I can honestly say the volantex is faster than the barbwire xl, the water was weighing it down big time. The volantex is a much better boat, v2 that is
Was the box it came in all beat up? I just bought this boat, it cams from the US warehouse, and the shipping box, as well as the boats box was really beat up with big gashes in them. Fortunately, the boat was fine. I watched another video on this boat, and his was pretty beat up as well. I bought the PNP version and used my Traxxas TQI system. Today will be it's maiden. Also using a bigger battery, so I need to add weight to the other side to balance it out.
That's a shame.. that boat had potential. Just FYI, that boat hull is called a Catamaran and the Miss Seattle that Abby mentioned is a Hydroplane. So technically Nate was correct, you've never had that style of boat on the channel before. Thumbs up for running it even though it was broken! :)
That hull is completely savable. Go to your local hardware store in purchase a quart of MEK. Methyl ethyl keystone. Since it is made from ABS plastic you can chemically weld the crack shut with MEK. MEK melts ABS. Tape the flap down so you no longer see the crack and with a small needle and syringe, flow the MEK into the crack. It will work its way around through capillary action. Keep it taped up for about two days to allow the chemicals to escape and the plastic will return to its original state....no more crack. I have built many airboats using this technique.
That stinks. You handled the frustration much better than I would have. There probably would have been a drop kick involved. Still a great family friendly video that you two have perfected!
Thank you for doing this video. I got this boat and my son couldn’t figure why it wouldn’t run until I found your video and your wife explained this RC is different than the normal. So glad she explained cause it ran fantastic. Have a blessed evening.
So i have the volantex blade, and it flipped bc off a wood branch not even a inch over the water, and then my receiver broke so so you know where i can get that?
Agree with some people: get it replaced and give it another go. I understand that you drove quite a stretch to this location to test out the boats (and cars) you did over the past days (with Nate wearing that same Millennium Falcon shirt for 'days' LOL) and you just want to be done with things. Shipping issues can always occur, but on their own they don't make a product bad imo. This looks like a very capable boat which I think deserves a second chance. Just my five cents worth :-)
I've never seen a boat do a WHEELIE!! How COOL!! Bummer it came broken!! I still have my Atomik barbwire 2 and love it!! Thanks Saylors for the honest review!! 💟👍😘
When fixing a boat like that you want to avoid any repairs that add weight. Even the smallest amount of weight in a little boat like that can make it lean to one side. Best fix for a boat hull like that is plastic weld. Very little new plastic is needed if any mostly just melts the plastic along the broken seam and it seals itself back together again.
I was laughing so hard after saying, "I don't want to litter." cause a little piece of tape might come off in the water. Then Nate proceeds to launch a boat with a gaping hole in the bottom!
After looking at you with a boat was one, I thought of buying now, until you easily broke, I might buy a different one. My last time with a boat was 40 years ago. I been spending too much cost for RC Cars, yet. I watched you last year regarding cars and I started buying 30 new ones and still do. After my ebike I don't do as much with RC now, lol. Thanks!
Fix it with a slow setting 2 part epoxy resin, but mix in some talc powder to thicken the resin to a white paste (gives it something to bond too, will set much stronger and more durable) You can also reinforce it by adding cotton wool or spreading the epoxy over some fiberglass scrim mesh tape. Leave it 72h to fully cure. Works really well on abs hulls
Nice fix recipe!, I use almost a similar mix... I use 30 min. epoxy mixed with baking soda, And sometimes I use fiberglass drywall tape and shoo goo depending on the repair.
Yeah this should be a pretty easy fix and we would have probably tried to fix it before driving it and reviewing it but we drove about five hours to be at this lake and dint even see the crack till we got out and ready to go 😢
Ah, too bad! Really cool designed boat! But, the hull looked thin & flimsy. So, no big surprise that it got damaged in shipping. Great video, you guys! Take care! JP
Bummer about the split hull. I watched the Atomik Barbwire XL video and noted Nate saying that it's a good tip to bring tape along to seal up the lid.....so Nate, great tip eh? LMAO!
Nice Vid! let us know when its available for sale, I would love to pick up a cheap boat to repair and add FPV for my channel!. Keep Laughing and having fun!.. Love it!
