Anyone Drive RC Boats? I show pics my boats now

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Most People Fly when it comes to RC
Planes is the Biggest market right?

Cars is also Very Popular offcourse.

RC Boats ?
I think not so many do this?

They are big, hard take out to sea,
also not so fun if something goes wrong, like engine stop or so.
Depending where you live, you have frozen Sea Winter time.
And also not every one have close to Sea.

This is why RC BOAT is so rare i think =?

Okey i love them.
I live almost at sea, i can walk only, and my vacation house is right at lake, i have private beach there.

i SHARE couple pictures

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Here you can see . This is My Gas boat, 29cc, tuned pipe.
My car there is my Yokomo 1/10 4wd buggy just for size compare.

Under the deck:
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I have also change the Steering Servo to a lot better 20kg Sävox digital , coreless
This is RTR Boat from beginning. If i remember right the original servo was just china junk 10kg metal gear

Okey then my next Boat.
This i Shame show you
Because it looks like CRAP. Peace of poop,.
Anyway i love this boat alot .
This is Brushless. Leopard 42size engine 6s
esc 180a Marine 6s
I have dual 3s 40c lipos in this.
This boat is so fast and cool. Also so stabile.
I have race and won alot agains Traxxas Spartan boats 6s.
My boat is MUCH BETTER HANDLING. also a bit faster :)
This is Custom build boat special.

Now i am doing restoration.
I will make this Boat look like new again.
I have start already , i take off every thing
then i go sandpaper in and outside.
Then i will try paint it very nice also,
I will change colors also.

I have about 10 RC Boats in my life.
My fastest one was Custom build Nitro boat, large , huge, 30 size special tuned nitro engine the best money can buy that time. Total price this boat was about 4000 in Dollar us.
sick

AND THE MOST SICK THING.
THIS boat was stolen from me.
The badguys took one scooter, two bikes, 4 nice RC CARS that special boat , and tools.
Police never find nothing.
And i had right that time so much work, i have start my third company that time.
I work like 15h day that time, right there when i start my third company,
i was millionaire then
So i never call insurance either.

I lost this stuff, got nothing.

oh sorry now the picture the UGLY BL Boat im restoration now anyway:
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yes i was so goddamn busy that time, third own company, and this was also Season time for my kind of business that time, the phone call after 1-2 seconds , new customer when you finish talk.
It was so sick
nice money

today i need close my business.
This don't work anymore in my country .


WHAT BOAT or BOATS RC you drive ?
pics also is fun see :)

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About durability

My electric boats must belong to one of the toughest in World i think.
Because:
I have this boat LONG TIME.
about 6years ago i drive this my first vaccation day after 3year hard work
i lost everything for 4-6 seconds.
I only had 50% controll of my body, and also my sight was darken alot like 50% i can see only.
This was stress related.
Right there i did drive this Brushless boat maxspeed.
I Crash it very bad.
The hull/deck fly away, also my lipos fly away and almost hit my face one of them.

I fix everything, and run again after one day.
Today i have not stress so much,
i have never got blackouts after this.
Im happy for this.
It was not fun.

I believe the boat run about 40mph atleast when it hit my Bridge.
This was very very horrible crash.
I was like 100% shure there is nothing left anymore when i got back in full controll after 4-6 seconds.
The cool thing is
I only need put little Epoxy, and paint in the nose little.
Lipos was also fine , they land on the beach :).
Only one little wood thing broke of,
i have never mind this,
now i will make new in balsa wood, and fix it.
Also i need build better servo holder.
epoxy glue som old rc car servoholder, i have couple over :)

My friend was there with his Spartan Boat and see all this happen.
He was so chocked .
We both laugh about that boat was so nice anyway after this sick crash before he drive me to Hospital. Check what was wrong with me.

This boat weight alot.
Atleast tripple more weight than spartan trx boat does.
They are pretty much same in size.
This is why my boat is so stabile, you can easy run it in smal waves also very very fast.
The combo works great also.
I have drive this about 150 times

edit 2
I forgott tell the funniest part of this RC Boat Crash story:
My Bridge got more Damage than my RC Boat.
LOL
After this i need change one of the front wood panels :)
There was MORE damage actually than my RC Boat Hull got in Front Nose :) LOL
 
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OH yeah! I have a Proboat Sonic wake 36, Miss Geico 29 and Stealthwake. TFL Pursuit and Cheetah. LOVE my boats! Just did a vid a couple days ago on my Pursuit and Cheetah! 69mph with the Pursuit. ?
 
My kid has been getting me wound up about boats. It started with a vid of a Thrasher V3. Oh man I love that boat, then I saw the price so nope. But we've been looking at some Pro Boats, it just has to be fast and nimble. Also I'd prefer self-righting so I'm not swimming every time I go ham on the throttle.
 
