Leaky resin FootRocket

Yami-Rider

TigerCraft FV-PRO
Location
Texoma
Update: krash will be replacing the hull.

I bought my Krash FootRocket from the original owner after he used it for about 3 months, it was in mint condition, maybe a tiny mark here or there. When i was building the ski, I noticed some tan colored sticky/gooey stuff in a few places by the nose of hull, (I thought) this is weird, i guess 1st owner spilled some glue and it never setup, no biggy, actone and gone(or so i thought :eek:) After after a few rides on my new pride and joy, I noticed some more of that gooey stuff on the front right side of the ski..."oops i guess i missed some, acetone and done"....(1 Week later) It showed up again in the same area, by this time I figured out the gooey stuff was factory resin that wasn't mixed properly and was oozing from her core :eek::eek::(:(.
I emailed Nick (owner of Krash) previously discussing ride plate options, he always responded... Well i emailed him multiple photos on a few occasions(emails months apart showing the damage becoming worse), hoping maybe for some advice or something... he did email me back once out of those few emails and said: "Looks like repair work has been done to that hull"....(Thinking) Ok...thanks for the help.... I told him no repair work has been done to the hull, I had to fiberglass the rideplate so it would fit properly(1st owner used washers as a spacer, I didnt like that), but other then that, no glass has touch this ski...Few more photos, no reply... Well I'm on my own, no surprise... Maybe if i paid full retail(first owner) I would of had better customer service....
Time to put away for a few months for winter... (This season starts, yay!) Fast Forward a month, (starting to get hot out) I go out to the shop to get my ski ready for the weekend, to my surprise, there is resin dripping onto my trailer from the bondrail :(. Well, this sucks..I noticed the rail was starting to crack in this area and was soft :eek:, I knew that i needed to do something about it soon...
(another month goes by) Getting my ski ready for a little get together on my lake, I was replacing some turf, the factory turf was starting to get a little beat down. I had the ski lifted up at and angle, so i looked at the bottom to see the condition of the paint... I saw water dripping from the bottom of the hull, I found two cracks on the bottom, under the engine (sickening). Well $#*$, I have to fix that before this weekend, so i flipped the ski, and while i was there I fixed the leaky resin spot on the bondrail. The hull made it almost a season and a half without cracking, not too impressed, I was never harder on this ski then my superjet. My superjet made it threw many years of riding, with not one crack, but i did reinforce the hull. Oh and this Footrocket has the "Surf Layup"...

Picture time:

This is after already trying to wipe it off a few times..
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Its back...
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Resin on my trailer

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and again, now i can really start to see a crack
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Wiped off, but will return again soon..
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Yami-Rider

TigerCraft FV-PRO
Location
Texoma
The paint looks bad on the bottom, that's because i painted bottom during the off season(Paint was a little scratch up from the 1st season), but messed up on my prep, so it is coming off in chunks.

Crack 1
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Crack 2
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YES! I always wanted to cut threw the side of a high a/m hull...

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Yami-Rider

TigerCraft FV-PRO
Location
Texoma
No surprise... The glass i was cutting out, was soft and sticky.. As most of you know, when you cut/grind fiberglass, it turns into a fine powder (normally)
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Repaired :D:D. I used epoxy resin mixed with chopped glass/milled fibers then dyed black. Folded a piece of biaxial to keep the resin from pouring into the engine bay.
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Bobert540

Site Supporter
Location
Rockford,MI
That sucks to see, especially the customer service part. The Krash hulls ride great but the quality is not worth the price imo. Most people won't speak up. I would rather know about quirks of each "latest and greatest" hull then to pay a lot of money for smoke in mirrors.
 

Yami-Rider

TigerCraft FV-PRO
Location
Texoma
The crack repair work. Had to grind down a couple layers to get rid of the loose stuff

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Oh, also found a crack in the rideplate

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Yami-Rider

TigerCraft FV-PRO
Location
Texoma
This is what i found during the first season of the hulls life. The glass was starting to droop down and get resin all over my fuel tank etc.


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I can see resin on my rrp breather tubs, so i assume there is more repair work to come
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Ended up ripping off that soft glass by the fuel tank

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New resin spot...

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No exterior cracks yet, plan on cutting out all the bad glass from the engine bay this winter.

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Not sure why this area(rear engine bay) is separating, its not soft, nor does it leak resin, more winter repair work..

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Vumad

Super Hero, with a cape!
Location
St. Pete, FL
My on the part method works well if you find a large area that needs to be reconstructed. The rest is just regular repair work like you are doing.
 

DAG

Yes, my balls tickled from that landing
Location
Charlotte, NC
Note to self: I wanted to demo a reaper, I don't now. There's something to be said about buy a hull from a builder you can drive to. Looks like someone forgot to put hardener in the mix.
 
Note to self: I wanted to demo a reaper, I don't now. There's something to be said about buy a hull from a builder you can drive to. Looks like someone forgot to put hardener in the mix.
Man so did I. Id still demo one but wouldnt consider forking out $6500+ now. Thats too bad. In this small market 1 bad review can knock a business to its knees...
 
I paid full retail for my footrocket about two years ago and never had any luck reaching out to Nick. I had a handful of problems when building mine. Every insert was weak, missing inserts in other places, crappy ride plate alignment, pump shoe was installed with elmers glue.
 
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westjon86

Blast eet!
Location
Philly
That is terrible. Knock on wood. I love my footrocket and its been extremely durable for me. I've hit rocks and flopped it more times than I can count without a single crack. I had ride plate fitment issues also. Main complaint I've had from engine and ski builders is the lack of air supply from just pole breather tubes and no hood vents. Maybe the new 50 cal version will address that :).
 
Location
England
This is the reason why i haven't bought a Krash Hull. The first Predetors to hit the UK are all F**cked!!! Nick Barton has treated one of my best riding buddies like poop even though his ski fell apart. Trim/water tubes held in with silicone and just pulled out, tray not sealed and full of builders foam, pump bolt inserts not sealed....the list goes on. Cost him around £800 ($1500) to put right with no help from Krash.

I love how they ride and look and if the quailty was better i'd buy one......Until then i'll spend many years trying to smash my Evo up.
 

Yami-Rider

TigerCraft FV-PRO
Location
Texoma
I thought it was just me on the rideplate fitment issue, I had to put a few layers of glass to fill the voids, not sure why this issue hasn't been resolved at factory. Would literally take an extra 2 minutes to build it right the first time.


I also love how the footrocket handles, my favorite short ski I have ridden. Just wish their quailty control was more like RRP. My friend predator I help build is solid.
 

Schmidty721

someone turf my rails
Location
WI
Have you reached out to the US Krash dealers?
I've had some issues with my AM hulls and I fully disclosed everything in my build thread.
There needs to be an anonymous thread to call people out on this poop. Or people just need to speak up when they buy something that is junk.

Sorry your in this hard spot, man. I've been there and it just takes all the fun out of the sport.
 
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