I just put 2 packs through this little Centurion. Its a fun little boat and I managed to keep it right way up the whole time. I was cautious in the turns though.
I have no other boating experience to compare this too. However it seemed to go pretty fast, it wasnt knee shaking fast and I think the speed will be ok for my 10 year old son when he gets his next week.
It gets up onto a plane pretty nicely but at low speed tends to porpoise.
There is a video but I wont even bother putting it up since my 10 year old son filmed it without actually filming it. He watches my RC but not through the camera so the camera is always pointing at NOTHING! little pain he is.
It is the sturt first. Start at neutral and go up until you lose bite. Then it can be a cog issue. Only change 1 thing at a time though. It is way quicker trust me.
They are a fun little boat and with the right now how you could make it seriously fast. The strut isnt adjustable but I am sure you could replace it with an adjustable one to get the porposing down to nil.
I forget your into nitro and gas, cos for more of us we alreday have the lipos and charger.
It would def fit in a backpack.
I am interested to know how it will turn if I remove the turn fins??
Yeah, it would be my first real one. I have built a few non-RC aeroflyte electric balsa boat kits. lol
The first electric boat I saw running, was at Ludenham model park in the 80's. It had a brushed motor and 20 sub C nicad cells, that was pretty fast.
40 Minutes of running from 4 batteries doesn't sound very enticing.
LD I am trying to lose it but no one to help me. I was looking for an esc and motor combo to go into a hull I have got, But I may have a look at one of them little bugger for the price.
Can you fit a bigger can on the mount? if so I'd go bigger. RC boat Bits sells the little leopards but more expensive then ebay from Honkers.
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