Im glad it was broken. Only because we got to see some boat bashing hahaha. Looks like a good boat with nice electronics but nothing is perfect. That was fun!,,,,,!!!! 🤠👍
It is a nice looking boat🛥, but as someone said looks kinda flimsy. You could get a replacement or use aquarium sealant to glue it together instead of tape. Good, short ,water logged🌊🌊 review. 😊😊😊
That's actually a pretty sweet boat to bad it came broken . I would get some epoxy and glue that hull back together I've done it on a couple of my boats in the past.but I'll bet if you contacted banggood they would probably send you parts for another boat.lol thank you for the fun entertainment
I wish I had seen this video two weeks ago as I just bought this boat. I have only used it a few minutes because being a horrible driver, I managed to break the drive shaft. It seems to be pretty fast ( not miss frivolous fast), and is fun to drive. It however doesn’t have a very good range on it. I had to paddle out to retrieve it. I also couldn’t get it to reverse, I am still figuring that out. I guess the only thing I really can say is that it seems fast!!
Would this boat work for if your dog was swimming after your nice rc boat and you got a little to close to her and she chomped it and you don’t have enough money to pay for a new $200 hull
I don't know why, but I actually enjoyed this review. I would love to have this boat just like it is. I live in an apartment with a small pond in front of it. This would be a blast...
I like that boat . You need to get some good glue and seal it up. And run it again. If you put on the Ebay store i have to keep my eye open for it. That boat is a Catamaran Boat. has to Hulls on each side open in the middle. I had a reel boat that was a Catamaran it wasn't a race boat it was a big lake boat.
If you decide to keep it Stabilite express.will fix the hole. It’s a 2part glue that would stick shit to shit rock hard I used to be a modeller in my youth I had a few RC Boats. One of which Looked nearly identical to this one, it was a Yellow catamaran called PAROLI made by Robbe. It ran on two 540 Brushed motors and took two 7.2v nicad 6cell pack. They mounted in to a frame with a big gear on each driving a smaller pinion on the prop shaft. It was quite a cool boat.
How do you buy anything from banggood? I think my credit cards think they are scammers and paypal doesnt work either for some reason, cant even get an error message from paypal.
Well it floats when full of water. It could be repaired with glue. The turning issue could have been a water logged hull. may be the crack is a new self righting feature Haha.
one option you can do in the future if this happens is, put a hole at the rear on the back where the rudder mounts, but where it will be below the water line, or very near it, real boats have this, and what happens is, once your at speed the water will come out of the hole in the back, as long as it is letting out more water then is coming it, and you maintain your speed, you wont gain water. course stopping or going in reverse will be a very bad thing.
I bought it for my first boat firts time i took it out with a buddy i fliped it used his to recover it and his prop put a hole in it and it sunk thank god it had the foam we did get it back dryed it out taped the hole and run it iv sence fixed the hole i love it got some 4s for it def worth the money i would recomond buying it
Nate. ALWAYS carry a card of dollar store glue with you in the glove box. Looks like a great boat. Not very sturdy though. Looks like the material is thin. Could you let us know how the warrenty works. I got my return on my plane finally. I ordered it from another supplier in New York and I got it in 3 days. You could send that boat to me.lol. Make me a deal .lol.
Aww, that SUCKS man. Maybe try to fix it. Use some titebond, its very waterproof and would hold that bottom just fine. See if you can get her running without leaking...cuz I'd really love to see if it's any good when it's fixed.
hi guys im an Aussie fan, Ive got this boat huge and my volantex atomic is fast! must just be your luck with boats was due for a stoke of bad luck or something as yours is the first most people have herd of being broken?? the only real thing people dont like is the lack of self righting feature, but the volantex atomic boat in my country is way cheaper than the barbed wire boat that I origonally wanted, it is an honest boat that you would need a good low budjet recovery boat to take out with it but you guys would have those by the boat load lol.. just thought id mention this as my veiw of it is positive if youre ok with cheaper and no self righting, still a massive fan i LOVE the boat week stuff keep up the good stuff. Ash from Australia.
I love your videos!!! But C’mon mannnn! Countless boat videos you have said “we forgot tape!”.... it’s pretty simple when you charge your boat batteries.... grab the tape! Lol. Great job guys!
Check out the RC boat in the video here: www.banggood.com/custlink/vKmKcT0THy
Check out the AWESOME Atomik Barbwire 2 here: goo.gl/VV5oBE
TheRcSaylors hi
do not abandon this boat just put some super glue on the Cracks that should do the job wait at least twenty-four hours
return policy?
