Thanks everyone for your replies.

I have a question or two now.

First question is, some of you are asking me to consider buy from the US, I was always under the impression the frequencies for RC cars/boats/plane/helictopers is different to that of us in the UK?

What is a decent remote control I can buy for my boat as I am a beginner and don't want to spend a lot of money on one, can it also be used if in the future I was to buy more boats?

Pompebled I really like this boat you linked me to: http://r2hobbies.com/proddetail.php?...6011a090bc9a2a - From the video it looks like everything I would want, decent size, very good speed, but my questions are how long does the battery last on it and what is the range  on that thing? Also why doesn't the website mention what I would need to make it run?

I would also like to know what is a ESC?

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