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Stavros

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RTR Boats
« on: September 16, 2007, 03:00:05 pm »
Right me being me decided with a sudden rush of blood to my gob,decided to buy a Speedy boat in Nautilus shop in Albert Dock Liverpool,well I thought to myself it got to be good cos it says MAYHEM on the box!!!!!!!!!
So I bought one,it is basically a Bat Boat,came with it was a charger,1800mah batt,controller,boat stand and a very good transfer sheet,inside was 2 x 380 motors and a speedcontroller/mixer and a spare pair of props.Now me being me initially thought well swap the motors for some speed 500's 2x esc a mixer and receiver as it looked a good hull.How wrong was I charged batts over night and took an extra 2 with me thinking the blurb was a load of pooh pooh,ins said at least 30 Min's from full charge ho did I laugh and HOW WRONG WAS I very wrong on all accounts.Last night whilst putting areal on tranny it would not fit so off came the holding screws and realign the nut which holds the areal and whilst rear of tranny off lets have a good look and law and behold there was a 40 meg crystal soldered to the circuit board wow a proper set!!!!!
Now on the lake this morning it was launched Whit the 7.2v pack throttle was sapplied and off it went oh and boy did it go,now as many of you know RTR 's have a notorious range NOT THIS ONE well over 200yds away it was still going strong with FULL control,so back it came at full chat after 10Min's flat out running it was bought in ho check how hot motors were they were blooming well cold!!! and it was bone dry insideThe 1800 mah batt kept going flat out for over 30Min's with various guys from our club trying it out.Me being em a speed freak decided oh how would it go on 8.2 or even 9.6 volts so 2 packs were borrowed from Robert Davies,first the 8.2 pack was tried well the difference was good when the 9.6v pack was used well all hell broke loose boy oh boy does it shift,and what amazed us all after 15Min's running I bought it in and OK the motors were warm but not excessively so now others in the club have got to have them!!!!
I would highly reccomend this boat to anyone wanting some speed in their lives especially with 9.2v one thing I would personally do is to disconnect the wires that are connected to the shafts for the simple reason that on full power turns it cuts out slightly this is because one shaft is out of the water and electrical contact is lost as it relies on water to make a circuit apart from that buy one and enjoy O0 O0 O0 O0 O0


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Re: RTR Boats
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2007, 03:01:10 pm »
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Re: RTR Boats
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2007, 03:53:24 pm »
Ive got one too  O0 well got 2 to be precise ::)

one is standard like yours and the other has a pair of 540's.



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Re: RTR Boats
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2007, 08:14:00 pm »
What's it like on the 540's ?
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« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2007, 08:37:57 pm »
Not that bad gets some speed up but she is too heavy to really get going i think.
Better off with a set of 400 race motors then she would fly along nicely O0

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Re: RTR Boats
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2007, 09:00:12 pm »
If it is on 7.2 v why not do as I did and try 9v it should fly

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Re: RTR Boats
« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2007, 09:55:57 pm »
I use a 2100mah 8.4v in the standard bat boat and use a 7.2v 1800mah in the upgraded boat.

Dont tend to use my fast electrics these days as they usually upset people if the lake is busy, only use them if the lake is empty that way i dont destroy others models.

Thinking about it a few of us on here have these so why not get a MAYHEM TEAM going in the fast electric racing stakes  O0 O0(just a thought)

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Re: RTR Boats
« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2007, 09:59:46 pm »
that sounds like an event for llanberis 2008 ;)
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Re: RTR Boats
« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2007, 09:56:37 pm »
Sounds good, but no mention of the cost?
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Re: RTR Boats
« Reply #9 on: September 17, 2007, 10:13:55 pm »
You can pick them up from Flea bay from £10 plus p+p
(most i have seen cost all in for around £25-£36)

Cheap fast FUN O0

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Re: RTR Boats
« Reply #10 on: September 17, 2007, 10:39:03 pm »
rules M shaped course, NO CONTACT, (yeah right!!!!) most laps in 5 mins basically
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Re: RTR Boats
« Reply #11 on: September 19, 2007, 10:55:25 pm »
Hi.. Im a newbie here so hope you dont mind my comments :-\

Ive had a couple of the EP speed boats that you refer to, they are fast & fun for what is a cheapish RTR boat!

