Sea Hawk Radio Control Boat

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7 x 10.1 x 20.2 inches ; 2.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• ASIN: B00000JQ35
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: 19010
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #467,780 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

Remote-control vehicles come in a seemingly limitless variety (boats, planes, trains, trucks, cars, all-terrain vehicles) and range widely in complexity. The Sea Hawk, a small racer with an open cabin and roll bar, is the perfect boat to take along on a lakeside vacation: just right for canals, small lakes, and slow rivers and ponds. The body is streamlined and decorated with a large sea hawk on both sides. The boat picks up exhilarating speed moving forward, and appropriately slows down in reverse. The left/right control is smooth and is set up for competitive racing, with two frequency bands. A display stand is included with this impressive vessel. --Sandy Hirsch

Product Description

Designed for pools, ponds and small lakes, the Sea Hawk is a powerful R/C boat that you have full control over. The full-function remote features forward, reverse cruising, left and right turns, and stop controls. Comes complete with a stand so you can display the Sea Hawk when you're not racing it. At 1:27 scale, the Sea Hawk measures approximately 14 inches long. Requires 6 "AA" and 1 "9V" alkaline batteries (not included).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Racer And Tugboat, November 23, 2001

A Kid's Review

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Sea Hawk Radio Control Boat (Toy)

I goy this boat a couple pf months ago and it has never had a problem I take it to the lake almost every weekend and the boat is great i actually saved 3 boats so the boat is really powerful it goes about 4 mph but you can pull many things on it.It is a great boat I reccomend this boat to evryone who likes boats but the people that only like fast boats dont buy it.The boat is also durable because it can get run over and still be afloat.And the people who don`t like to buy alot of batteries get this boat because I used my boat for 3 or 4 hours strait and it`s battery was still as good as new.

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME BOAT!, December 1, 2000

A Kid's Review

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Sea Hawk Radio Control Boat (Toy)

Whoa! I got this boat for Christmas and took it straight to the pond across the street. I was amazed at its performance and durability! As for the battery hassle, it is easily solved by buying rechargeable batteries to power it! the remote control is so easy a first grader could operate it with ease! The speed is amazing for such a low priced boat, and as for durability, weeds in the propeller don't stop it anymore than running into the bank. I love it, I've had it for almost a year and no problems yet!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super Sea Hawk, June 5, 2003

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Robert Rutz (Vero Beach, FL United States) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Sea Hawk Radio Control Boat (Toy)

The Sea Hawk is one of several current radio controlled boat offerings from Nikko.

I purchased this one for my 12 yr old Nephew and he really enjoyed it. The Boat is about 1/8 of a knot slower than My Nikko Fireboat which made for pretty close racing in the pool.

The Sea Hawk might pick up speed with a premium set of the 6 AA batteries it requires as we were running "super saver" walgreens ultra alkaline batteries. It's a bit of a bummer that the Boat does not accept the popular 9.6v recharge pack like allot of the other Nikko Boats currently offered.

My Nephew learned how to "ride" the currents from the water jets in the pool to gain speed and change directions. Within a short time he could perform docking manuevers like a pro.

The Boats gearbox is very quiet compared to the Fireboat and almost sounds like a real boat as it moves along at about 2-1/2 knots. Very stable steering, doesn't rock allot in the water like the taller Fireboat does and also stops faster than the fireboat when reverse is engaged. The Sea Hawk also steers pretty well in reverse.

The boat had a steering problem right out of the box which required removal of the upper deck to gain access to the steering mechanism which only needed a shot of WD-40 to get it to work smoothly and stop sticking on left turns. Steering seems to be a consistant problem with both of the Nikko Boats I have purchased recently but once lubed it worked perfectly. Perhaps I should have given only 4 stars for durability but it's really more of a quality control issue than durability as the boat continued to work flawlessly after being lubed. If your boat exhibits this problem and you decide to remove the deck just be careful of the wires that are soldered to the on-off switch as they are easily broke loose from the solder if you yank the deck off to fast. The Deck fits tightly to the hull.

The shaft seal on this boat looks like an improvement over the much older design of the Fireboat and the boat did not take on one drop of water in nearly 45 minutes of run time on the same walgreens batteries.

For someone who is going to use this boat allot, an investment into a set of rechargeable AA batteries would be worthwhile. Keep in mind though that 6 rechargeable AA batteries and the required charger will cost more than the 9.6v pack and charger used on some of the slightly more expensive offerings from Nikko which with the cost of rechargeable batteries considered would put this boat closer to the same price catergory as some of the larger ones like the Nikko Starfire.

This boat is an excellent value for the money and proves that Nikko has a well engineered RC boat for nearly every price range.