Who is interested in better looking, through-hull antenna mounts for our boats?

[srislash]

I'm all for a cleaner look

[R2315]

It would be nice to have something with a lower profile but even more it would be nice to have something that is one piece and won't come apart from the mount and fall off during a run.

[Insanity Plea]

I would be interested in a different look, I'm sure many people would be, but no one is going to beg you to see it nor will it make you a millionaire. A new antenna mount is not a game changer to RC boating in my opinion and not worth spending more than $5 on. I'm content with the aeromarine mount until I see one that catches my eye more.
Also, I don't know if you came across a thread of a particular boat that was introduced a year or so ago, but this boat looked nice and grabbed some attention, but the owner apparently came up here with a hot head and disrespected some of the "go to guys" for boat performance. I'm not sure how his sells are but they are not as good as they could have been if he had of treated the members with more respect. I've gained knowledge from build threads or questions asked that has saved me tons of time and aggravation of trial & error, those guys could have kept those secrets to themselves but chose to share. Good luck with your product.

[lt130th]

I would be interested in a different look, I'm sure many people would be, but no one is going to beg you to see it nor will it make you a millionaire. A new antenna mount is not a game changer to RC boating in my opinion and not worth spending more than $5 on. I'm content with the aeromarine mount until I see one that catches my eye more.
Also, I don't know if you came across a thread of a particular boat that was introduced a year or so ago, but this boat looked nice and grabbed some attention, but the owner apparently came up here with a hot head and disrespected some of the "go to guys" for boat performance. I'm not sure how his sells are but they are not as good as they could have been if he had of treated the members with more respect. I've gained knowledge from build threads or questions asked that has saved me tons of time and aggravation of trial & error, those guys could have kept those secrets to themselves but chose to share. Good luck with your product.

I agree on all points! Treating customers, or even potential customers, poorly is the fastest way to ruin your business. These days, it only takes one unhappy person to launch a smear campaign in an internet forum, and that's out there forever for everyone to see. I've never been even remotely intrigued about operating a business. I'm an engineer, and the things I come up with, I would rather sell a patent for someone else to manufacture and market. Something small like an external antenna mount is going to make pennies in profit, so if enough people are interested in an alternative, and I go through with making a bunch of them, I definitely won't be spending my time and money on it to get rich. I've made some prototypes that I'll soon be sharing spy-shots of, but I'm still tweaking my design and testing materials. In the end I may have to have three separate designs for different things considering hull scale, and flat or contoured mounting surfaces. I've even got tube and no-tube designs. So this thread is literally only a discussion to measure the viability of making more of my design to share with others. I may speak with Steve V. and see if he is interested in adding them to his store, because, like I said, I'm not interested in running a business.

[lt130th]

Here's how much I dislike the traffic-cone external antenna bases... On some hulls I started making internal mounts (similar to Hydrocarbon82's nicer printed part, but just carbon fiber and a rubber grommet), and passing an inch or two of clear antenna tube through the hull. The image below is one I shared in my KOS P1 build thread. Even that looks unrefined and crude, to me. It's like there needs to be a smoothly flowing intermediary between the hull and antenna.

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[Hydrocarbon82]

This was one of the ideas I had for a thru-hole mount. The whole part is glued inside the hull, then a dab of silicone/etc sealant will keep it waterproof. Then the mast protrudes and the mount holds it like yours above. Obviously designed for a flat section, and I'd advise against edges since cracks can start much easier if you put a hole there.


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