mauian

Now we talking, It looks so much better. Thanks to showtime and his very nice artwork creation of my RIO. Here some video also . Second vid I had too dodge debris in front of me due to tide was rising.....lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de7vpZJjiOc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arUQwsUo2gg

Dreamin Hemi

WOW, what a difference! Really looks great, nice job!

webdr

KILLER work bro! Now put some racing numbers on it and it will be an offshore class contender!

Spetz

It's beautiful
What did you add, the budlight stickers?

mauian

Yup just added the stickers, #'s on the way. It looks so scale now and for some reason it's going faster....lol. Thanks guys.

Spetz

You best add more stickers for more speed

If you add "VTEC" or "Ralliart" you should pick up some crazy speeds!

Dreamin Hemi

Slap on a "Greddy Racing" decal, should be good for an addtional 5 mph I've been told! [X(]

badtc31

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Add a blow off valve !!! Psssssssss wuwuuwuww

mauian

might have something to do with Quickdraw....lol. Oh wait it's Light Beer.

Spetz

WRONG!
You clearly need a suck off valve!

KNahinu

Now you just gotta find away to keep the stickers on the boat..LOL

RC 01 KID

How do you like that boat?? Im thinking of purchasing one for my first gas boat... I read the reviews and it seemed like its a great starter boat..What do you think muaian?

mauian

Change the header and pipe to aluminum , like from BH Hanson or you can even use the wet pipe from WHH. I and a few others where one of the first to get the RIO and had a few problems with it but in the end all was sorted out. The stock motor will get you over 40 with the right prop. I myself have removed the stock motor and put a Zen from WHH (M5) because once you hit 40 you gonna wanna go faster. It is a great hull and boat. In the begining the motor is a pain but once set and tuned it's good. I say go for it, it's a good boat but change the pipe and header for it will save you the headache. I know Grim posted a fix for the pipe and header but have not seen or heard anything about it. Goodluck !!

RC 01 KID

Sweet!!! I think im going to get it here with my next paycheck.. Yeah i read the reveiw here on rcuniverse and it said something about the manifold being one of the only weakpoints on the boat.. Do you think it will be harder to tune then my nitro T-maxx?? Because im kinda hoping to get a gasser to get away from all the tuning hassles ya know. Also how long of run times should i be expecting?? And one last question, do you know of a good website the sells boat parts and decent prices??

Thank You and by the way your boat looks siiiiiick dude and thats comming from someone whos not a bud light fan

Dreamin Hemi

harder to tune than nitro, NO WAY!, MUCH easier!!!
Expect about 1/2 hour +/- run time...depends how easy you are with the throttle.
Ebay, and any online hobby shop will get your parts, buy why?....just call Hobby Services (warranty place) and they will GIVE you your broken parts! No upgrades yet that I'm aware of through AquaCraft, only aftermarket.

Dreamin Hemi

Yeah mauian, just looked at your Rio agian....does look bad *****!

mauian

It is way easier to tune than a nitro. There's alota info on the RIO in these forums. The stock RIO can go as long as 30 minutes. As for parts there are all kinds of places. Go to Modelgasboats.com and there are links to probably most of the best places on the net. Links are all the banners to right of page. WHH has tons of stuff and very reliable upgrade Zen motors for very cheap. I use Redline, WHH, CC, Bonzi, Gas Products, we'll allmost all of them on Model gas boats. Bonzi has props that are good and won't break the wallet. CC has Speedmaster struts and rudders. When the day comes too upgrade these are the places to get your goodies from, and that will be soon...lol. BY the way I drink Heineken and that will be on my other RIO.

hawaiianed

Awesome Mauian! Showtime808 does some unbelievable work - I'm impressed by the details in his boats. See you on Sunday!!!

mauian

Thanks dude, See ya Sunday...........

Wet-N-Wild

Mauian, boat looks great,very fast, what engine do you have in it? pipe set up? can you show inside pictures? Tom

mauian

I'll try to get some up tonight, but pics of the inside was posted on 1 of Dreamin post's. The motor is a M5 from WHH. 2inch band pipe w/90 degree header 2 inch offset. 7514E prop shop prop.

showtime808

Nice pics. Thats the smoothest I have ever seen the horse shoe

mauian

It was almost perfect bro, had a few flips on the outside turn but just walked to other side for it to drift over........better than swiming..lol. Might do it again on Friday, Let me know if ya wannna go,,
laterz, Dwayne

KNahinu

If you go friday, let me know my boat almost ready I just gotta put it back together.

mauian

Lets just go on Friday over there at the horse shoe about 4:30,5:00pm...hell I can go the rest of the week if ya like only close to work....lol.