Is AquaCraft discontinuing the Revolt 30 ?

[tlandauer]

I was just surfing TowerHobbies, it looks like the RTR is no longer available?
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&P=SM&I=LXBXEP**
I find it strange that the SV27R is still available...
Is there something new that we don't know? :w00t: :spy:

[AMG4ME]

That seems a little odd. I was under the impression that it was a well recieved boat. I love mine!

[FORT-26]

That seems a little odd. I was under the impression that it was a well recieved boat. I love mine!

+1....AWESOME BOAT!!! Maybe they could revamp the canopy and graphics for the new version? :thumbup:

[fwlbp]

As someone who just bought the last silver & red Revolt 30 on the interwebs, I have a suspicion that something is going on. I have been watching them on tower hobbies for several months, expecting a sale due to the summer. Well they did have a sale, but the silver, red, blue all were eliminated from inventory. RC Planet, amain, etc didn't have any. I got my silver one here at OSE. All OSE has left is a ugly white one now. I agree it is strange for such a hot seller to be discontinued. I feel like proboat & aquacraft like rolling out new models in late summer/early fall; so selling out inventory in the spring makes sense.

[hobbimaster]

I too have the silver one, and love it! My guess is a new graphics scheme with 6s capable ESC to compete with proboat.

[Doby]

Grim is being awfully quiet on this topic........

[tlandauer]

Grim is being awfully quiet on this topic........
:iagree: :spy::w00t:

[TheShaughnessy]

ok so i read this last night thinking it was a fluke and everyone was out of stock. Looks like the Revolt 30 is being discontinued. The central warehouse has rx-r version but the rtr is showing discontinued in both warehouses and the rtr shows discontinued for the west coast. I sold two over the past two months, guess it wasn't enough. Sad to see it go it was a solid boat, i would have thought the sv27 would go before the revolt.

[Doby]

I just got off the phone with AQ, The Revolt will be re-introduced as follows:

1) In its current RTR state but with a 6S compatible controller
2) Also a lager version of 33" and slightly wider will be released with a 2000KV motor similar in size to a Leopard 4082. This will make it more suitable for true "P" mono racing.
3) A 39" version will be released without a motor to fit on the "Q" class.

Its going to be great...hopefully they will be out before the snow flies.....

[Chilli]

Very cool. Thee most popular RTR at our races this year. Guys run it in Novice, RTR and the P-Mono class.

[revoltrunner]

Thanks for the info Doby

[Doby]

Sorry Guys....just my wishful thinking:laugh:

I was trying to bait Grim.....

[osprey21]

Sorry Guys....just my wishful thinking:laugh:

I was trying to bait Grim.....
http://i.imgur.com/lsx083s.gif

[kfxguy]

Sorry Guys....just my wishful thinking:laugh:

I was trying to bait Grim.....

That's awesome! Love it....I figured he would have spoke up by now. Maybe some one shoot him a pm?

[Chilli]

That just aint right.. :moon:

[Luck as a Constant]

i don't see the rxr version as being discontinued. i assume they're doing away with the rtr version and not the boat itself....

[tlandauer]

Sorry Guys....just my wishful thinking:laugh:

I was trying to bait Grim.....
My boats may not be as fast, but I am glad I didn't fall for that!!!! :w00t:

:just-kidding: I was in a state of euphoria the whole night :o
Only to be brought back to reality with my much delayed e-mail notification! :roflol::roflol:

[TheShaughnessy]

http://i.imgur.com/lsx083s.gif

:iagree::bash:

I was excited for a sec there.

[revoltrunner]

this must be a secret since nobody that knows will answer.

[tlandauer]

this must be a secret since nobody that knows will answer.

That's why it makes it all the more interesting...:spy:

[Luck as a Constant]

I don't get it. What's so mysterious here? It's aqua craft, obviously they're working on something.....It's what they do. How it relates to the revolt rtr being discontinued is beyond me...
If I had to guess, they figured why offer rtr when 95% of people have a radio they use for all their boats. So they stopped offering it with radio included.
Read my disclaimer.


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[tlandauer]

I DISAGREE WITH YOUR DISCLAIMER!! YOU MAY BE RIGHT!!! :laugh:

[revoltrunner]

tower is showing a rxr version discontinued now.

[tlandauer]

tower is showing a rxr version discontinued now.

Most likely something is in the works, meanwhile the bean counters realized that the RTR version is not making enough profit. The Tactic radio did go up in price but I don't think the RTR 's price reflected that.
Now it is my turn to borrow the disclaimer " I may be wrong" !!! :lol::lol::lol:

[tlandauer]

The Tactic retails @ Tower for $64.98, I seem to remember it was lower when it first came out...

