Recovery boat.. What does everyone use

[jake414]

Getting my revolt 30 here soon hopefully..
For the time being I'm going to use a fishing pole with a tennis ball, but eventually want a CHEAP recovery boat.

So this has brought me to the used cheap boat market and ebay.

this boat will ONLY be used as a recovery boat, doesn't have to be fast or anything. Looking for 2.4ghz (obviously) and atleast 5 minutes of run time.

this def isn't hobby grade : https://www.ebay.com/itm/PX-16-1-16-...0AAOSwGHJaZ~aY
BUT it has a lipo battery and seems to be maybe a deans plug. and its fairly big?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-Feilun-FT009-RC-Racing-Boat-2-4G-30km-h-High-Speed-With-Water-Cooling/192110320590?epid=12009789629&hash=item2cbaaadbce:g:YVgAAOSwWxNYq7ng

this also has a lipo.

My thinking is, these small lipos can be had very cheap so it would be easy to get more run time..

Thoughts?

[Fluid]

Before you go too cheap remember that a recovery boat needs to be dependable. It needs to have enough power to push/pull a boat against wind and/or current at a decent speed (or it may run out of battery). It needs to be very maneuverable to be able to “attach” itself to the dead boat.

Another requirement is range. Most cheap boats have short ranges, the boat referenced says it’s range is 100 meters, but who really knows? You may end up with two dead boats. Plus it apparently has no throttle, just forward and stop. You may be better off buying a used, better quality boat. Just some things to consider.

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[rol243]

Yes Fluid is exactly correct there. i made up a aero prop design rescue boat and it was both under powered and was also very hard to turn tight. you need good power and good maneuverability for a successfull rescue boat. plus don,t run out of radio range.

[CraigP]

I think the most effective rescue boats have dual props with steering mixing. You’ll want to turn on a dime, it’s not easy getting on the dead boat. Wind and eye sight make it a bit of a challenge.

[CraigP]

I use this setup...

[JestDanny]

I have a canoe, 12volt battery, an a trolling motor. I go for a boat ride. Sometimes I catch a fish or two along the way, two hobbies same pond twice the fun.

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Where in Indy are you?

[jake414]

Where in Indy are you?

Noblesville fishers area

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[jake414]

I use this setup...

What is that

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[trigger]

Our Indy admirals fast electric season starts soon (April). Come check out a race, lots of fun running with other people. We run at 465 and Binford blvd area.

https://forums.offshoreelectrics.com...s-RC-Boat-club

[CraigP]

What is that

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It’s an Hydro-Net, a leave catcher for a swimming pool. I upgraded it to a longer range radio and a dual mixer ESC for the DC motors in the dual outboards. Also put a LiPo 3S battery in it, it had a NiCad originally. It works good! It nest the stranded boat quite well..

[MADRCER]

An AquaCraft Atlantic II tug works good for me. Even if you loose the recovery float in an attempted rescue it can still push the boats in with the Bow that is wrapped in semi sticky rubber. See it in action below. For my bigger boats the AquaCraft Fire Rescue boat is my choice.

[jake414]

It’s an Aqua Net, a leave catcher for a swimming pool. I upgraded it to a longer range radio and a dual mixer ESC for the DC motors in the dual outboards. Also put a LiPo 3S battery in it, it had a NiCad originally. It works good! It nest the stranded boat quite well..

Bet it does!

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[jake414]

Ok those are valid points. I need to find a 20"+ boat and make a pvc floating deal to hold the boat and push it.

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[dmitry100]

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Zippkits tug boat is pretty nice, super cheap and easy to put together. Took me 1-2 days to put mine together. It was like $50

Thinking maybe to put a sort of an extendable "trolling" rod on the back - like a sturdy antenna of some kind with a dull treble hook/line

I was considering the fire glass tugboats from hydromarine.de or Mhz powerboats before but they were easily $300-400 after Euro to US dollar conversion and shipping.

Unless you go route of overkill --
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