I can honestly say the volantex is faster than the barbwire xl, the water was weighing it down big time. The volantex is a much better boat, v2 that is
Was the box it came in all beat up? I just bought this boat, it cams from the US warehouse, and the shipping box, as well as the boats box was really beat up with big gashes in them. Fortunately, the boat was fine. I watched another video on this boat, and his was pretty beat up as well. I bought the PNP version and used my Traxxas TQI system. Today will be it's maiden. Also using a bigger battery, so I need to add weight to the other side to balance it out.
I think you should let them send you a new one and test that. Looks cool.
That's a shame.. that boat had potential. Just FYI, that boat hull is called a Catamaran and the Miss Seattle that Abby mentioned is a Hydroplane. So technically Nate was correct, you've never had that style of boat on the channel before. Thumbs up for running it even though it was broken! :)
Yes it is a catamaran I actually live on a catamaran
A touch of fiberglass will get it back on its feet in no time. :P
if it comes broke...."F$%K it DUCK it....lol
That hull is completely savable.
Go to your local hardware store in purchase a quart of MEK. Methyl ethyl keystone.
Since it is made from ABS plastic you can chemically weld the crack shut with MEK. MEK melts ABS.
Tape the flap down so you no longer see the crack and with a small needle and syringe, flow the MEK into the crack. It will work its way around through capillary action.
Keep it taped up for about two days to allow the chemicals to escape and the plastic will return to its original state....no more crack.
I have built many airboats using this technique.
That stinks. You handled the frustration much better than I would have. There probably would have been a drop kick involved. Still a great family friendly video that you two have perfected!
6 years of your videos. Love you guys
You rock Mike! Thanks for the support! 👍😁😎⚓
Thank you for doing this video. I got this boat and my son couldn’t figure why it wouldn’t run until I found your video and your wife explained this RC is different than the normal. So glad she explained cause it ran fantastic. Have a blessed evening.
So i have the volantex blade, and it flipped bc off a wood branch not even a inch over the water, and then my receiver broke so so you know where i can get that?
Agree with some people: get it replaced and give it another go. I understand that you drove quite a stretch to this location to test out the boats (and cars) you did over the past days (with Nate wearing that same Millennium Falcon shirt for 'days' LOL) and you just want to be done with things. Shipping issues can always occur, but on their own they don't make a product bad imo. This looks like a very capable boat which I think deserves a second chance. Just my five cents worth :-)
Love you guys videos so much. Just so positive and happy
I've never seen a boat do a WHEELIE!! How COOL!! Bummer it came broken!! I still have my Atomik barbwire 2 and love it!! Thanks Saylors for the honest review!! 💟👍😘
That's when a little bit of CA GLUE comes in handy
Indeed I don’t know how he missed it was broken until he got to the lake
When fixing a boat like that you want to avoid any repairs that add weight. Even the smallest amount of weight in a little boat like that can make it lean to one side. Best fix for a boat hull like that is plastic weld. Very little new plastic is needed if any mostly just melts the plastic along the broken seam and it seals itself back together again.
Great teamwork.
I was laughing so hard after saying, "I don't want to litter." cause a little piece of tape might come off in the water. Then Nate proceeds to launch a boat with a gaping hole in the bottom!
lol nathan just invented a water dance lol
Wow, that sucks, get another one...it will be a fun boat with no leaks!!!
Nate was doing the water get out of my RC boat dance
Lol that's right!! 😃👍⚓
what is the best rc boat kit that you have done? and do they come with everythinf needed ? also where are you guys from?
Are all your rivers made of chocolate milk?
Hahaha, it had just rained a lot, but that is hilarious 🤣😂👍😃⚓
Yea really! I was getting thirsty for some when I was watching! 🤣
Hey guys!! Between the feilun ft12 and this one, which one one would be your pick?
Hello RC saylors excellent videos I have a question this boat doesn't have self flipping over if it flips down can you flip it over
After looking at you with a boat was one, I thought of buying now, until you easily broke, I might buy a different one. My last time with a boat was 40 years ago. I been spending too much cost for RC Cars, yet. I watched you last year regarding cars and I started buying 30 new ones and still do. After my ebike I don't do as much with RC now, lol. Thanks!
