]

RB, I'm running 3 tenshocks, and 1 Kukorelli right now..all good boats with some attention to em. they are a lotta fun..you dont have to fetch em..lol..like a good dog, they come back home.. :)

[rbsmith6]

What do you think makes the Kukorelli so special?

[chidago]

its a amazing boat..championship boat..the detail with the design, the performance are outstanding

[chidago]

DSCN3349.jpgDSCN3288.jpgDSCN3346.jpgDSCN3348.jpg

[chidago]

But, its costly, takes time to get, and he must know you before you can buy, or be referred by a previous customer..

[rbsmith6]

What do you know about the Toys'port Zorro?

[chidago]

Not much..nothing good..Best all around boat here, in the US, is the tenshock, good service, great guy is the distributor, a friend..boats run well out of the box, and I have done extensive mods to make em faster..and they love it..no downside..here is a clip of one of mine..testing a rudder mod

[tlandauer]

Not much..nothing good..Best all around boat here, in the US, is the tenshock, good service, great guy is the distributor, a friend..boats run well out of the box, and I have done extensive mods to make em faster..and they love it..no downside..here is a clip of one of mine..testing a rudder mod

great running ECO! Did you add any weight and if so, how much and where about? May I ask what kind of mod did you have on the rudder?
I have almost everything from Minicat and Jim is a great guy. Couldn't agree more!

[chidago]

The boat comes with a 3200 kv, its upped to a 4200, on 3S...rudder is literally 2 times bigger, german props, 2 1/2 oz of weight in the flood chamber..

[tlandauer]

The boat comes with a 3200 kv, its upped to a 4200, on 3S...rudder is literally 2 times bigger, german props, 2 1/2 oz of weight in the flood chamber..

Thanks! I just run this stock but occasionally it dives so I figure I need to add weight in the rear.

[chidago]

The Kukorelli boat..

[chidago]

They have a habit of diving because for the hull to work right, it needs to sit on the stern..the prop that comes with it is a LIFTING prop..get a good subsurface prop, or, mod your prop, and you will see a immediate difference. here are pics of a stock prop, sitting next to a prop I modified to kill the lift...other pic is of the prop that works the best.DSCN3083.jpgDSCN3116.jpg

[tlandauer]

the kukorelli boat..

wow!

[tlandauer]

They have a habit of diving because for the hull to work right, it needs to sit on the stern..the prop that comes with it is a LIFTING prop..get a good subsurface prop, or, mod your prop, and you will see a immediate difference.

It is a 27mm prop I think, for the life of me I couldn't find anything else. I don't know how to mod the prop. Can you point me to a better substitute prop that is a direct bolt on which doesn't give any lift?
Thanks in advance.

[chidago]

LOL thanks bud, I appreciate it..its actually faster now..and best part, when you flip it, it comes home !!

[chidago]

Drop me a note at chidago@aol.com..and I sure will

[tlandauer]

Drop me a note at chidago@aol.com..and I sure will

Will do , thanks a million!
Tim

[chidago]

Yeah, Tim, if you're interested, I'll walk you thru it, no prob.

[kari]

The Kukorelli boat..

Opppss! I didn't see yet this video!
Congratulations Chi, you conjured up a damned fast boat from my Mini-ECO.

UPDATE!!!
In our country this a new non official Naviga class, it F1E-0,5 kgs.

We use it for this my product, the Glamour Mini-ECO boatmodel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqmYyBAvls0 at 2:07

[chidago]

[QUOTE=kari;587977]Opppss! I didn't see yet this video!
Congratulations Chi, you conjured up a damned fast boat from my Mini-ECO.

Thanks..not a issue, as the BOAT is the star..its actually faster..

[sailr]

Mini ECO's are flying off the shelf this summer due to our summer sale. We sold out a second shipment really fast. We now are waiting for our third shipment. It will come in three phases Sept 24-Oct 10.
Check the website to keep up. We do have Micro Hydros and Starships in stock. Starships are shown at 15% off but for OSE members we will offer 25% off. Email us or message us here.

Thanks,
Jim

www.minicatracingusa.com

[Brewbud]

Jim, Any concerns running these in salt water? These look like they have quality parts so I assume it is just the normal maintenance I do on my other boats. I have seen some lower end boats with just mild steel parts that rust before the end of the day. I am leaning towards the Mini ECO or Hydro.

Cheers,
Tab

[sailr]

So long as you do the normal maintenance of rinsing everything down well and then applying some corrosion X or other moisture absorbing compound, you can run in Salt water without problems. Many other customers of our do it.

Thanks,
Jim

Jim, Any concerns running these in salt water? These look like they have quality parts so I assume it is just the normal maintenance I do on my other boats. I have seen some lower end boats with just mild steel parts that rust before the end of the day. I am leaning towards the Mini ECO or Hydro.

Cheers,
Tab

[Mike Caruso]

Opppss! I didn't see yet this video!
Congratulations Chi, you conjured up a damned fast boat from my Mini-ECO.

UPDATE!!!
In our country this a new non official Naviga class, it F1E-0,5 kgs.

We use it for this my product, the Glamour Mini-ECO boatmodel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqmYyBAvls0 at 2:07

Kari,
Great to see you here I hope racing was good to you this weekend.
Mike