Your First Boat

[raptor347]

I got to play with my uncles boats when I was growing up. The first boat that I owned was a Dehoog Dragon B hydro with a K&B 7.5, cool boat. We called it the "Ruptured Grape", all K&B purple. It ran 53mph on the stock K&B in 1985 on my own prop. I guess the writing was on the wall at that point.

I also remember desperately wanting a Prather Pirahna and a K&B 11cc to go with it.

[Flying Scotsman]

My first boat was a scratch built plank of balsa with a sail on it....I think I was 6 years old....fast forward to circa 1980 a Dumas Dauntless that took 10 years to complete....First real FE boat was a Kyosho Twin Storm.

Douggie

[forescott]

Scratch built pt-109 w/twin brushed motors. It took 8-"D" batteries and had no remote! Then the Kyosho Viper and I was hooked.

[HYDROJERRY]

Well i cant compete with the others but heres mine,,

[forescott]

I know this is an old thread but I just found a pic of, and remembered the brand of my very first venture into rc boating. The Kyosho Heatwave! Look at the colors. Can you tell its from the 80's???

[jkr]

My first was a robbe lightning.

[MKMotorsport]

1st post here :) Been in the R/C hobby for a little bit, mostly burning gas these days. How bout this one- Hobby Lobby Ninja (at least I think that's what it was called). It was a grey, double wall pvc hull, with a 540 can motor, submerged drive, and mechanical wiper (porportinal, no less, F and R, LOL) speed control. Working on a Delta Force 22" hydro, Delta Force 25" mono, 32" cat, and hopefully converting a Zippkits 1/4 scale cracker to electric (since I found out at our last club meeting the Z-box is not a NAMBA legal hull). Man, we've come a long way...

[HOTWATER]

My first one was an MRP Mrs. Bud. (I think the other MRP hydro they sold was Pringles?) Right around that time (1989 ?) I bought a Kyosho Jet Stream 800. Ahhh...mechanical speed controllers and fried resisters...He,he!! I ended up putting a second motor in the Jet Stream...I thought that was really cool...lol! Dumas Hotshot Sprint 3.5 ABS tunnel was my next one....too many more to list after that....

Oh yeah, I did evetually put a K&B 3.5 O/B on the back of the Jet Stream...that boat was fast!

[Himalaya]

Delta Force Cyber Storm as my first RC boat, if not to mention the plastic one I built 25+ years back in elementary school powered by 2x AA batteries.