hence the reason I race them in the fall/winter (buggies & short course trucks)...

Also if steering away from a RTR 9ready to run) one other area I would suggest spending a decent amount of coin is the radio. Buy a good quality radio with multi model memory. he cheaper radios simply don't have the adjustments, plus. I personally use Spektrum radios (right now the DX3R Pro). Futaba, Spektrum, Airtronics, Radio Post are a few of the better brands. I would steer clear of the "Fly Sky" brand (imported China). We have nothing but problems with those at the local tracks. They seem to bleed signal and interfere with some of the other radios, primarily the Spektrum DSM radios.

I recently picked up a joysway US-1 Cat off craigslist. Brushless electric running two 3s lipo's. Had it with me on the boat this weekend, and my father and I had a blast running it. Amazing how quick it is and how easy it is barrel roll it. I forsee this being another expensive hobby for me LOL.

I have a Spartan with the 6S LiPos and it hauls aZZ.. let me see if I can post a video in a few minutes but got this last winter and need to get to working on it soon. Probably going with a quickdraw engine package but not 100% yet. It is a 64" Expresscraft carbon fiber hull and is pretty cool but needs some finishing.

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I run the Turnigy in my Spartan that I got from hobbyking. Good batteries at a lower cost.

I've run the Turnigy LiPo's, chargers, ESC's, and Servo's when I was in to RC Heli's a few years ago. They are a fraction of the cost and performed well.

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I did the RC boat thing 15 /20 years ago. I was running all nitro boats back then as electrics was just coming in. Had a 36" Miss Atlas Van lines Hydro with a .40, a Dumas 48" Scarab S Type with twin .67 outboards, an Aeromarine Popeyes 50" cat with twin .67 inboards and an Aeromarine Miss Budweiser Hydro.I enjoyed the building more than the running but to this day I swear it is cheaper to run my Dominator. Got to admit, I would like to try one of the electrics some day.

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While researching my 402 I found that back in the 80's International hobbies made an exact 1/9th scale rc 402 sr1. Needless to say had to find one found a bare hull then the outdrives and .67 nitro engines. rcuniverse.com has some great forums on nitro and electric boats and the people on the forums are great.

id like to thank everybody for all the input,i am going to go to a local hobby shop and take a look at what they have and try to educate myself before i buy one.

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