I saw a guy running one of these FT012 boats at the lake and bought a couple for my 15 yo son and i to play with. Lots of fun, they are really fast for a 12" boat!
Brushless electric, 11.1V Lipo's with water cooled ESC and motor for 75 bucks.

Skip forward on the Videos to get to when the boats are running.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPUddpgbQtM

Then i had to step up to the FT011, a bit faster and much bigger. Same deal, water cooled ESC and Motor, 55KMH.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X4pMk8XDOw

Then i had to step up one more time....

80KMH, too bad mine had a Hull defect and snapped the whole boat in half about 1 minute into it's Maiden voyage.

Hooked a wave at the nose and should have just tumbled....instead, it snapped in half and the bow sank. I sent it back for a replacement, that was a bad Mofo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f0Aun0Lv4E

Anyways, who plays with RC boats? It's just my current twitch but the boy and i are having fun with them.

I have a sailboat I haven't used for years. About three feet long with about a four foot mast.

You don't spend enough money shooting?

The ft011 looks like tons of fun and its only 100 bucks, I might have to buy one

The FT012 is 74 bucks and comes with a battery here.

https://hobbyking.com/en_us/ft012-brush ... -plug.html

Remember you will need more batteries. Size matters, they have to fit the Battery Box.

You want these....http://www.ebay.com/itm/2Pcs-Upgraded-H ... Swwo1XfMLu

Yeah, they come from China...but so do most electronics and batteries.

They are 2700MaH and will give almost 8 minutes of run time. The stock ones are 1800MaH

These work well too, and are shipped from the US.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2X-Floureon-3S- ... Sw0hlZNkNo

The FT011 being bigger is cool. 14.8V 3s Lipo's and about 10-15 KMH faster.

I have a five foot long RC speed boat with a Zenoah 2 stroke engine.

Its been in my garage attic for 5 years collecting dust. I would love to sell it to someone that will use it.

I have some smaller rc jetboats. Tons of cars/trucks/buggies and crawlers.

Its time to thin the herd tho.

Slight thread hijack...

PM me if one of those cars you want to thin out is an RC10 T3. My nephew just broke the chassis on mine and finding a new one is a tough proposition.

Back on topic...

Those RC boats are seriously fast! Looks like some good fun!


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5 foot long two stroke engine?? Damn....too much boat for me. I need to send you some paperwork my friend, not to mention i have tuning files for the car PCM.

I have an,,,,,,,

Associated RC10 B4 2wd buggy.

Associated SC10 4x4 Short course truck.

Ofna SC10 4x4 Short course truck.

Losi XXX 2wd buggy.

And some others Im forgetting that I will get rid of. All are loaded with aftermarket goodies. The wife and I raced heavily for awhile.

Im gonna keep our crawlers and bashers tho. But all the track rigs are gonna go down the road.

Yeah after running life size full scale BBC jetboats, the RC just wasnt the thrill I envisioned.

The new brushless/lipo stuff is insane.

I would love to get the paper goods from ya. Next time I head north I will give ya a jingle.

I used to run a Losi XXT buggy and a GTX Gas truck back in the day. My buddy has a full track on his property....still does, close to Pacific Raceways.
Good times.