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22" Blazingly Fast Balaenoptera Musculus Racing RC Boat is the fastest RC Boat in our Electric Powered Speed RC Boat category. This beast is powered by PC twin propellers. Power comes from a included standard Sub C 7.2V rechargeable Ni-Cd pack as used in other Tamiya cars. With it's vector-push design, it can reach a speed of 25+mph! Fast turning radius. Plastic construction. It has an operating range up to 300 feet. If it goes any farther, you can't even see the boat. It has a running time of 20-30 minutes. It comes included with all of the necessary components such as rechargeable battery pack and AC adapter. However it requires eight (8) "AA" batteries for the remote. We give it both thumbs up! Please note that color may vary from the image shown above.
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119 of 123 people found the following review helpful
By J. Blilie
Amazon Verified Purchase
Durability:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
4.0 out of 5 stars
This is a very fun, fast little boat. I am enjoying it very much. Easy to put together (battery pack, install the antenna mast (a plastic tube), and screw in the antenna on the sending unit.) It goes fast and is easy to control.
Controls are very simple, really just two switches: left engine one/off and right engine on/off. The control box has: go, forward on the left control and right or left turn on the right control. The left control switches both engine to full on (no throttle control, just full-on/off) and the right control shuts off one engine or the other (left or right), to turn. It turns quite tightly (without a rudder.) But by "pulsing" the left or right control, you can make the boat execute broader turns. It gets up and planes almost instantly. It's quite fast. At the beginning of a full charge, it might be doing the advertised 25 mph. 15 mph is more like it most the time.
The good: Price! Runs well, easy to use, seems to have good RF range, fast, tough hull, ships very little water. Be sure to pour out the water and leave it open to dry out between runs.
The negative: Short battery life. I'd guess I'm getting 15 minutes of operation with a full charge. It takes about 5 hours to charge. I have been looking for spare battery packs and couldn't find any. I ended up buying parts and I will be making my own battery packs (try BatterySpace.com and Radical RC online.) Runs on a set of 6 standard "Sub C" cells, wired in series, with a shrink wrap around it and a connector used for Tamiya RC cars. The RC hand unit requires 8 AA cells.
Controls are very simple, really just two switches: left engine one/off and right engine on/off. The control box has: go, forward on the left control and right or left turn on the right control. The left control switches both engine to full on (no throttle control, just full-on/off) and the right control shuts off one engine or the other (left or right), to turn. It turns quite tightly (without a rudder.) But by "pulsing" the left or right control, you can make the boat execute broader turns. It gets up and planes almost instantly. It's quite fast. At the beginning of a full charge, it might be doing the advertised 25 mph. 15 mph is more like it most the time.
The good: Price! Runs well, easy to use, seems to have good RF range, fast, tough hull, ships very little water. Be sure to pour out the water and leave it open to dry out between runs.
The negative: Short battery life. I'd guess I'm getting 15 minutes of operation with a full charge. It takes about 5 hours to charge. I have been looking for spare battery packs and couldn't find any. I ended up buying parts and I will be making my own battery packs (try BatterySpace.com and Radical RC online.) Runs on a set of 6 standard "Sub C" cells, wired in series, with a shrink wrap around it and a connector used for Tamiya RC cars. The RC hand unit requires 8 AA cells.
57 of 60 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
Durability:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This boat is fast! I purchased it for my 9 year old son for Christmas and he loves it. The boat is extremely fast, with nice sharp turns, responds to the controller immediately. Highly recommend this RC boat. Durable too, as one time the propellers got caught in some plastic netting, we got it free and nothing was broken or damaged. Seller is excellent to deal with. Only negative on this boat: the battery. Battery loses charge each time you use it and it only gives you about 30 minutes play time before it runs low.
69 of 77 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
Durability:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I was looking for a boat for a friendly family race over the 4th of July. Did not want to spend a bunch of money on it, and some calls to local hobby shops were very discouraging. Based on the positive review I saw here, I took a chance and ordered it.
Wow... the boat is quick. Do not expect to use this in a kiddie pool. The boat can only go forward, and turns by cutting power to one of the two props. Don't lets its turning method discourage you I was shocked at how tight the turns were. I would estimate a turning radius of 2 feet or so.
The only down side is the charge time vs play time, but even then it is great fun and well worth it. And yes I kicked everyone's tail at our race ;-)
Wow... the boat is quick. Do not expect to use this in a kiddie pool. The boat can only go forward, and turns by cutting power to one of the two props. Don't lets its turning method discourage you I was shocked at how tight the turns were. I would estimate a turning radius of 2 feet or so.
The only down side is the charge time vs play time, but even then it is great fun and well worth it. And yes I kicked everyone's tail at our race ;-)
Most Recent Customer Reviews
2.0 out of 5 stars
Radio Remote Boat
Unfortunately this product looked like it was well packaged but upon opening it there seemed to be missing or broken pieces. Read more
Published 7 days ago by jazmin
5.0 out of 5 stars
So good I bought another one!
Bought for my son. First day out of package he rams it into the side of the pool busting the nose/plastic. Nothing duct tape can not fix! Read more
Published 9 days ago by Justin M. Baker
1.0 out of 5 stars
this boat didn't work so well
This boat worked about two times. Then, it stopped working. We do not know why. Could be that water got inside as it was not so water-tight. Read more
Published 11 days ago by BLTH
1.0 out of 5 stars
DEAD ON ARRIVAL!
DEAD ON ARRIVAL!
1. Item arrived on schedule
2. Unpackaged item
3. Read instruction manual
4. Charged battery for proper amount of time
5. Read more
1. Item arrived on schedule
2. Unpackaged item
3. Read instruction manual
4. Charged battery for proper amount of time
5. Read more
Published 12 days ago by Scott C
1.0 out of 5 stars
Piece of Junk do not purchase
This boat only worked for 30 seconds and then shut off.............do not purchase looks cool and cheap.......definately cheap and piece of junk............ Read more
Published 17 days ago by Martin Fay
1.0 out of 5 stars
Broken propeller?
When I got this boat I took it to the pond and it only went left it didn't go forward.
Published 21 days ago by ems
1.0 out of 5 stars
One good run
This boat looks nice and goes fast. Turns well. It was a gift to my husband. We got one good run out of it and the battery and motor were sitting in water (inside the boat). Read more
Published 1 month ago by Lisa Morris
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent boat!
My son says: "It's very good and very cool because it didn't break!"
We short listed about 4 boats on Amazon for under $50 and after reviewing all of them and... Read more
We short listed about 4 boats on Amazon for under $50 and after reviewing all of them and... Read more
Published 1 month ago by JasonE
5.0 out of 5 stars
amazing remote boat
This boat is super easy to set up and really fast! Love it! Great fun for any body of water except the ocean!
Published 1 month ago by C. Keith
3.0 out of 5 stars
Here's the catch
The boat operates by both propellers being in the water, thereby completing the electric circuit, causing the remote to work. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Nader