[Luck as a Constant]

tower is showing a rxr version discontinued now.

Wow really?


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[Luck as a Constant]

I DISAGREE WITH YOUR DISCLAIMER!! YOU MAY BE RIGHT!!! :laugh:

Lol sometimes


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[TheShaughnessy]

Guys no mystery here, the boat is discontinued, the central warehouse has/had some rxr's in inventory and those are the last of them.

[R.J.S]

Just got off the phone w my girlfriend's daughter's, exboyfriend's cousin who used to work at greatplanes as a sanitation engineer.
The AQ brand has become unprofitable so Grim has been fired and when all existing inventory is gone...the brand will no longer exist!

Or...I may be wrong!!!???

[tlandauer]

LOL...
At least before this happened, Grim was able to give us the Cracker Box!!!

[fwlbp]

In formula 1, they call the off season when rumors roam large as "the funny season". Somehow, right now feels like the funny season for aquacraft...

[skeeler]

I know Doby was just posting his daydreams, but I'd love to see AquaCraft Revolt 33 RxR: A 33-inch hull with Revolt-like styling fitted with an appropriate 6S ESC and a bigger, lower-Kv motor would be an instant purchase for me.

[Doby]

I know Doby was just posting his daydreams,.

Or was I:spy::spy:

[R.J.S]

Sure wish Grim would chime in on this.

[tlandauer]

Sure wish Grim would chime in on this.

He was asked by Doby not to reveal anything in the works!

[R.J.S]

He was asked by Doby not to reveal anything in the works!

Yea...He's still probably LHFAO over that orb!

[skeeler]

So, is there any new news on this? It seems like the Revolt 30 was well regarded and sold well. I have a hard time imagining AquaCraft has discontinued it without plans for a new/revised model. Perhaps there will be very light revision, with new decals or some such.

[skeeler]

A 33-inch hull with Revolt-like styling fitted with an appropriate 6S ESC and a bigger, lower-Kv motor would be an instant purchase for me.

Actually, anything 33 to 36 inches or so and designed to run 6S would be great to see.

[ray schrauwen]

Or you could just build a DF33 or a Cyberstorm and the hull will last for years compared to a few seasons.

Maybe AQ will come out with a decent hydroplane or cat, lol... I'm yankin' yer chain guys...:sarcasm1:


I know Doby was just posting his daydreams, but I'd love to see AquaCraft Revolt 33 RxR: A 33-inch hull with Revolt-like styling fitted with an appropriate 6S ESC and a bigger, lower-Kv motor would be an instant purchase for me.

[skeeler]

Or you could just build a DF33 or a Cyberstorm and the hull will last for years compared to a few seasons.

Yeah, I'm actually planning to build a 36-inch Ariane hull, but the performance/price ratio was so good on my Revolt 30 that I'd like to see what AQ would do in a 33- to 36-inch size.

[skeeler]

The Revolt 30 has been removed from Aquacraft's web site. (It was there recently, even after Tower was saying it was discontinued.) It seems from the outside like the Revolt was a successful model; when I was researching 30-inch-ish monos, every every thread I found at OSE and elsewhere recommended the Revolt. I can only assume a new version is in the works.

[tlandauer]

PM Doby.

[Doby]

:spy:......

[Xtreme Thunder]

Maybe I won't be getting a FE boat this season.

I'm curious as well to see if and what replaces the Revolt 30.

Just made my decision tougher, tougher meaning a waiting game.

[skeeler]

I'm curious as well to see if and what replaces the Revolt 30.


It seems that AQ is probably going to lose some sales (to ProBoat in particular) while they don't have a 30-inch mono on the market.

[ray schrauwen]

Good things come to those that wait. I can't remember how many times I've gotten upset at myself because I couldn't wait and ended up spending more in the long run.



Maybe I won't be getting a FE boat this season.

I'm curious as well to see if and what replaces the Revolt 30.

Just made my decision tougher, tougher meaning a waiting game.

[skeeler]

Or you could just build a DF33 or a Cyberstorm and the hull will last for years compared to a few seasons.



Yeah, I'm actually planning to build a 36-inch Ariane hull...

As you can tell from the thread I started, I'm now planning to build up a DF 33 or Cyber Storm 33, since that will be learning opportunity at let me reuse on extra Revolt motor I have.

[NissanGTR]

The thing that sucked about the Revolt was the fact we had to put tape on it for every run to hold the canopy on. Crapppy!!! I wish they implemented a pin like the revolt has to keep on the top in the new one. If they don't, I won't be buying it.

