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“I've wanted a R-T-R Elco PT boat for years. I was very excited the day I got the e-mail notification that this one was finally available. Right out of the box it was almost R-T-R. Be carful and refer to web photos of where all the accessories go and in which direction. Be gentle with the antenna mast, I broke mine in two places trying to get it firmly in its location. Quick setting super glue was the fix. Just be careful and get fit everything gently. The instructions are generic to all r/c models, and are not really any help for this model. Once in the water she was great!”
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“This boat came packed well ,so nothing was broken The only thing that should be looked at is the Gun Barrels as they are bent in the box and trying to straighten them is very slow process using a hair dryer as the Gun Barrels keep trying to return to a bent state when they cool down.Another item that should be looked at is the Transmitter ,it works but looks cheap, and the batteries get stuck in the base of the Transmitter and the only way you can get them out is by loosing the screws that hold the two halves of the Transmitter together so the batteries can slide out.”
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“I'm writing this review 2 months after recieving this boat. This model had a few concerns that needed to be rectified prior to an honest look at this boat. I will go over why I rated items the way I did.Quality, the overall quality is good, the molded hull and superstructure are good, over all layout of the electronics is good. The original ESC supplied was water cooled with NO attempt to water cool it. This caused numerous problems including overheating, to complete failure while the boat was underway, leading to some tricky retrieval. This effected 4 other boat owners. After several attempts to contact tech reps the suggestions ranged from plumbing the boat for water cooling, which I purchased ,water pickups,tubing, and outlets. Fortunately prior to drilling holes in my model we were contacted that a new ESC was being tested. and eventually after 30 days a new ESC arrived, I installed it and it works well on the bench. Due to being late in te season, running on the water will wait till spring.Value This is an expensive model and is advertised as RTR. Having to go in after the purchase and repair this boat was not what I expected with a 570.00 modelEase of assembly/use/operate The first problem that we boat owners found was the ESC had the battery type jumper was in the wrong position( for Nicad,not LiPo , this cause overheating and failure for some owners. I was not familiar with this and only after reading the PT blog provide on this page was I made aware of it. I'm very thankful that this blog exists and that we have some very experienced modelers who generally were the folks that pointed out defects, Performance/Function As mentioned, at this point it would appear that the boat is functional and will work properly, again I need to run it on the water. My number one concern is that the model is realiable and will go out and come back. I get the fact that stuff can happen, but as an RTR vessel it should be good to go out of the box. To anyone looking to purchase this model, make sure that it has been upgraded and the new ESC has been installed.The model does have a great overall appeal and can be the base for some great after market scale upgrades ( weapons).”
