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[tony23]

has anybody bought one of those speed boats on Ebay that are held in the palm of a hand I see they are sold from Hong Kong and sell for 99p plus £4.99 postage

[andyn]

I would politely but strongly advise against it.

[Martin (Admin)]

Lets just say they don't whizz along and have a radio range of about 3 feet!......  :(

[OMK]

I want three!
With a bit of imagination maybe you could stick 'em where the wheels are on model 'planes and use 'em as water skids.

(Oi!... I heard that!)

[Tug-Kenny RIP]

Ideal to hang over the back of a tug, when the captain wants to go water skiing.    Now, where have I heard that before.

The scale looks to be about 1/24, perhaps it could be used as deck clutter. ::)

ken
 

[Guy Bagley]

ok, i confess i bought one for my 3 yr old son to play with in the bath.....when he was younger, from a UK seller by the way


thats the only place they work !- in the bath or in the sink !- i would never risk it in open water outdoors...it will be tears before bedtime if you do... they ship water easily,

the freeboard is minimal, the prop and motor is also tiny and speed is not tantilizing ! god forbid you ever encountered a current in the water or a ripple, never mind a wave.....- but the biggest problem is the radio !- it just said 27mhz....... and it seems it pretty much used all of it !

range was about  10 feet at best,

good fun for kids i paid about £5 for it all in- it lasted about 6 months

they charge from the tiny transmitter and run for about 1 to 2 minutes on each charge

[SteamboatPhil]

I rescued one at Wicksteed this year, all of 5 ft from the bank, cute though

[tony23]

AAhhhh! I thought somebody must have bought one but I am surprised they have no range I just wondered what they must be like as I have not seen any on the ponds yet. I'm surprised at no range as I have probably the equivalent in a helicopter which uses the tranny to charge it and I can fly that in a large hall for some distance.

[Guy Bagley]

my son has a picco Z tiny chopper too, thats 40 mhz ...... the range is better on the choppers for some reason....