Fix it with a slow setting 2 part epoxy resin, but mix in some talc powder to thicken the resin to a white paste (gives it something to bond too, will set much stronger and more durable) You can also reinforce it by adding cotton wool or spreading the epoxy over some fiberglass scrim mesh tape. Leave it 72h to fully cure. Works really well on abs hulls
Nice fix recipe!, I use almost a similar mix... I use 30 min. epoxy mixed with baking soda, And sometimes I use fiberglass drywall tape and shoo goo depending on the repair.
couldnt you fix it from the inside with a glue gun?
WOOHOO FROM TEXAS. EPOXY IT.
Yeah this should be a pretty easy fix and we would have probably tried to fix it before driving it and reviewing it but we drove about five hours to be at this lake and dint even see the crack till we got out and ready to go 😢
Ah, too bad! Really cool designed boat! But, the hull looked thin & flimsy. So, no big surprise that it got damaged in shipping. Great video, you guys!
Take care! JP
Bummer about the split hull. I watched the Atomik Barbwire XL video and noted Nate saying that it's a good tip to bring tape along to seal up the lid.....so Nate, great tip eh? LMAO!
This is a cool boat great video saylors!
I have this boat and its awesome, very fast
I have had 3 different thing from Banggood broken and only small parts received OK
Major bummer! I was surprised the rudder and prop held up to being beached like that.
No tires, no wings!
Great video keep up the good work
I live on a lake, now I have to buy an RC boat! Can you pan the camera around to show all the ol ladies on the shore checking out Nate!
Awesome plis ❤️
👍😃⚓
Nice Vid! let us know when its available for sale, I would love to pick up a cheap boat to repair and add FPV for my channel!. Keep Laughing and having fun!.. Love it!
Im glad it was broken. Only because we got to see some boat bashing hahaha. Looks like a good boat with nice electronics but nothing is perfect. That was fun!,,,,,!!!! 🤠👍
Atomic Barbwire XL & Barbwire 3 have both been discontinued❗This boat is still available!
That’s too bad pretty cool looking boat, hey great job guys 👍👍
I love that shirt !!!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 And second I’m having a hard time picking a boat out for me and my five year old son lol I like them all.
I have it and it works great. I changed the receiver to add lights. The crazy thing is that it will run off of lithium or nickel batteries.
Good to know it will run on non Lipo batteries in case my kids want to try it out. :)
Whatever came of this? Did you get a return or replacement?
Flex Seal flex tape 👍
It is a nice looking boat🛥, but as someone said looks kinda flimsy. You could get a replacement or use aquarium sealant to glue it together instead of tape. Good, short ,water logged🌊🌊 review. 😊😊😊
That's actually a pretty sweet boat to bad it came broken . I would get some epoxy and glue that hull back together I've done it on a couple of my boats in the past.but I'll bet if you contacted banggood they would probably send you parts for another boat.lol thank you for the fun entertainment
Nice boat, a fast runner in a single 3S LIPO
I bet you wated a while for that shipment .it's grate for radio shack stuff
I wish I had seen this video two weeks ago as I just bought this boat. I have only used it a few minutes because being a horrible driver, I managed to break the drive shaft. It seems to be pretty fast ( not miss frivolous fast), and is fun to drive. It however doesn’t have a very good range on it. I had to paddle out to retrieve it. I also couldn’t get it to reverse, I am still figuring that out. I guess the only thing I really can say is that it seems fast!!
Think I’m gonna go for a pro boat for my first boat sonicwake or blackjack
Would this boat work for if your dog was swimming after your nice rc boat and you got a little to close to her and she chomped it and you don’t have enough money to pay for a new $200 hull
Bummer. I just got mine yesterday and noticed a BB sized dent in the bottom. Mine is super fun though, I can tell you that
Nate wats up with yr ebay store when i click on to yr items for sale it goes straight to a different page have you got owt on there for sale
Maybe y'all can use some gorilla glue. It'll take a while to cure good but it should help.
Hey I Liked The Boat shuffle dance you did!
Ideal !!! A give away contest for summer fun we would love to win something TheRcSaylors have used in a video
I don't know why, but I actually enjoyed this review. I would love to have this boat just like it is. I live in an apartment with a small pond in front of it. This would be a blast...
It happens. What did the box look like.. Tape it and just run it 👊 NC MOUNTAINS ❤.. 👍
Hi guys is that 1400 video in one day, how many tutorials did you do that day?? Thanks Nate and Abby
I like that boat . You need to get some good glue and seal it up. And run it again. If you put on the Ebay store i have to keep my eye open for it. That boat is a Catamaran Boat. has to Hulls on each side open in the middle. I had a reel boat that was a Catamaran it wasn't a race boat it was a big lake boat.
hey rc Saylors I know a guy who would take a broken boat off your hands :) I like to fix things lol did I mention i love you all lol!
