jonesinamillion Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 (edited) Evening all, i used to post on here quite a bit having owned Nitro trucks (hpi trophy, Schumacher rascal, mta4), never owned lipo. the boy (3yo, 4 at Xmas) loves wayching RC speedboats at a local lake, with Xmas around the corner I'm thinking of getting him one, a "toy" is not what I'm after. key features.... small simple self righting rtr im thinking this & I'd be grateful for your advice, thoughts, opinions & suggestions... http://www.modelsport.co.uk/proboat-react-17-self-righting-deepv-brushed-rtr/rc-car-products/405135 thanks in advance. edit - I suppose it is a bit for me but something we'll do together and he will pick up the controls soon enough, he's been riding a bike for almost a year! Edited October 2, 2016 by jonesinamillion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonesinamillion Posted October 2, 2016 Author Share Posted October 2, 2016 Just seen a UDI venom which looks interesting, not the faster but simple & small.... Any experience with these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamiyacowboy Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 any of the smaller boats would be fine for yourslef and the young man as he gets older. BUT self righting does not always work so its best to have a small fishing rod -reel and weighted bobber to haul in a belly up boat, or a second boat with a towline /or set of forked bumpers to scoop and shove the downed craft back to shore, one thing is never go into the water after a craft you just dont know whats below the surface and you need to show son your a responsable adult and keep yourself safe and him to. But yeah small is cheap and easy then as he is older the smaller boat becomes his toy and a new larger boat becomes yours, you then can upgrade his as time goes on adding water cooled esc and brushless motor. something like a little 25-35a seamaster esc and a little 1/18th scale truck brushless ( 4000kv-6000kv) all thats needed then is a small water jacket for the motor so it does not overheat itself and throw its magnets or burn out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Coe Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 UDI Venom is perfect - my 3 year old uses one. Its not the self righting thats the best feature for him, its the fact it has reverse (his brothers otherwise pretty decent Volantex Tumbler doesn't) and the built in low voltage telemetry that makes the handset bleep when the boat is running low. All of which makes it simple to use and very hard to get into a position you can't recover from, even for a 3 year old! Upgrade opinions are limited though because you'd have to swap out the stock electrics, removing all those mentioned features in the process, but its cheap enough its not worth the bother. I'd just keep it to use as a recovery boat because of how reliable and manoeuvrable it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin34 Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 I have just bought a venom for my son mainly because of the features si mentions.I ordered two extra batteries and a charger that can charge all three batteries together.The boat you linked to looks awfully like a udi tempo.The venoms bigger brother but can be had from abroad for £30.I have one on the way for myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonesinamillion Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 Thanks for the replies all; I went for the venom.... $27 delivered (from china); instructions are hilarious looks & feels pretty good to be fair. ive got another two batts on order too. just got yo wait for Xmas now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonesinamillion Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 the hdi venom is great... thanks! got it and purchased 3 batteries, perfect for the boy. steering servo is weak but loads of fun for what it is... looking for a step up already (for me ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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