Do You still have Your First Boat?

[704Authentic]

Somehow, bruised, 2 esc's and 3 motors later ...Still Got It.

The initial hook was: "... just let the Wildcat EP loose and watch it fly!"

Running a Mind-Blowing 35mph - Sorry, it's Not For Sale.

[tlandauer]

I don't know where to begin....
My memory is blurry: should I count the pool toy boats too?
Traxxas Villian EX is the first serious boat, not too fast but what a wave jumper, still has her though, bought a second one just in case,,, sorry, not for sale .
Wait, or was this one ? http://www.proboatmodels.com/Product...ProdID=PRB2100
I want to convert the Proboat to a mild BL set up , she sure looks pretty on the water.

[Doby]

I'm on my 3rd, 1st boat....SV-27.

[grsboats]

Don't remember...too many moons ago! FSR class ISOTOP mono equipped with a Super Tigre 65 and 50mm AMPS submerged propellor....just 45mph/h....with a Kraft radio(1973) ! GILL

[gsbuickman]

Uuuuhhhh, eeeerrrr, wow, well technically no idon't. I really wished I did though . The old GI Joe boats / hovercrafts were great when I was a kid. The Nikko shockwave hydrofoil was really cool too. I dont remember what happen them . Knowing me, I probably blew them up with m80's along with my GI Joes, when I got interested in other things like motorcycles & girls .....

However, the first two boats I picked up when I got back into fast electrics returned to me like a boomerang after I traded them, thanks to l8rg8r. They are my Villain IV & my UL-1

[JimClark]

Yup I do

[tlandauer]

Jim , that is simply Beautiful! How much bigger is that compared to the one I bought?

[JimClark]

about 14 inches longer it is 36in long a 1/10th scale

[tlandauer]

about 14 inches longer it is 36in long a 1/10th scale

Thanks!

[champion221elite]

I still have my first boat, an Aeromarine Sprint Cat 29". After several twisted prop shafts, lost propellers, new motor mount, and completely re-done wiring it's finally able to run without a breakdown.

Great hull, less than ideal initial set-up from the feller I bought it from.

[flraptor07]

Nope!

Nope I don't, my first boat was a Genesis. It met it's demise with a kind of saw setup @71mph and a pissed off Turttle! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEcF...ature=youtu.be

[srislash]

Don't recall the first Radio Shack one I put R/C car stuff in but my first real one was a MRP FastCat that had twin 540's, it has been long gone. BUT,,,my first serious build was this beaut'

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I still have it. All the above was old school Nicd stuff

[tlandauer]

Don't recall the first Radio Shack one I put R/C car stuff in but my first real one was a MRP FastCat that had twin 540's, it has been long gone. BUT,,,my first serious build was this beaut'

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I still have it. All the above was old school Nicd stuff

That is really a nice boat!
Yeah, when I think back on those Nicd days, I feel so lucky that I have lipo batteries and BL motors, makes me all the more appreciative of the advance in technology and those serious hobbyists who TIRELESSLY pushed the envelope!

[siberianhusky]

Still have the hull. Dumas Deep Vee 20 I built in the early 80's.
Would love to put it back on the water, probably nitro for old times sake.
A proboat or Aquacraft .18 would be the ticket.

[BHChieftain]

Yup I do

Jim's boat inspired me to have one built for myself by Craig Bradshaw, but it was my 4th boat.

My first boat (my son's really) was a Proboat Fastech, I wish I kept it!

Chief