ORIGINAL: Jabbran
1) 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?
2) 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?
Thanks everyone.
Hi Jabbran,
1) If you buy this remote (or something similar):
http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=8338&Product_Name=Ho bby_King_2.4Ghz_4Ch_Tx_&_Rx_(Mode_2
You don't have to worry about frequencies.
2) The runtime depends on a number of things, propsize, battery capacity, and drivestyle and can be anything between 4 and 15 minutes.
- the larger the prop, the faster the boat (there is a limit of course, when the prop becomes too large for the motor to spin, it will be bogged down and things will overheat and shut down, or worse, catch fire), the shorter the runtime, as a larger prop will require more juice to be turned by the motor.
- the larger the capacity of your battery, the longer the runtime
- if you keep the boat on the plane and run wide turns, the runtime will be considerably longer than if you make short runs, stop the boat and restart, stop the boat and restart, stop the boat and restart, stop the boat and restart, as the getting out of the hole, takes the most energy.
The website assumes that if you buy a bare hull with just hardware and a motor installed, you either, have the other components to make it run, at hand, or you have your own ideas to what should be purchased to make the boat ready to run.
If you want me to make you a list with suggestions what to get in order to make the boat ready to run, let me know.
Regards, Jan.