RC Tug Boat - Radio Remote Control Sea Port Tug Boat - Ready to Run

Very good quality, my boyfriend uses it a lot in actual ponds and it does amazing.

This is an adorable, enormous, surprisingly well-put-together toy that has fascinating functions that all work, is simple to use, and looks wonderful.

It may be my fault but this is not really a very seaworthy toy. I guess I should have done more research. On the other hand it is designed to be put in the water. Its not watertight at all and once you get the electronics wet it is basically a useless piece of plastic. I went through three of them before I gave up. I should have just bought a more sturdy one to begin with. Great boat...just don't put it in the water.

This boat has a couple of shortcomings. It is not properly ballasted and the RC system is very limited ability and quality. I bought the boat knowing all of this from various forums I visited. The good point is that the boat can be easily modified by a modeler by adding lead ballast to the keel and installing a quality RC radio with speed controller and rudder servo. With just a little modification this becomes an extremely fun model that looks great and performs well.

The RC TUG BOAT is a great toy as its maneuverability, aesthetic detailing and scale are all perfect features for a child as well as an adult. That being said about the tug there are a few things that can greatly be improved, mainly the radio control frequency on the one I purchased. My son and I were sailing the tug in the pool and the directional propeller locked itself into a right turn and wouldn't come out of it. When I retrieved the boat from the water I realized that the frequency was at 27Mhz which is a very common RC frequency and very susceptible to RF interference which rendered our "fun" time ruined as steering the boat became impossible with the intermittent radio interference until we went back into the house and the boat became steerable again as it was isolated from the inference. Another thing was that so much water gathered inside the boat while sailing it that it either leaned too heavily on the right or left side almost capsizing the vessel at times. The overall experience with the boat outside of the aforementioned issues were great for my son and I. So if your are able to overlook and/or deal with those issues then you won't regret the purchase.

The tug was delivered 3 days earlier than projected. I added some weights to make it more stable. It handles beautifully! The water jet is cool. I just putted around the pond for an hour each time. I didn’t have any of the problems some people commented about. My Grandpa was a tugboat Captain. I’m loving it!

HAPPY WITH MY PURCHASE. IT IS FUN TO PLAY WITH. ONE PROBLEM IS GETTING THE BATTERY INTO THE BATTERY HOLDER DOWN FAR ENOUGH.

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