I recently got this RTR boat from Howes

http://www.howesmodels.co.uk/RadioControl/viewProduct.php?ProdID=1832

for a ridiculous price of £25 & it wipes the floor with the EP boats it too has a pair of 380's just the same, sadly my motors packed up within a couple of weeks... maybe i was unlucky? the motors have alloy heatsinks whereas the EP boat I own has air cooling (Fins just infront of the props) so I guess this is why the motors keep cooler & havnt burnt out on me like the yacht has, for me the EP's are a great little boat.. but side by side the yacht would leave the EP standing, was very surprised :o
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Re: RTR Boats
« Reply #12 on: September 24, 2007, 09:27:51 pm »
If you were to organise a race between 3 or 4 of these, how do you change the frequencies, as they all seem to be on the same frequency, and as they do not have normal changeable crystals, or can you just solder alternative ones to the circuit boards?
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Re: RTR Boats
« Reply #13 on: February 18, 2008, 04:28:53 pm »
Has anyone had any experience with its big brother? Thinking of buying one and upgrading the motor, possibly adding a single 700 not two 550

http://www.howesmodels.co.uk/RadioControl/viewProduct.php?ProdID=1829
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Re: RTR Boats
« Reply #14 on: February 18, 2008, 05:57:18 pm »
Hi iv got a V24 look alike as well iv had it for some years now and it still works great  O0 She even works in a good chop which is ace for gettin alot of air  {-)

Id say i get around 25 mins of run time with a 2000 pack on 6 cells  :)

Im going to try the Atlantic soon  O0

All the best
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Re: RTR Boats
« Reply #15 on: February 18, 2008, 07:09:25 pm »

I hate being confused.
Could you please tell me (maybe others) what an RTR is, and what do all the other "in" abreviations mean? Just want to learn! BY.
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Re: RTR Boats
« Reply #16 on: February 18, 2008, 07:34:40 pm »
RTR= Ready to Run
ARTR= Almost ready to run

You won't be interested in these Bryan, somebody else builds them and you run them - but quite a lot of people are happy with this, instant gratification!
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Re: RTR Boats
« Reply #17 on: February 18, 2008, 07:54:18 pm »
Do you need to change the radios in this type of boat?
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« Reply #18 on: February 18, 2008, 08:18:25 pm »
RTR  "usually" come with radio but they always state 'what else is needed'.

Another one is ARTF - Almost Ready to Fly or Almost Ready To FLOAT!  ;)
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Re: RTR Boats
« Reply #19 on: February 18, 2008, 09:39:22 pm »
Yes in some of them,this is due to the fact that you cant change the crystal.Some of them have no range and others get swamped by the proper frequencys.And before anyone asks no I dont know which ones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One excellent RTR is the Ripmax Interceptor as this comes with a proper 27mhz controller and one can change frequencies


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« Reply #20 on: February 18, 2008, 11:03:34 pm »
Quote from: Colin Bishop on February 18, 2008, 07:34:40 pm
RTR= Ready to Run
ARTR= Almost ready to run

You won't be interested in these Bryan, somebody else builds them and you run them - but quite a lot of people are happy with this, instant gratification!
First time I have heard you being patronising. I only asked because I didn't know. Got the huff now. BY.
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« Reply #21 on: February 18, 2008, 11:06:08 pm »
I can do "patronising" sometimes Bryan - just trying to head you off at the pass!  {-)
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« Reply #22 on: February 18, 2008, 11:18:25 pm »
bri, I stand by CB here, You like your scratch models, hence "wont be interested....", besides it's a cheap and simple way of getting someone into the hobby, you buy an RTR, sail it, then make a kit, sail that, then scratch or semi scratch.

nice one C B ;)
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« Reply #23 on: February 19, 2008, 09:52:56 am »
Can someone clarify this term 'Scratch building' for me please?
I assume it is like lottery scratch cards so you get a boat covered in a plastc film which you scrape off to reveal a RTR boat. Sounds so much easier than ARTF where you have to plug some bits in yourself. No wonder some people are keen on it.  ;D
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« Reply #24 on: February 19, 2008, 09:58:36 am »
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you get a boat covered in a plastc film which you scrape off to reveal a RTR boat.
And there is real skill involved here, removing the shrink wrap without scratching the paint or breaking the bits off. {-)
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