MadDogDan

Iknow this has been asked before but nobody came up with much. Anyone know of any GOOD large scale RTR electric boats out there in the 50" on-up range? Everyone Italk to says to stay far away from the new Atomic coming out but nobody seems to have a good alternative. Ihave been thinking of getting an 1/8scale gasser Thunderboat (the kind that was popular in the late 60's early 70's) but want to exhause my "electric" possibilities before I just to the dark side.

MadDog

fatbill69

As soon as DPIhobby USA comes out with their 1/4 scale tunnel hull, I'm going to mount an MHZ outboard drive to it with a Scorpion electric motor. It certainly isn't rtr though.

keithbradley

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Nothing out there RTR.  Something like that would be better to build yourself, or have someone build for you.  A boat that size, if done correctly, is far too expensive to be of interest to companies that sell RTR boats.

MadDogDan

Well, I think I have found what I am looking for. Ijust got off the phone with Chris Fine from Fine Design Boats out of NY. He has some RTR 45" electric cats with 10hp motors that will run 70mph out of the box ontwo 5s Lipos. I also just saw a write up on one of his cats in RC Boat magazine which Chris claimed will do 60mph (8hp electric motor) out of the box. The testers at RC Boat Magazineclocked it at 64mph so I guess Chris' claims are true. Pricing isn't bad for an RTR with this quality and power. With two 5s Lipos and truely RTR will cost me $1,600 which is within my budget.

Be on the lookout for some photos I will post as soon as I have one of his creations in my hands,
MadDog

doby

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do yourself a favor....google Fine Design and do some reading first...

MadDogDan

doby:

I have googled them. What have you found out about them that I haven't besides a couple complaints of slow shipping and a couple people said he was rude to them? I have called him a couple of times and he answerede the phone both times after a couple of rings. Wetalked for abouta half hour each time. If I did not say I had to go and hang up the phone,I would still be talking with him to this very day. His advice turned out to be spot on and I am definitely going to give him a try with my next purchase.

MadDog

MadDogDan

Duplicate, please delete.

MadDog

diy-pro

1600 your budget? You should look into building your own. Motor/engine+ Hull esc and rx+TX you could save money and end up with way better results.

MadDogDan

Don't have the time to build my own. My plate is pretty full when it comes to time off so I would rather fork over $1,600 to $1,800 for something that suits my needs out of the box (RTR) and it looks like the Fine Design Boats fit the bill perfectly.

ETA: have you seen some of the Fine Design boats? Generally you can build something much better then what you get RTR but in this caseChris'boats that Iam looking at are pretty hard to improve on. I may be able to save $200 to $300 doing it myself but my time is worth more then that to me.

MadDog

keithbradley

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Google "Keith Bradley Boats" also.
You should be able to find some work of mine.  Current build time is estimated at about 6 weeks.  41" boat with twins (and lots of carbon fiber)that will do 70+ in your price range.  It would be ARTR, so you would need rx/tx and lipos.

martno1fan

We will soon have rtr Apache 58 with twin electirc setup using 5694 inrunners on 6-8 s lipos .A customer did abudget build of one over a year ago using twin hi model HG3740PRO-4T outrunners 910 kv on 6s and she runs a consistant 50 mph,he used cheap hk esc,s theyre still going strong a year later but we will be using better quallity esc,s.Once the build starts for those interested ill post a full build thread.The hull in the pic will be built using the 5694,s very soon.
Mart

heres a nice video from last week of the budget one with the outrunners.Watch it till ther end as he moves the camera round and shows the rooster as she runs ,awesome! this was taken in the sea in Finland.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cb9cX4_kw0&feature=plcp[/youtube]

madphil

Good Advice i built a 41" carbon falcon running twin 8s motors and all good running gear for not much more than a 1000 (excluding the paint job )

srt10

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I've got a new 41" Sprint Cat with a 5698 Leopard on 8s to try out soon as I buy a speed control for it

MadDogDan

Keith:

I Googled Keith Bradley and not much came up. A few pictures of your work and some Youtube videos of them running but nothing on how to order, pricing, types of builds, web site, etc. Can you send me an Email with details of your builds? I run 1/5 scale Bajas and have vast experience with gassers (currently have OBR 27.2cc reed port, BZM 28.5cc reed port, and OBR full mod 29.5cc long rod engines) and am leaning towards a gas boat but large scale electric boats still peak my interest and I could easilly be swayed over to the electric side.

MadDog

PRO PAINTER

Ya def won't find any negative on Keith Bradley Boats. I had one of my best customers ask me for my advice about a good electric boat builder/setup guy, so I made sure to ask several people that are "in the know" and all 10 of em gave me Keith's info. (I'm no stalker Keith, LOL, so no worries, just wanted to make my customer happy and MAKE SURE I was putting him in good hands) We have one of his Keith's builds here at the Alley for paint, and I can tell you that one glance under the canopy was absolute "Boat Porn" IMO, and I'm a gas boat man myself.
Check out http://central*********.net for some of the best large scale hulls made here in the US, and you might as well check out the watercraft galleries at http://theairbrushalley.com while your at it