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are you trying to say that your building a 200+ mph boat now???I managed to find myself interested in RC Boats recently.
It is an interesting world. The RC guys in the boat world are for the most part in the 60-90 age range.
Nearly all are competitive racers so they like to hold their secrets. Propellers being the biggest area of secret.
Most of the props are made with an alloy containing beryllium which is highly toxic so few people mod the props themselves.
The majority of the guys are ol' gas/nitro guys and struggle with electrics. A few have embraced electrics and are doing well.
I am hoping to learn more and help grow this side of the hobby. Current issue I see is the community's attitude, and then the fact that all the RTR stuff is plastic junk compared to the fiberglass and carbon fiber stuff you have to build yourself. TFL seems to be one of the few big brands selling decent RTR stuff. Also boats are not cheap. Anything decent starts above $600. With Catamarans using 2 motors, 2 ESCs they can go well beyond $1200 easily.
Similar to RC cars many of the boats want to blow over above 70 mph. That is ok for most racers as they run an oval track and rarely go over 65mph. Hydroplanes and very narrow catamarans do a little better at high speeds, but outriggers riggers do best. They literally fly over the water just barely skimming the surface.
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This is a good way to spend $$
Now I have 4 kids so they don’t see much action anymore
This is how I roll most of the time now
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This is a good way to spend $$
Now I have 4 kids so they don’t see much action anymore
This is how I roll most of the time now
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I noticed the same thing here with the boat crowd. On Sunday mornings in the summer they show up at a lake near me. 6am. No one is younger than 60yo. LOL. I use to laugh because my then 6yo son was wondering why old men play with boats. Im old and only play with Rc cars. I need a boat now also. And they don't come cheap either. But any surface radio you have will work.I managed to find myself interested in RC Boats recently.
It is an interesting world. The RC guys in the boat world are for the most part in the 60-90 age range.
Nearly all are competitive racers so they like to hold their secrets. Propellers being the biggest area of secret.
Most of the props are made with an alloy containing beryllium which is highly toxic so few people mod the props themselves.
The majority of the guys are ol' gas/nitro guys and struggle with electrics. A few have embraced electrics and are doing well.
I am hoping to learn more and help grow this side of the hobby. Current issue I see is the community's attitude, and then the fact that all the RTR stuff is plastic junk compared to the fiberglass and carbon fiber stuff you have to build yourself. TFL seems to be one of the few big brands selling decent RTR stuff. Also boats are not cheap. Anything decent starts above $600. With Catamarans using 2 motors, 2 ESCs they can go well beyond $1200 easily.
Similar to RC cars many of the boats want to blow over above 70 mph. That is ok for most racers as they run an oval track and rarely go over 65mph. Hydroplanes and very narrow catamarans do a little better at high speeds, but outriggers riggers do best. They literally fly over the water just barely skimming the surface.
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