looking for my first boat

[mass boating]

i just would buy 2 batteries

[mass boating]

the supervee will be in my mind until i get my money and have a solid budget but for now i want to find something thats cheaper

[tlandauer]

o and congrats to me i just turned into a member instead of a junior member with that last post

Yes, congrats indeed! Never seen anybody rise up so quickly!
You are getting alot of good advice, if I were you, take a few days to digest all the info. Your place is so wonderful and you have the complete freedom to run a RC boat , unlike some of us having to drive to a place and worry about the fishermen and/or duck/turttle huggers.
So, in a short time you will be looking for a bigger sized, faster speed boat. Now, all the support equiptments NEED to be ABLE to serve you in the foreseeable future. I understand the desire to find an econo charger and so on, just don't aim too low price wise that in two months you need to up grade that too. The lake is not going away, another way is to plan ahead and start your shopping list without the pressure of having to finishing up your shopping spree now.
BTW, I have the non self-righting version of that boat, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvev36-LKG4
I bought it five years ago from Minicatusa, it was really a fun boat, but I am not a fan of this version either.

[J.W. Pepper]

Yes, congrats indeed! Never seen anybody rise up so quickly!
You are getting alot of good advice, if I were you, take a few days to digest all the info. Your place is so wonderful and you have the complete freedom to run a RC boat , unlike some of us having to drive to a place and worry about the fishermen and/or duck/turttle huggers.
So, in a short time you will be looking for a bigger sized, faster speed boat. Now, all the support equiptments NEED to be ABLE to serve you in the foreseeable future. I understand the desire to find an econo charger and so on, just don't aim too low price wise that in two months you need to up grade that too. The lake is not going away, another way is to plan ahead and start your shopping list without the pressure of having to finishing up your shopping spree now.
BTW, I have the non self-righting version of that boat, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvev36-LKG4
I bought it five years ago from Minicatusa, it was really a fun boat, but I am not a fan of this version either.

I completely agree about the charger. Other issue with "econo chargers" is they're made from cheap parts that prematurely fail, don't charge batteries correctly (very important for LiPo's), etc. -- Save up your money and invest in a good quality charger (regardless of brand) from the beginning, you'll be much better off in the long run.

[Southwest]

Ditto on that, I had such a charger come to me thru purchase and went to charge a lipo and it fell apart on the work bench and went into garbage can. Cheap isn't the WORD.

[mass boating]

how is the thunder ac6?

http://www.hobbypartz.com/thac6smbachw.html?gclid=CNyUq7eEvLYCFQgw4AodTlMAhQ

[lenny]

That one works pretty good,
I have that one to.
It will meet your needs for now.

[mass boating]

yay good ive made a choice on something. now i just need to know what boat to get

[Megabiker98]

The shockwave 26 could possibly be a boat to look into, idk, going of of what I read it falls into his specifications!?!

[mass boating]

i cant afford the brushless and dont want brushed

[Megabiker98]

i have a short course truck, the hpi mini trophy truck. but about $300 maybe $350 if i really like. im getting this money with the sale of my Xbox and other stuff from a yardsale i still have left over. so it might take me some time to get the money too

Oh sorry I was going off of this post!

[mass boating]

ya its no problem i could afford it but not with the 2 batteries and charger

[mass boating]

how good is the duratrax onyx 235 charger?
http://www.rcplanet.com/ProductDetai...P4235&CartID=2

[mass boating]

because i could do this setup
http://www.rcplanet.com/ProductDetai...B1810&CartID=1
http://www.rcplanet.com/ProductDetai...P4235&CartID=2
http://www.rcplanet.com/ProductDetai...P0871&CartID=3

[Megabiker98]

I have the thunder ac6, and that thing is a great charger for HALF the price of the onyx, and I am not positive someone correct me if I'm wrong but I have heard the ac6 has WAY more features