Should super glue it and run it in another video
Any Bass in that pond? Really fast Boat !
If you decide to keep it Stabilite express.will fix the hole. It’s a 2part glue that would stick shit to shit rock hard I used to be a modeller in my youth I had a few RC Boats.
One of which Looked nearly identical to this one, it was a Yellow catamaran called PAROLI made by Robbe.
It ran on two 540 Brushed motors and took two 7.2v nicad 6cell pack.
They mounted in to a frame with a big gear on each driving a smaller pinion on the prop shaft. It was quite a cool boat.
How do you buy anything from banggood? I think my credit cards think they are scammers and paypal doesnt work either for some reason, cant even get an error message from paypal.
Well it floats when full of water. It could be repaired with glue. The turning issue could have been a water logged hull. may be the crack is a new self righting feature Haha.
Great work. I was looking at that one also. Doa.
well it ran good even though it was cracked nice boat for the dough
Have you guys reviewed the feilon ft011 ? I have it and it’s soo fast! And even comes rtr with a 4s lipo for a cool $120 :)
That is so Messed up but Hey you can fix it with superglue
Dat dare banana boat no good mon! THANKS
one option you can do in the future if this happens is, put a hole at the rear on the back where the rudder mounts, but where it will be below the water line, or very near it, real boats have this, and what happens is, once your at speed the water will come out of the hole in the back, as long as it is letting out more water then is coming it, and you maintain your speed, you wont gain water. course stopping or going in reverse will be a very bad thing.
can you do a test on the volantex vector 80
Some good epoxy glue will take care of the hull!
.... Too much coffee today Abby?! 😁
So what did you do with this boat
Sold her on ebay for a very fair price to a person willing to take on a project 👍⚓😎
Use flex tape to fix the hull
That sounds like a great tip! Thanks my friend 👍😃⚓
I bought it for my first boat firts time i took it out with a buddy i fliped it used his to recover it and his prop put a hole in it and it sunk thank god it had the foam we did get it back dryed it out taped the hole and run it iv sence fixed the hole i love it got some 4s for it def worth the money i would recomond buying it
Nate. ALWAYS carry a card of dollar store glue with you in the glove box. Looks like a great boat. Not very sturdy though. Looks like the material is thin. Could you let us know how the warrenty works. I got my return on my plane finally. I ordered it from another supplier in New York and I got it in 3 days. You could send that boat to me.lol. Make me a deal .lol.
And apparently a change of shirts!
wwhy even use it with such a crack in the hull?
Aww, that SUCKS man. Maybe try to fix it. Use some titebond, its very waterproof and would hold that bottom just fine. See if you can get her running without leaking...cuz I'd really love to see if it's any good when it's fixed.
The atomic boat is doing pip
Does anyone know what this sort of boat is
Nice boat to bad about the split.
hi guys im an Aussie fan, Ive got this boat huge and my volantex atomic is fast! must just be your luck with boats was due for a stoke of bad luck or something as yours is the first most people have herd of being broken?? the only real thing people dont like is the lack of self righting feature, but the volantex atomic boat in my country is way cheaper than the barbed wire boat that I origonally wanted, it is an honest boat that you would need a good low budjet recovery boat to take out with it but you guys would have those by the boat load lol.. just thought id mention this as my veiw of it is positive if youre ok with cheaper and no self righting, still a massive fan i LOVE the boat week stuff keep up the good stuff.
Ash from Australia.
I love your videos!!! But C’mon mannnn! Countless boat videos you have said “we forgot tape!”.... it’s pretty simple when you charge your boat batteries.... grab the tape! Lol. Great job guys!
I have this boat...... Worth more than I paid!!! Extremely fast!!! I run it on 4s
What price range is it?
Early squad where you guys at (:
One way to look at it is you have a submarine/boat
Try and fix it and do the review again pls
after it dries a bit of hot glue or epoxy might fix it
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Bummer, Nice looking boat though.
Fast submarine
Great looking boat; shame that it came to you pre-broken however. :-(
Man that's some clay water.
Its shit
Like #77 Cool boat guys!
Send it back!!!!
Didn't you get it's companion boat called "Search n Rescue".