you see it all the time just under a diffrent name but made at the same place . the v and mah are the same . same batterys e-flite,proboat and dynamite are owned by horizon hobbys and you can run a lipo when you see the boat start to slow down bring it in and charge or you could install a lipo cut off inbetween the battery and rx . the mini cat has the same everything but the hull . it mite me a little fast becouse of less drage but i could be wrong i havent seen it run .