[Doby]

The thing that sucked about the Revolt was the fact we had to put tape on it for every run to hold the canopy on. Crapppy!!! I wish they implemented a pin like the revolt has to keep on the top in the new one. If they don't, I won't be buying it.

Umm..the tape is also to make it waterproof.....kinda important don't you think?

Also, you repeated yourself...you mentioned the Revolt sucked and then you liked the pin it has (it doesn't)???

[siberianhusky]

LMAO! That takes the cake for pointless complaints! Too lazy to tape a boat hatch.....

[FORT-26]

Maybe I won't be getting a FE boat this season.

I'm curious as well to see if and what replaces the Revolt 30.

Just made my decision tougher, tougher meaning a waiting game.


Here Ya Go Buddy! Just found this on a website I bought something off of.....GRAB EM UP GUYS!!!!!!

http://www.activepowersports.com/aquacraft/?sort=featured&page=2

:spy:

[fox88gt]

LMAO! That takes the cake for pointless complaints! Too lazy to tape a boat hatch.....

Definately not the right hobby for ya if you bitch about having to tape the hatch down. Cuz, you know, those pinned hatches are so reliable:olleyes:

The Revolt did for the rc boating hobby what the Slash did for RC cars. It brought a fast, reliable, affordable platform to market, to get people to take the leap into FE RC boats. And it worked. I'm hoping for a Revolt V2 in kit form, direct from Aquacraft!

[Doby]

So, does anyone on here REALLY want to know whats going on with the Revolt???????

[R.J.S]

Ok Doby,I'll bite,what ya got???

[markarch]

I do....I do......

[Grimracer]

It is gone.. Discontinued.

Sorry Guys..

Grim

[fox88gt]

Thats unfortunate. If any boat out there should be discontinued, its the Spartan. That boat has probably scared more people away from the hobby than the Revolt attracted.

I'm willing to bet Aquacraft has something up there sleeve though. It seems like the Revolt sold well. Glad I picked one up when I did!

[R.J.S]

It is gone.. Discontinued.

Sorry Guys..

Grim

Thanks for the bad news Mike!!!

Any hints to what's coming next???

[Doby]

Ok Doby,I'll bite,what ya got???

I got nuth'in...just bored...

[ray schrauwen]

Yawn....

[FORT-26]

The end...

[Grimracer]

I feel real bad we had to do this.. I wont get into details as to why...

I also cannot tell you whats in the works but can say we might have to hang on the line for a tad...

Lets race!

Grim

[R.J.S]

Thanks Mike for your input...just seems strange how the plug was so suddenly pulled on this popular model.

Don't worry,we'll race em till they can no longer be repaired!!!

Racin in Blasterland...JS

[R.J.S]

The end...

Sounds like the title to an old Doors song.

[skeeler]

I'm sorry to see the Revolt go, but I look forward to whatever is coming next.

Good thing I have two Revolts.

[fwlbp]

might have to hang on the line for a tad...

Lets race!

Grim

So glad I bought mine when I did. Had I waited until after this discontinuation, I would probably be a impulse 31 owner....

[Grimracer]

WAVE BLASTERS ROCK ON!

Thanks

Grim

[Xtreme Thunder]

It seems that AQ is probably going to lose some sales (to ProBoat in particular) while they don't have a 30-inch mono on the market.

Proboat Impulse 31 v2 was one option I was considering, but would rather not have to deal with extra electronics I don't really need. It does appear to be priced a little on the higher side.


Good things come to those that wait. I can't remember how many times I've gotten upset at myself because I couldn't wait and ended up spending more in the long run.

I am a really patient person, considering I've been doing strong FE research for over a year now.


Here Ya Go Buddy! Just found this on a website I bought something off of.....GRAB EM UP GUYS!!!!!!

http://www.activepowersports.com/aquacraft/?sort=featured&page=2

:spy:

Thanks for the heads up!


I feel real bad we had to do this.. I wont get into details as to why...

I also cannot tell you whats in the works but can say we might have to hang on the line for a tad...

Lets race!

Grim

I am definitely looking forward to what is in the works.

[R.J.S]

WAVE BLASTERS ROCK ON!

Thanks

Grim

Here's my dream replacement for the Revolt...a P Ltd Mono that can hang with Newland and Twaits!!!

[skeeler]

Hey Grim, thanks for giving us the official word.

I'd like to request that, whatever you do to follow up the Revolt, you offer blue/orange paint scheme again. The royal blue and fluorescent orange really look great in bright sunlight.

[R.J.S]

Wow Grim u got a tuff job...one guy wants a 6s play boat,the other guy wants a P Ltd race boat and another guy just wants pretty graphics...one even wants a kit boat!!!(not a bad idea)

As they say...u can please some people sometimes...but not all people all the time!

