I hope everything works out. I left my hull unmodded. It turns on a dime and gets on plane nicely. Not ready to race yet. I just like to run mine for fun, for now. I run 4s1p lipo's in mine. I like your stencil. I'm going to use Sonic the Hedgehog for my pic. Just been working on my Blackjack brushless a little too much. I'm going to try 6s lipo's soon. Just got another Hextronik to do that with. Hopefully I won't let the smoke out. If this is your first FE boat, I would try a feigao 10 or 11XL with a 100 amp ESC on a x440 prop. Then upgrade to hotter setups as you get more comfortable with it. I have an SV27 and this one is way more fun and faster. Where'd did you get your carbon fiber? Was it expensive?