H-King Marine Hydrotek F1 Tunnel Hull Racing Boat ARR

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Oct 09, 2016

Lid popped off after a minor front end crash. The hull, minus the lid quickly sank as there is no buoyancy in the flooding sponson to preserve the electrics. Poor design.

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Jun 30, 2016

https://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewitem.asp?idproduct=80727

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May 29, 2016

https://youtu.be/tnHHbFgR1jk

VERY NICE AND VERY BEAUTIFUL BOAT!
I PUT IT IN 4 S
ESC 90 A
LIPO 4S 1 800 MAH 40C
SERVO TGY - 9018 MG

ENJOY!

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May 13, 2016

Got this bad boy during the hobby king kong sale for $60! Great boat in general. self righting feature is so trick! Flipped it every time i have run it and never had to go swimming yet. Having some slight trouble with the servo. small amounts of water come through the prop shaft and after a couple runs the servo starts messing up. I am assuming from moisture. for $60 i have no complaints... but be aware that the servo is a little glitchy after running a while.

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May 05, 2016

Great value for price.

Handling is reasonable considering the no rudder config, light weight and high speed.

One problem 'out of the box' was the sealing of the hatch. It was on crooked and the boat took on a lot of water, fast. When it's full of water the self righting doesn't work. Fortunately we were able to use the boat as an air-boat and get it to shore so we did not have to swim :)

I dislike flexible shafts without grease tube/nipple. Also it's a bit louder compared to a fixed shaft.

So quality 4 out of 5 but well worth the money regardless.

Great speed, great fun, great value for money.

Didn't check running time on the first run, since I wanted to fix the leak first, but my impression is that it has a pretty good running time. It's definitely not dead within 5 minutes. More like 10 from the looks of it, maybe even more. (2200mAh Turnigy 3S LiPo).

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Jan 28, 2016

I have to say that this is a great little boat, however there were a few different minor flaws that gave it a 4 star overall. First of all, the self righting function is kind iffy. The first time i took it out, i managed to hit a patch of brush in the pond and sent it airborne and it landed completely upside down. Needless to say the self righting feature didn't work because the hollow sponson couldn't fill with water. However, after a few more runs and flips i've noticed that under normal conditions it will self right with some help. You have to wait a few seconds for the hollow sponson to fill, then turn your prop towards the water, gun the throttle, and rock the boat. Also, the water out tube was not glued in place, but merely snugged in. A little bit of superglue solved that problem too. Overall its a really good and fast tunnel hull for a ARR model.

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Dec 24, 2015

Peu fiable : coque trop fine, direction imprcise, transmission indmontable (vis collees sur mon exemplaire...), et aucune pice de rechange disponible.. donc tt ou tard il va finir sur un tagre de la cave sans solution pour le rparer
Bref, j'ai renvoy le bateau HK et ai t rembours (les frais de port retour sont pris en charge par paypal, bien pratique quand cela coute 27 soit 1/4 du prix du bateau !)
Je vous recommande le FT012 ou le Scott Free la place qui sont de bien meilleure qualit et conception
plus de dtails sur brushlessboat blogspot com

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Dec 17, 2015

I tried mt first run of this boat in the last weekend. It is fast and nice steering. Not only design itself but overall quality of hull, motor and ESC is nice. But, self-righting does not work. I almost lost my boat but finally it is rescued by rescue boat. I think HK should think about balance one more time. Universal coupling is very weak. It is broken because it can't hold torque of motor of the boat and the worst thing is I can not find ant spare part for the boat. If you want to buy this one, please wait until HK release spare parts of the boat.

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Dec 07, 2015

don't buy this boat the uni-joint broke as soon as it hit the water

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Dec 02, 2015

This is my first boat that i have owned.
It came really well packaged and the finish was great. I am really impressed!
I gave it a run and it was really great on the water, quite fast and very stable.
There were a few issues with it:
1. The side that the pontoon fills up to self right the boat isnt heavy enough so i added some weight and it works every time now.
2. The plastic props seem too dull quite quickly and it makes it cavitate quite majorly until it is changed... i have orded a metal one so i will see how that goes!
3. My servo stripped after about 8 runs but that may have been from rough handling getting it to and from the lake.

Apart from that it is really impressive and I love it!!
I will probably try to upgrade it to make it faster :P