And (hopefully)...life goes on.

[danallen]

Does anyone know why (or venture a guess as to why) the Revolt was discontinued? It was by far the best boat on the market in it's price range... I just dont get it.

[Luck as a Constant]

Does anyone know why (or venture a guess as to why) the Revolt was discontinued? It was by far the best boat on the market in it's price range... I just dont get it.

We all ask that same question and never got any answer really.
I think they may be getting ready to release something bigger?
Not sure tho
Just hear say


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[tlandauer]

Does anyone know why (or venture a guess as to why) the Revolt was discontinued? It was by far the best boat on the market in it's price range... I just dont get it.

Lack of funding from Congress......

[Xtreme Thunder]

I decided to visit and perform a search for "Revolt 30" on the good old Google search and it was interesting to see Tower Hobbies has the RTR listed for "$349, (estimated) Late April" for availability, which I don't recall seeing previously. Not sure how their site is updated or if information was supplied to them from Aquacraft.

It could be nothing, or it could be something...

I thought I would jump in and share.

[dan pralle]

Just saw this. http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/19/3e74efa191065fca55d213ad80059212.jpg


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[hobby_man]

I have mine set up with a dynamite 80 esc running 6s. Same plastic propeller as on the Traxxas Spartan. Ran it wide open all summer. Never a problem. A tad heavy with a GensAce 5600 Lipo

[RCBoaterGuy]

They did the same thing with the Rio EP...

Right after the Wildcat (full size) came out the Rio was disco'ed (still shows that on the manuals download page) - 3~4 months later it was re-continued. Let's see... slow sales, disco it to drum up interest, then re-release it??

Why not make improvements to Revolt (like.. dump the cheapo plastic batt tray) then re-release it as version-2 like PB does with some of they're models.

Just a thought...



I decided to visit and perform a search for "Revolt 30" on the good old Google search and it was interesting to see Tower Hobbies has the RTR listed for "$349, (estimated) Late April" for availability, which I don't recall seeing previously. Not sure how their site is updated or if information was supplied to them from Aquacraft.

It could be nothing, or it could be something...

I thought I would jump in and share.

[fwlbp]

At a minimum, put a better flex shaft in the re-release.

[fox88gt]

At a minimum, put a better flex shaft in the re-release.

I can't help but wonder if warranty costs hurt the bottom line on the Revolt. I think the flex shaft failed on every single one, which isn't so bad in itself, except for replacing nice Grim props at $25-30 retail. That had to hurt. But they stood behind their product and I supported them by buying another AQ boat.

[Capt'n Crash]

I was shocked to see that my LHS had just received a brand new RTR Revolt 30 from their main distributor. As most of you know they were discontinued last summer supposedly never to return, but now they seem to be back in stock at various locations.

Needless to say a shiny new blue and white Revolt 30 followed me home :w00t:

Upon inspection the only notable difference between it and the two I purchased last summer is that the new one came with a more updated Tactic radio system. Everything else is essentially the same as what was previously being offered motor, hardware, color schemes etc.

I really really like the design and handling of this boat and for anyone who is just starting out in serious FE boating I would highly recommend one of these to get your feet wet.

Cheers, have a great summer and happy racing!

[Rob Duckering]

Great news!!!!

[IndyHobbies]

I've already got two Revolts, so I'm not in the market, but I did notice that they are back "In Stock" at Tower Hobbies:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXBXEP**&P=ML

[IndyHobbies]

For a replacement shaft, do you guys recommend the stock version, or have you found an aftermarket shaft that you prefer?

[Phoebe]

For a replacement shaft, do you guys recommend the stock version, or have you found an aftermarket shaft that you prefer?

Go to Kintec for the aftermarket shaft and collet. Huge improvement.

[fox88gt]

Go to Kintec for the aftermarket shaft and collet. Huge improvement.

The OSE shaft is good too. I'm still running the stock collet on both of my Aquacraft boats though....never once have I had an issue with them. No slippage or breakage here.

I'm also proud to say that my Revolt was able to grab a second place in the 2nd heat of my very first boat race.

[Phoebe]

At a minimum, put a better flex shaft in the re-release.

Agreed. The collet and shaft were laughable and a deserved chink in Grimm's Armor. But they stepped right up and replaced the (crap) shaft and the nice prop. Despite the frustration, that's pretty darn good CS.

[don ferrette]

Just an update to an old topic but Tower still shows these as In Stock and doesn't say "limited quantities" so maybe it's back to stay for a while?
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXBXEP**&P=PU

[Brushless55]

They have been in stock for a while
and hopefully will stay that way :biggrin:
not many RTR P Limited boats left