Yowza

Ok , I got the little fella back from Brendon today and he's done an amazing job. He relocated the aerial & on/off switch so that the whole hatch lid easily comes off without any wires attached. He fixed the prop shaft leak by moving the motor forward so the drive dog blocks any gaps to the entry of the shaft. I also changes the hatch tape over to the original stuff that came with it. I did not get a drop of water inside which i'm stoked about.

He also used a special type of tack/wax to seal in the cover of the prop compartment and also used 2 screws to hold it in as he said even using strong glue these will pop out when in 4-6 ft surf.

Now on the down side I only has the 1800 man NiCd battery to use, so runtime was about 5 min, but while it last I was more than happy.

I'm just waiting on my new LiPo 11.1v battery to arrive and the bullet connectors for the new motor & ESC. Once I have those i'll start changing the motor over. So hopefully next time I use it i'll be getting a lot better speed out of it. Although the stock speed when the battery is full is great using the factory Kyosho motor.

Here's some pics I just quickly took of it.....also notice the screwq grommets Brendon put on so the screws stay put when you take the hatch off (no more lost screws!!) & new custom water inlet/outlet