Anybody have a rockstar 48?

[shartinspartin]

Looking at that rockstar 48. Thing looks bad ass.

Anybody have any reviews or input on it?

[flraptor07]

Is this a new Brand?

[Doby]

ProBoat

[Rumdog]

For that price, it should have a Zenoah.
Another note.. You'd think by now these RTR companies would catch on to a few hardware setups used by experienced model boaters. How is it they are still using inline strudders on their boats? I thought they caught on when the came out with the mystic, and went to an offset rudder over the Geicos strudder.

Otoh, the hull looks nice

[flraptor07]

ProBoat

[Darin Jordan]

Some would bitch if hung with a new rope.

I expect to have one once they are available. Supposed to be later in June I think.

[electric]

Some would bitch if hung with a new rope.

I expect to have one once they are available. Supposed to be later in June I think.

Now that was funny.....

[Rumdog]

OK OK... I love it

[shartinspartin]

Some would bitch if hung with a new rope.

I expect to have one once they are available. Supposed to be later in June I think.

I thought they were out already. I think they do have the zenoah in them and electric start and stop.

[Spartanator]

Some would bitch if hung with a new rope.

I expect to have one once they are available. Supposed to be later in June I think.

Now that was funny.....

Very funny indeed! I guess I wouldn't give 2 ____'s on what rope I was hung with...lol

[Brushless55]

Some would bitch if hung with a new rope.

I expect to have one once they are available. Supposed to be later in June I think.

the video of it looks like fun!

[iridebikes247]

Looks great for the money, oh and the thing about the rope...that was good...ahaha

[T.S.Davis]

I prefer new rope Darin. It's pushing the rope that's annoying.

[Darin Jordan]

I thought they were out already. I think they do have the zenoah in them and electric start and stop.

As per usual, they announced way ahead of when it will actually be "In Stock". Don't ask me to explain that, I can't.

The motor is a CY, I believe. Definitely not a Zenoah. Please don't ask me to explain that either, because I can't. It's what they did. From what I understand, they aren't bad motors, and there they aren't a "one-off".

It does have electric start, tuned pipe, etc. A Zen should bolt in, should that be your inclination. However, the CY motors are being used by the gas guys to race, etc. Here is a starting point for "hop-up" parts: http://www.davesmotors.com/Products/...-Engine-Parts/

As for the inline rudder... You can't really compare a 29" hull to a 48" hull and think that setups translate. I'll come back to the standard saying relating to this: WATER DOES NOT SCALE. You can't simply "size-up" or "size-down" and think the same thing is going to work. From what I can see from the video... the rudder seems to work fine. Many here would tell you that the rudder in the original MG worked fine as well. I've recently tested a mono with a centered rudder and it also works fine. Not saying I'd race it that way, but the boat turned fine and didn't have any "weirdness" relating to the rudder. The rudder does need to be longer, however, for it to work correctly.

Anyhow, this isn't a race boat anyhow. It's a "basher", which seems to be what people are interested in, and what sells. It looks cool, especially when the background is right...

RockStar48.jpg

[T.S.Davis]

Is the background extra or does one come in the box with the boat? That's one way to sell em.

[mitchesx]

If this were a race boat I'd say that the rudder should be on the right. Should turn in both directions with this setup, and for a sport boater, that's a good thing. The CY motor creates more out of the box HP than the Zen, and up until a couple of years ago, they only made it with two bolts holding the cylinder on. Recently, they upgraded them to four. I'm pretty sure Proboat would have included the four bolt piece. The two bolt motors ran fine, although some believe that they are not as good as the Zen, and when you modified them, the increased RPM caused the bolts to break...

[rickwess]

Is the background extra or does one come in the box with the boat? That's one way to sell em.

I believe the two lovlies are part of the stand "kit"

[kfxguy]

I like this boat!

[iridebikes247]

those girls are hot

[Apophis]

I'm having a hard time deciding which one I like more, so I guess I will take one of each......the boat looks cool too.

[Darin Jordan]

I need a solid Redhead in there to seal the deal for me...

[iridebikes247]

First thread in awhile in which all unanimously agree on something, remember when the thread was about the boat? Ahah

[Rumdog]

Ok.... I'm on board, now!

[flraptor07]

I need a solid Redhead in there to seal the deal for me...

I'm with Darin, you don't see them very often but there ain't nothin' better than a really hot Redhead!

[champion221elite]

Neat boat! Might pick one up for 2015 after Pro Boat irons out the early kinks.

[Darin Jordan]

I'm with Darin, you don't see them very often but there ain't nothin' better than a really hot Redhead!

I get the pleasure of getting to see one every single day.... 17 years and counting.

[T.S.Davis]

Might make a cool conversion Darin. Think they'll ever sell the hull without the motor?

So.......bare hull and a bare boat stand kit. haha I think my wife would notice the purchase.

[flraptor07]

I get the pleasure of getting to see one every single day.... 17 years and counting.

Lucky Man!

[Darin Jordan]

Might make a cool conversion Darin. Think they'll ever sell the hull without the motor?

They seem to offer the bare hulls for everything else, so I imagine they would.

The question then becomes, however, for the same money, what other options would there be for something this size?

I guess I'll have to see how nicely laid up this hull is before we go too far down that path.

[64suicd]

Well I took the plunge and preordered one. I just couldn't resist! Wish me luck!