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Bancroft Jetpower Orange 645mm (25") Sprintboat - RTR Reviews

3.7 Rating 15 Reviews
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Good idea. Extremely poor execution.THE HULL CRACKED FROM PICKING IT UP! I literally lifted it off the table and CRACK. The lid leaks like crazy, and barely shuts. It uses two dinky little pins that look like they were cut from a coat hanger. One bent immediately, the other broke off on day 2.This is built as cheaply as possible and shows. The battery location causes it to lean like crazy. I was shocked at the product that arrived. Will never order from these people again
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Posted 3 years ago
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So let's start by saying the boat is made well and that's about it ,they put the cheapest esc with receiver made in one says it can handle 80amps but I doubt it cause I almost got 3 battery packs ran though it before esc, receiver all in one went up in smoke not even 24hrs after I got it,and they say with the 2 hatchs on boat that it is leak free not true,the boat takes on water thought the 2 hatch lids but this is what kept it form burning down all the water in it until I got in water to get it,and since I changed the battery and esc plug to Traxxas they said it voids warranty,when esc comes with a dean's plug on it to xt60 to hook battery up,been in to rc hobby for 15years and and I know changing the esc plug to Traxxas is not what burn it down like they are saying they are cheap will not replace any thing it's there way around this I know I am not the only one this happen too,oh let add how bad it handles it's so bad you can barely drive it to have fun,take your money else where cause there are better rc boats but not this one,and hope this helps someone out and I now know why there are no videos of this boat cause they know,(( proboat)))) knows there boats are good cause they make videos cause they have nothing to hide!!!!
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Posted 3 years ago
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The boat runs great and fast. i moved the battery from the side to the middle of the boat. Its makes the jet boat run very straight and level. The boat is very fun and very fast for a little jet boat. A++
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Posted 3 years ago
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Received my jet boat before expected and in perfect condition. All items in the box are well protected and packaged. The boat is as impressive looking as the pictures. Just as advertised, you need nothing but two AA’s and a charge on the LiPo with the included battery and charger. The boat is impressively constructed for it’s price. The charger is as simple as it gets, great for beginners. Plug it all together, three red lights for the three batt. Cells for charging, When its done, the three lights will be green. The remote has dials for trim and limits and believe me, unless you are very experienced with RC boats or even cars, you’ll need to limit the travel of both steering and speed at first. This boat SCREAMS on calm water. Because of it’s size and the fact that it needs to draw water in at the back of the boat for propulsion, choppy water will limit the speed you can run at. But given a calm lake….look out, this boat will impress. Something to note: with the speed limit set to max, the boat is fully capable of flipping. There’s no self righting and the boat will take on water. In fact, if there was one compliant I have it’s that the boat hatch doesn’t seal very well. It has an impressive clear hatch cover with a thin gasket that’s held in place by another hatch with very secure latches but water does leak in. After running the boat several times and flipping it once, filling the hull with about a 1/2 cup of water, no damage was done to any of the electronics. The single LiPo is strapped to a cradle on one side of the boat which makes the boat lean to that side. It’s hard to see if it levels out once running since it’s just so much fun to run, you forget all about it. I wish the battery was mounted under the center of the decking. I may try mounting a second battery to balance the load. I ran the boat a great distance away where it was very hard to even see and never lost a signal. I’m going to test the signal on land to see if there’s any kind of distance warning but I don’t think it has a signal loss or low battery alarm. Lastly, it comes with a little plastic boat antenna that keeps the antenna wire straight up in the air. This part is supposed to push into a rubber grommet on the rear of the boat. It didn’t seem like it wanted to go into the grommet and sure enough, one run and it was lost forever but it made absolutely no difference is transmitter/receiver signal control. The boat is a BLAST to run and caught everyone’s attention on shore. I HIGHLY recommend it for beginners and seasoned RC boaters. The trim/limit controls will help beginners and for the price it’s hard to find another RTR boat that offers this much fun.
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Posted 3 years ago
Nice boat i’m gonna try to run 4s I bought a new speed control
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Posted 3 years ago
Order was received on time and well packaged. On the first run, the all-in-one ESC/receiver and brushless motor were extremely hot. The water pickup from ESC to motor was block from over gluing. After removing it and clean out the clog, the boat perform decent. The transmitter is on the smaller size.
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Posted 5 years ago
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quality looks excellent,bought this for xmas,and am waiting for the pt boat to come back in stock,and will purchase that also,
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Posted 5 years ago