Got her in my hands!

[Piranhafreak]

geico and mystic are the excat same hull the only difference in the hull is the battey tray placement

the mystic is faster not much though i have both boats the the differences are as follows


hull has battery trays in a different place other then that it is 100 percent the same

motor and esc is upograded and yes it is a little faster

rudder is offset i really have not seen a difference in performnce

and paint scheme is different obviously

other then that that is it

[rmbelair]

Hulls the same?

Not according to Martin there not?

[martin]

What i said was , Hull size im not sure on but the specs on Horizon web site say the sizes i quoted. These sizes were taken from Horizon UK the importer of Proboat in the UK where i am. Having looked at Horizon in the US they have both hulls the same size. Martin.

[ron1950]

how many times has darin said they are exactly the same hull? 5 or 6? why fight it

[Derrick Davis]

Ditto what Ron said....the hulls are the same size.... per Darin. I remember Darin telling us that there was some misinformation on the Horizon site early on but they corrected it. The difference (as stated here by others) is the Mystic comes with a stainless steel prop, 60 amp esc and an offset rudder. These were all things that the original Geico owners did not have and either changed or upgraded too.
I took my Mystic out today in some light chop and it performed very well! I do like the fact that the battery trays are longer so you could move the batteries fore or aft depending on the water conditions.

[BondoBob]

How fast do you think it goes?

[stony30]

Got my mystic this past Friday. Running it with 5000mah, 40c lipos . I've had issues getting my pics to upload. I don't have a single negative thing to say about it. Looks fast just sitting in the water waiting for that trigger pull !! It is a blast to drive and handles the corners like its on rails. BUY one !!

[Derrick Davis]

Unfortunately, I do not have a gps to provide an accurate speed for the Mystic. If I had to guess I would say the Mystic is doing 43 ish....mph. All stock.

[gek1946]

Mystic 29

Will the Mystic 29 be able to run on 5s without any major changes or
what is the best 4s combination?

[stony30]

I would contact a tech at horizon for that answer !! I won't use my boat as a guinea pig sorry ...

[Darin Jordan]

I would contact a tech at horizon for that answer !! I won't use my boat as a guinea pig sorry ...

Their "Official" answer is going to be that the boat was designed for 4S, and anything beyond that is at the user's own risk.

The Motor will likely handle it... the ESC MIGHT, but you WILL be putting it at risk.

The stock 1800KV motor setup, out of the box, is pulling around 56A average current. It's right at the ESCs rating. We all know that this ESC WILL handle more, for awhile, anyhow, but you are taking a chance.

The stock MG with a good prop will easily do 40-43mph when well setup, and is capable of much faster if you push the prop selection. However, again, you are risking burning something up.

As they say, "Speed is Money, how fast do you want to go? $ $ $"... If you are looking for higher performance, it's just like any other RTR (Traxxas, Losi, etc...), you'll want to pop for a new ESC, and then a new Motor. There are lots of affordable options out there that will jump up the performance of this boat.

Hope you are enjoying it so far!

[stony30]

The "official" answer from someone who helped design the mystic is always a good thing . I personally love my "stock" mystic for now , but how many of us in this hobby be it cars, trucks, boats etc. ever keep things stock forever right ?? I'd say that i'll probably have maybe a dozen more runs added to my half a dozen before I take out the esc and motor and upgrade . Anybody interested in slightly used parts ?? :)

[stony30]

The "official" answer from someone who helped design the mystic is always a good thing . I personally love my "stock" mystic for now , but how many of us in this hobby be it cars, trucks, boats etc. ever keep things stock forever right ?? I'd say that i'll probably have maybe a dozen more runs added to my half a dozen before I take out the esc and motor and upgrade . Anybody interested in slightly used parts ?? :)

[stony30]

Ooops ...

[stony30]

Finally took some pics. A couple are kind of far. Zoom in if you can .