Hpr06

[vvviivvv]

Did you specify to Hanspeter that you wanted a hull in C/F? Looking from your pics, it looks like F/G to me. Just the resin that he uses make it look black. My hull looks exactly as your pic, and I know that my hull is F/G as I did not request for C/F.

Mine looks similar and its Carbon / Kevlar... supposedly

Edit: the hatch is identical

[JCAustralia]

Could it be that there is a layer of carbon/kevlar sandwiched between the fibreglass layers?

JC

[Gerwin Brommer]

yep, could be.
I'm not sure if Hanspeter uses the carbon as a finishlayer.
If he does, I would have wanted a finish in glasfiber, as the carbon is a conductor...........

[malibu1]

Paid the extra for Carbon Fiber..

[vvviivvv]

Dunno how it all works but the bubble wrap the boat came in had something like carbon/kevlar written on it might get the boat out and take a better look its certainly stronger than other fiberglass boats i have...

Edit: ill ask hanspeter and that will be that lol

[JCAustralia]

Would the yellow kevlar not show where the hull has been cut/drilled, at least as one middle layer on a very closed look/inspection?

While this black finish looks nice and neat, a carbon/kevlar does look so sexy and does add an extra cool factor...... Something to brag about with the mates


JC

[vvviivvv]

Hull is still in its box, un drilled

[KillerDave]

Hull is still in its box, un drilled

OMG! What are you waiting for? Get building!!!

[vvviivvv]

Aint got the time, im in a 6th form college and its 9 - 4 then a hour to get there / back on the school coach... doing 4 as levels the amount of work i get = no time to build a boat, weekends i go to my holiday house couldn't fit the boat in with the dog etc... 15th of December is when i break up so i guess thats when ill make a good start

[KillerDave]

I'm with ya man! I tell you what, Give the thing to me and I'll have all the fun, Oh, I mean 'do all the hard work' for ya! Lol!!
I know how much time college can and does take up!!!
I'm going to have to wait until I have saved up enough just to buy one and then I have to find the time to do the building!!! Work sucks!!!!

[vvviivvv]

It gets too cold to run aswell England doesn't have the best weather anyway

[KillerDave]

It gets too cold to run aswell England doesn't have the best weather anyway

Lol! Yeah! I Know I was about to go down to our lake and saw the weather!!!
Where are you? I'm in Milton Keynes..... They don't like FE's at my lake!

[vvviivvv]

Newcastle, they don't mind Fe here since the clubs fairly new ive got some scale electric boats which they love but really they like anything fast just when i need some knowledge on whats gone wrong i get well what does this thing do what does this thing... im better off asking on here :) im sure if i had a gasser they could help but electrics

was planning on going to the English saws... but its about a 9 hour drive... and i think it was called off because of bad weather, it used to be held about 20 mins from me in like 2004 then the interest died i think ill make the journey next year with my hpr06 see what numbers we can crack

[Himalaya]

This is how my Carbon-Kevlar version look like.

The hatch does have a fiberglass layer as finish, it's transparent soaked with resin so the yellow-black grid can still be clearly seen. The surface is smooth and very comfortable to touch. However the inner side of the hull does NOT have a glass finish and the bare carbon-kevlar grid is so rough that each time I get my hands in I must be very careful to stay away from getting hurt, and that makes battery tray a must otherwise the lipo packs' shrink wrap will be destroyed.

Guess Hanspeter did this intendedly for the customer can have a stronger bond when fixing all the hardware into the hull.

malibu, is your carbon surface smooth or rough?

[vvviivvv]

this is mine... the hull is fairly rough in some areas, no signs of yellow in the hatch...

pics aren't working for me atm

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