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At 61″ long and standing 17″ tall, the US Fletcher Class Destroyer from AquaCraft is a beast. And while it may be huge, it is loaded with fine scale detailing so it looks great on the water, or when perched in your rc garage. The Destroyer utilizes a sturdy pre-painted fiberglass hull and a pair of 550 motors for power. * [...]
Want to talk about wild? Unlimited hydroplane boats are some of the wildest and fastest boats on the water. For your bashing pleasure the crew over at AquaCraft have a new unlimited hydroplane on the way called the Miss Seattle. The Miss Seattle is a RTR that comes fully assembled and ready to tackle the water. An unlimited hydroplane has to [...]
Atomik RC (formerly the Venom Group folks) have just announced the new Atomik A.R.C 58″ RTR Electric Boat. That’s almost 5 feet of water slicing machine people! They claim it’s the first large scale boat that out performs their gas counterparts. It boasts 2000 watts of brushless power with a water-cooled ESC for 40+ mph out of the box! The [...]
Strike Models is in attendance this year, showing off their line of naval combat boats. And when I say combat, I mean it. These boats feature functioning turrets to engage enemy vessels on the high seas. Strike Models sells many, many different kits based on full size ships from the WWI and WWII eras. For more info about these ships, [...]
We gave you the low-down on the AquaCraft Mötley Crüe Motley Crew FE Catamaran last week, now AquaCraft has uploaded a video of the bad-boy in action. The vid also goes into some details as to what the boat is made of, and I have to say I like the look of those black anodized parts. I might have to [...]
Look at that pack pictured above. No, I mean really look at it. Notice anything different about it? Check the pic at left right (I’m an idiot), how about now? See the tubing and brass nipples? Why would it have those you ask? Well because this pack is water-cooled! Obviously made for boaters looking to eek a little more performance [...]
Summer is coming fast, and Venom Group has you covered with two new boat releases to get you out on the water!First up is the King of Shaves P1 RTR Gas Boat. This thing is nearly 5 feet long, powered by a 2+ HP Water-Cooled 26cc gasoline marine engine, and driven with a 2.4GHz 3-channel radio. Venom Group claims [...]
Mark your calendars. December 16th, just in time for Christmas, the Traxxas Spartan brushless deep-v will be available, and for a reasonable $399.99. We got a good look at this appropriately candy cane colored monster at iHobby, so check out the gallery below then bust out your pencil and paper and start writing your wish list to Robot Santa Claus [...]
We got a request for more pictures of the Traxxas Spartan (formerly the Titan), so here’s a gallery for y’all. Click the little ones for the big ones. Traxxas Spartan gallery
Those of us that drive boats have, at one time or another, been in a position where our boat was dead in the water. Either the batteries dumped quicker than we thought, or we cut a turn too hard and flipped the thing. Retrieving the boat has become as much an art form as driving it. Whether it’s specially made [...]
AquaCraft has revised their highly popular and influential SV27 Brushless (it’s the Traxxas Slash of the boat world…). They added an “R” to the name… … …ha… But that’s not really all that’s new about the SV27R. The already super fast brushless Vee has a new, more powerful motor to make it even faster. And to make sure you [...]
Pro Boat‘s new Miss Geico 29 BL is one cool Cat. This 30″ catamaran RTR is built for speed with a 1500Kv brushless motor, 45 amp speed control, and dual 2S LiPo capability. The Miss Geico is fully licensed to look like the full scale version and features a lot of the details you’d expect to see. It also comes [...]
Those guys from Texas are lettin fly with the details about the new Traxxas Titan Deep-V brushless boat (not to be confused with the Traxxas Titan 12-turn motor, obviously). This 3-foot beast is packed to the gills with power. Driven by a Velineon 540 XL brushless motor and VXL-6s Marine ESC, Traxxas is boasting of 50+ MPH speeds out of [...]
Attention boaters! The venerable Aquacraft Rio 51 has been pushed aside in favor of a new flavor. Today Aquacraft has announced the Rio 51Z, which is almost the same thing, only better. Now it comes stock with a 26 cc Zenoah® G260PUM marine engine for all the power you might want. To keep that power under control Aquacraft has also [...]