RC Car drivers-

Please Buy a RC BOAT Brushless.
They are fast, good, and cheap today many of decent boats under 500us

The bigger huge boat go from 600us , like gasoline boats that is worth buy , decent good quality also.

you can go to Supermarket buy little children floating animal or small boat.
CATCHT the boat if something happens.

this almost neve happen, if you drive brushless.
2-4 Times i have need help get the boat back.
My friend with other RC boat push them easy back always. :)
Yes i have done the same to him Couple times .
Offcourse we help
LOL

RC Boat after a while when you drive it and found no problems. then you start trust you new thing also more.
And you start love your Boat more and more.
Also you will later feel another feeling than after you drive car

FRESH SEA AIR IS BEST YOU CAN BREATHE

iF you live close sea/lake , then you must buy one and try !
If you have longer to sea/lake, ,but you have real 1/1 car, then this is easy
just hit the road,
its worth drive 1hour away if you come to some nice lake.

You maybe need alot charged lipos only :)

if you have 6s boat you need have like 6 3s lipos or 3 6s lipos atleast.

Stay and swim also.
BBQ
,maybe fish little also.

also chill

family likes this also.

kids love see fast rc boats
 
One of the guys from Ultimate RC gave me this boat. I played with it once and got bored before the battery even started to show signs of slowing down.
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RC Car drivers-

Please Buy a RC BOAT Brushless.
They are fast, good, and cheap today many of decent boats under 500us

The bigger huge boat go from 600us , like gasoline boats that is worth buy , decent good quality also.

you can go to Supermarket buy little children floating animal or small boat.
CATCHT the boat if something happens.

this almost neve happen, if you drive brushless.
2-4 Times i have need help get the boat back.
My friend with other RC boat push them easy back always. :)
Yes i have done the same to him Couple times .
Offcourse we help
LOL

RC Boat after a while when you drive it and found no problems. then you start trust you new thing also more.
And you start love your Boat more and more.
Also you will later feel another feeling than after you drive car

FRESH SEA AIR IS BEST YOU CAN BREATHE

iF you live close sea/lake , then you must buy one and try !
If you have longer to sea/lake, ,but you have real 1/1 car, then this is easy
just hit the road,
its worth drive 1hour away if you come to some nice lake.

You maybe need alot charged lipos only :)

if you have 6s boat you need have like 6 3s lipos or 3 6s lipos atleast.

Stay and swim also.
BBQ
,maybe fish little also.

also chill

family likes this also.

kids love see fast rc boats
Sounds like we are having fun.:coffee:
I had 2 boats brand new and I miss them too. A red one and a blue and white one. They looked like very fast boats just sitting in their boat stands on the shelf. Mommy threw them in the trash before we got to run them on the lake with many Turtles and Ducks too. I don't even know if they were very very fast boats. I guess my son and I will never know how fast they truly were.:cry:
The only memories of those 2 new boats, long gone, are the spare speed props that came with them. I hid them away in my RC tool box. And I wont let Mommy take them away from me no more. She doesn't know I still keep them for the memories of dreaming what it would be like to drive my 2 Radio Shack speed boats. Just my son and I on the lake with the Ducks and Turtles.:whistle:
 
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My kid has been getting me wound up about boats. It started with a vid of a Thrasher V3. Oh man I love that boat, then I saw the price so nope. But we've been looking at some Pro Boats, it just has to be fast and nimble. Also I'd prefer self-righting so I'm not swimming every time I go ham on the throttle.
The RC boat club on the lake nearby has a dedicated RC tow boat on call for capsized boats. It has a special hook system that can pretty much tow any boat back to shore. It was a custom scratch built scale looking Tow boat modeled after a 1:1. It looks like a Tug boat with a deep hull. Its slow but powerful. RC boating is in a realm by itself. These guys are a different crowd. They take their RC boats very seriously!
Most know nothing about RC cars at all. :) I wish I still had my 2 boats. I miss them.
 
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The RC boat club on the lake nearby has a dedicated RC tow boat on call for capsized boats. It has a special hook system that can pretty much tow any boat back to shore. It was a custom scratch built scale looking Tow boat modeled after a 1:1. It looks like a Tug boat with a deep hull. Its slow but powerful. RC boating is in a realm by itself. These guys are a different crowd. They take their RC boats very seriously!
Most know nothing about RC cars at all. :) I wish I still had my 2 boats. I miss them.
We get together at our local lake for RC boating just about every Saturday weather permitting and have 3 dedicated rescue rigs there...
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My wife actually suggested buying a cheaper $60 one with it to push it back. Problem with those little 9 inch boats is we have fish that'll eat it.

They have a MSRP $350 boat for 179 I think it's called a Valvryn, but it's being discontinued or something. It's on clearance.

The UL-19 is beautiful but more than I want to pay for something without wheels. Kind of digging on the Shockwave, Recoil and the BlackJack
 
Knew a guy that was into boats, he never needed a floaty or canoe to get his boats, he had a lab to retrieve his boats. He would swim out and gently push them in with his nose. It was cool as F and blew my mind.
 
Knew a guy that was into boats, he never needed a floaty or canoe to get his boats, he had a lab to retrieve his boats. He would swim out and gently push them in with his nose. It was cool as F and blew my mind.
Awesome. I would love to see that!
 
Someone was telling me their boating club drew straws as to who had to wear the waders lol
 
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