Fine Design Racing

[midwestboat]

Anyone know Chris Fine from Fine Design? Has anyone had him build you a boat? How was it.

[knpc]

Do a search on this forum, you will find plenty of info on fine design

[Doby]

Sloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow shipping and sometimes says he has things in stock when he doesn't.

[midwestboat]

I did, not finding anything I need, I have $2800 into a 44"cat that I had him build and can't get it to run like I was told it would. Just seeing if I am screwed or not.

[Diegoboy]

44"? Can you post the setup to enlighten us as to what you paid for?

[Brushless55]

His stuff looks high priced..?

[knpc]

Get him on the phone, he doesn't answer e-mail very well.

[midwestboat]

I am at work and new to electric, I am not 100% sure of everything I have without the reciept in front of me. I race Maston marine full mod gas Cat in District 4. I wanted a electric Cat and have heard of there speeds and love the boat"my gas boat". The new one is a New Aeromarine 44" cat. 2 5s lipo packs. Neu motor 30,000 rpm. not sure what speed controller but it is watercooled. all FDR hardware. New Transmitter and reciever 2.4 gig? astroflight charger. I bought it RTR and it was told to me it would run out of the box to me 65mph to 70mph on GPS. He new I already had a cat the would run 63mph on gps. It was also told to me it would run for 15 minutes full power. Well months later, I am not where I need to be with my first race coming up June 7th. He is still working with me, but I am losing faith quickly.

[midwestboat]

Get him on the phone, he doesn't answer e-mail very well.

Have you used him in the past? Experiences? Seems to know his stuff.

[jingalls007]

I've used him on anumber of occasions over the years. I dont want to bash him but he can be tough to deal with. I would try to get what you need here, Steve will take great care of you and the people on this site will more then be able to help you out with your setup.

[midwestboat]

I've used him on anumber of occasions over the years. I dont want to bash him but he can be tough to deal with. I would try to get what you need here, Steve will take great care of you and the people on this site will more then be able to help you out with your setup.

I am not into bashing either, Wish I would have done some more research $2800 ago. I was promised alot. he hasn't left me hign n dry yet. I am struggling with the battery set up currently. At first he told me 15 min run time full power on 2 5s lipo packs, and now he is tellling me 4 5s lipo packs. He is going to ship me the 5s lipo packs for free"cough" Am I going to pick up 8-10 MPH by adding 2 more packs? Is my run time going to go up that much? I can probably run for 2-4 minutes full power now.

[Brushless55]

That would be a big jump..

[jingalls007]

We could help you out a lot more if we new the exact motor and speed control used. To answer your question on volts, yes, the boat will go faster with more volts I don't know if your boat will see 5-8 mph more but it's a possibility. I would say take a few pics of the inside when you can and post them on this thread. You will get a lot more input with pics.

[Flying Scotsman]

44"? Can you post the setup to enlighten us as to what you paid for?

He new I already had a cat the would run 63mph on gps. It was also told to me it would run for 15 minutes full power. Well months later, I am not where I need to be with my first race coming up June 7th. He is still working with me, but I am losing faith quickly.


Indeed Danny, this sounds bogus and I am not a fan of Fine Design

Douggie

[midwestboat]

Indeed Danny, this sounds bogus and I am not a fan of Fine Design

Douggie

What do you mean "bogus" I will copy my reciept and post it here, I will also get Pic's of the boat. R you doubting what I paid?