I am getting it locally, and good news it looks like he might land a dealer contract with these guys i will really dodge the $80 shipping bullet and the mono is definately mine! i will get it and tell you how it runs my local hobby shop needs the help it went out of business in 2005 and has been under new ownership since then the guy who runs it is really nice and has been rc boating for 20 yrs.! he thinks this is a good deal on a nice boat he is familiar with the engine he said on %30 nitro it will last a good 6-7 years which is great! obviously depending on how much you run it i'm probably going to drop one of these babys in it:
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXZ558&P=7
that will squeeze out some juice!