she WORKS!!!!! best handling boat i''ve got, though perhaps not the fastest (yet). Great in a straight line and pretty stable in turns - flat as a pancake as she should be. Water was flat so no problems turning and giving it gas. Acceleration''s pretty good too, even with a twig on the rudder (found that later). the only "but" is that the outrunners make a bit of a strange noise - the usual whistle of these kind of motors, and then a rasping sound at speed - like the plastic gearboxes on the Graupner hydrospeed setups...weird - but it works fine otherwise. Anyways - i''m happy, though in all fairness i took over someone else''s work.

Will try her with 2x 3s lipo in parallel thursday with some good vid hopefully. Oh yes - and most impressive thing about it is the super-long run-time. 15 mins flat out on 2x2s 1300mAh with 33mm props