Today the screws came loose that hold the motor in again.  When this happens for some reason all the power is gone, now sure when a slightly loose motor would loose all power, but it does.

This is close to what I am looking for…

They have a complete set $199

http://www.ikarus-modellbau.de/onlineshop/usa/index.php?sid=0b4d50b8e1eb81a99ca8157139e6a301&cl=details&cnid=&anid=a194374b4c5568181.38683121

Then you can buy a motor and battery separately $129.90

http://www.ikarus-modellbau.de/onlineshop/usa/index.php?sid=0b4d50b8e1eb81a99ca8157139e6a301&cl=details&cnid=&anid=a194374b08ee599e0.53540216

Then you can buy the body kit also $59.90

http://www.ikarus-modellbau.de/onlineshop/usa/index.php?sid=0b4d50b8e1eb81a99ca8157139e6a301&cl=details&cnid=&anid=a194374b01e3e3d73.89177737

The manual they have is in German, and it would be nice to have a little customer support if you had questions,

Plus I don’t really like the look of the boat, the prop is nice and high, which I do like, but the extra wing thing on the top looks a little goofy to me.

October 28, 2007

Had to buy a set of allan wrenches to try and work on the motor which lost all it’s power the last time I used it.

Turns out that the motor mount is connected at the back of the motor to a second piece of aluminum with two tiny little screws.

You have to use a 1.5 mm allan wrench to tighten them,

And then they worked loose the first time I used it.  So I am going to have to try and come up with some way to hold it on there better.

The gorilla glue worked pretty good on the foam, I may try it too and see what happens.

If not then maybe some kind of epoxy, because it really does not need to ever come off.  I would have no way to replace the motor if anything ever happened to it anyway, so the mount would be useless if the motor went out.

The second Idea I had was to buy some bolts that were the same size as the tiny little screws, then they could be tightened down more.  Of course I have no idea where I could possibly buy anything like that.

I was thinking about trying to build my own hydro, but I can see that it would just be a royal pain.

I could see buying a couple of them, then if different parts broke I could take them off one hydro and put them on another, but to fabricate new parts or even to just try and buy a replacement is way more then I want to try and tackle.

I just realized what I need is a list of current sites that sell kits, and sites that sell completed RTF (ready to fly) hydrofoams.