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Well I promised pictures, will do soon, I wanted to boat I just couldnt wait. I payed 145.00 shipped to my door and I'm surprised for what all I received. I posted on the Velocity thread last year questioning the difference of the ebay boats and thiers. Well after seeing what I got there isn't much of a difference in my eyes. I also got tools (all size allen keys), vinyln tape, spare dean connector with shrink tubing, Velcro tape, and a wood stand. I also was conserned about the esc since I was told it wouldn't work which made no since? But it works perfectly. Also the antenna looks very good and sealed with plastic tube that you can run fm antenna through (I removed since I'm running 2.4g). I removed the shaft and re grease and double checked all bolts just to make sure everything was tight (everything was pretty much good to go out of the box). The only disappointment is there is no collect for the flex shaft, it came with a two sided set screw setup. I would like to purchase one down the road. The biggest pain in the butt is tapeing the small plastic cover over the hull to keep water out., wish there was another easier way.
Comming from a Brushless SV27 I wanted something cheaper on batterys since I have a ton of 3s 2200mah 25c from all my planes. This is a prefect size boat if the SV27 is to big for your local ponds. I haven't ajusted the thrust angle or the turn fins (which they look newer and up dated compaired to the pictures listed) but I will start to adjust just to see the differences. I think its faster than my buddys nitro sv27 but get tossed around with the bigger wakes. I'm thinking 30mph not 100 percent though. But for the money I think it a great deal, hope this helps anybody that was interested in one since I know I was.
Oh and if anyone is wondering about the self righting ablity. Yes if the battery is fair to the left, if the battery is more in the center its has a hard time righting itself when flipped. But you can still have a up side down boat which can suck.
Brad
Well I promised pictures, will do soon, I wanted to boat I just couldnt wait. I payed 145.00 shipped to my door and I'm surprised for what all I received. I posted on the Velocity thread last year questioning the difference of the ebay boats and thiers. Well after seeing what I got there isn't much of a difference in my eyes. I also got tools (all size allen keys), vinyln tape, spare dean connector with shrink tubing, Velcro tape, and a wood stand. I also was conserned about the esc since I was told it wouldn't work which made no since? But it works perfectly. Also the antenna looks very good and sealed with plastic tube that you can run fm antenna through (I removed since I'm running 2.4g). I removed the shaft and re grease and double checked all bolts just to make sure everything was tight (everything was pretty much good to go out of the box). The only disappointment is there is no collect for the flex shaft, it came with a two sided set screw setup. I would like to purchase one down the road. The biggest pain in the butt is tapeing the small plastic cover over the hull to keep water out., wish there was another easier way.
Comming from a Brushless SV27 I wanted something cheaper on batterys since I have a ton of 3s 2200mah 25c from all my planes. This is a prefect size boat if the SV27 is to big for your local ponds. I haven't ajusted the thrust angle or the turn fins (which they look newer and up dated compaired to the pictures listed) but I will start to adjust just to see the differences. I think its faster than my buddys nitro sv27 but get tossed around with the bigger wakes. I'm thinking 30mph not 100 percent though. But for the money I think it a great deal, hope this helps anybody that was interested in one since I know I was.
Oh and if anyone is wondering about the self righting ablity. Yes if the battery is fair to the left, if the battery is more in the center its has a hard time righting itself when flipped. But you can still have a up side down boat which can suck.
Brad
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