r/rcboats

Decided 2 weeks ago that I should buy a boat for a cottage trip this week. I needed to give it my own personal touch.

Winch didnt fit my 1/10 bumper, rather than send a $15 purchase back i saved for a project. Unnecessary but awesome .

My Trx4 Defender launchig my Streamline Rc Thrasher Basher Jetboat on custom trailer .

My Thrasher Jetboat doing what it does best.

Have to be a bit tame here with the 360 cam in shallow water a tip over could damage it.

HELLO NZ - from rural Missouri, USA!, I'm Wil. By day I'm a PLC (manufacturing machinery) programmer, but I love game deving as a hobby.

I'm developing a game based around jet sprints. About 8 months ago I was watching Cleetus McFarland and started messing around with the idea of a jet sprint racing game. There's not much out there like it, so it's a pretty niche market ... but I'll say this: playing the build I've made myself, I'm already addicted to trying to get a new best time.

Quick heads up before anyone digs in, this is a very alpha build. Graphics, UI, Maps, etc... are nowhere close to done, honestly barely started. This is basically a first playable prototype, so I'm focused entirely on getting the handling and feel right before I touch anything visual.

The biggest issue I'm running into right now is that I don't actually know how a mini jet sprint boat should feel. I've driven regular boats, but never a jet boat, let alone one of these mini racing jet sprint boats specifically. Things I'm guessing at:

-How quickly it should get up on plane

-How aggressive the yaw/steering should feel

-How much "grip" it has on plane vs. off plane

-What the "stab" of the jet feels like when you hit the throttle

-How it behaves through a hairpin at speed

-How much "grip" should it have when on throttle vs off throttle through a turn...

-so much more...

I know I'm looking for a pretty specific person here, but I figure a NZ subreddit is probably where I'm gonna find it.... someone with experience both driving or riding in one of these boats and playing/critiquing racing games, but figured I'd throw a line out. If that's you, or you know someone who fits the bill, I'd love to pick your brain (or send you a build to try). Don't really know what I could offer since I'm on a tight budget for now other than credit in the game (and if this game dev thing goes well a few free keys someday??)

Thanks for reading!

I bought the attached from
A charity shop, the battery however has came loose as pictured the 2 connectors were loose and the black connector is frayed.

Looking to a replacement battery? If anyone can recommend something, not too handy so won’t manage to fix the current battery?

Controller works

Thanks

Hello, a few weeks ago I ended up flipping my Proboat Impulse 31 V2 pretty badly and was looking for advice on how to repair and seal a large complete split in a fiberglass hull! The wreck was so bad in fact the hatch and lid ended up flying off, thankfully everything else was fine. Oddly the giant crack did not make itself known until yesterday's post run clean out. Removed all the stickers to reveal any other damage, thankfully nothing else

Hi all! I have recently completed my first scratch built boat. Simple balsa and fibre glass. Really happy with it but id like to scale it up. It measures around 500mm long at the moment, Id like to go to around 800mm long. Just a bit more room to work with, more room for a bigger battery etc. I am wondering if ill need a bigger motor, drive hardware etc. My little one has a 3450kv motor running 3s. Any advice on powering a bigger hull is greatly appreciated. Here's a short clip of the maiden voyage last sunday.

I've started working on the reinforcement and internal accessories support of the Dufour 44. There are a lot of complications at this point because it is important to follow the hull shapes.

You can notice the holes in the bulkhead reinforcement, this is to reduce the weight above the waterline while keeping a sturdy structure. You can also see the keelbox and the mast supports.

This position of the reinforcement might still change as I still need to work on the joints between hull pieces. Not sure how im gonna do that yet

I’m pretty sure I have the majority of what I need to get it back together. I have ESC (two actually), motors, steering servo, props, and a bunch of other small parts shown in the pics.

My question is: does anyone see anything obviously missing here? I’m a boat noob, but long-time casual car fan, so hoping to get this thing in the water before long! Thanks for any help.

Oh yeah- I called my LHS for help, and they basically said, “Yeah, that thing is way too old for us to help. Don’t even bother bringing it in.” 🫠🫠

E: I’m happy to take extra pics if anyone needs.

I decided to get back into RC, I’ve had a lot of them in the past from planes to cars etc.

I wanted to be a little more sensible nowadays since everything is money and was debating between the recoil 18 or the sonicwake 24 and ultimately went with the 18.

I wanted the heatwave (white hull version) and Amazon sent me the shreddy. During the return process they offered me $50 to keep it so I said ok and kept it which made the boat roughly $150

The boat ran well and is pretty fast for its size but it was getting thrown around by these little waves and now I kind of wish I spent the extra cash on the sonicwake. Can SW24 owners chime in and advise me if it would handle these waters better or would it be more or less the same or should I just keep my discounted shreddy and enjoy it for what it is?

Not technically RC boats (yet) but I do plan to set up at least one for remote control.