well looking for a elect rtr boat,im new to this hobby.what im askn is whats the best boat to get i wanna spend between 300 to 500 thanx

honestly for that money you may want to look at the traxxas titan. there are plenty of people on both sides of the "its a pop bottle" boat but it seems fairly nice. you could always go with a super vee 27 they are great boats too


i noticed your in ohio, where abouts?

I think the traxxas titan (ore the spartan as the new name seems to be) ore ProBoat Miss Geico Brushless RTR
will be the boat's I will look at next spring. Both seems like great machines.

i found a supper vee 27 brushless boat.its brand new still in box for 200 is that a good price,an how is the handling on these on water? i seen some vids,boat seemed hovering the water,kinda like wanted to flip over.any info before i buy whould b great thanx

live in amherst,but were we camp at they have a 13 acre pond.

That's a good price!
I have two of these and to me they are great..
I moved my batteries forward about 1 1/2 to 2" of the motor and I have no flips and run low 40's all day long on 4s

ok thanx so i picked it up last night, wanna get hop up parts for it,i have a extra prop.said makes it go faster.its the orange boat.gona try it out today on water.ill have pics up today sometime

sorry havnt took boat out yet,been bissy,gona try today.looking for some hop up parts.i got the grim racer prop,just looking for lil more speed.

anyone no the diff in super vee 27 an super vee 27r? i cant find a diff

The motor is new, the esc is redesigned, it has two turn fins, black hardware, and a 2.4g radio

I have the nitro version....if the boat starts tohop around...adjust the trim tabs immediately. The stock plastic prop wont hold up undercontant jumping. Mine broke in two places. Also, consider the metal props as well.

adjusting the CG helps alot with this
in my brushless SV I've moved the batteries almost 2" further forward and kept my trims tabs at 0*
and the strut at neutral

Very true...I cant do that in my boat. The versitality of electric....once again. If I ever do get into FE....that is the boat I will get. The SV seems to be the standard. My thing is support....I have to get a really good gharger and multiple sets of batts. to keep the action going.

try a couple ounces of lead infront of the motor and flatten out your trims tabs
you may get a little more speed out of your nitro
hobbycity has some killer $19 chargers and $25 lipo packs that rock

You right again.....I flattened them out the other day....the boat ran faster....but it started jumping a little......I'm gone try that...thanks srt!

Right on buddy!
Boats are fun..

Yea....I am mainly a nitro guy...however...I do have a Traxxas Blast....and I am training my dad on a Rio EP. I hang out in thenitro and airboat forum.....and lurk around here althoughI don't do a lot of posting here because I don't have a lot of experience with electric boats....and none at all with FE.

not to jack this thread..
I love nitro trucks because of the sound and smell
and I dig the fact you can keep on running with my Losi 8T, just fill it up and keep going
I went through a gallon of 30% in one week with my Losi and it was a blast!

The SV27R is a cool boat to get started with and very easy to run.. like your nitro but no fuels
Aquacraft is coming out sometime soon with a new Cat, that should be amazing

Yea my LHS has one. With all of the upgrades I did to my nitro version, modding it will be a breeze. Can you run at full blast the entire run with an SV FE?

yes, running at full tilt is the best way to run FE.. for some reason it is easier on speed control
I think its because the boat is up and out of the water pulling less amps

but runtimes are only about 6min with the SV27

That is fine.....I get 8 with mine. I heard that it can burn up the ESC.....I guess this aint totally true?

If someone is burning up they're esc they are doing something wrong [:-]
you can get longer runtimes if you use bigger packs
or run two 4000mah 4s packs in parallel and get about 8min of full speed racing out of it

ok thanx.i wanna upgrade my bat,everything is stock sept grim racer prop.im new to elect boats,always owned nitro car an this is my first boat. if i upgrade my bat,do i need to change anything else?

I was sort of indifferent to electrics until a running buddy of mine got a used sv, stuck a 2300kv motor in it and a bigger esc, ONce we figured out the right prop and got things adjusted that boat rips. LOL I have gutted an older nitro hull and am doing a 4s mono! He changed my attitude with the SV. Good boat!

In my opinion not much needs upgraded on an SV boat
A good prop is always good.. I like using a CF45 and CF48 prop
I've also heard a S230 and S235 work amazing on this boat
And good lipos with a C rating of 30c and higher will give the boat more punch and speed with the bigger props
And always check your temps when you use a bigger prop to make sure things are running in the safe zone
And punch it!