Good review you did here. I purchased one of these a few years ago. Its fast and tough. Ran 50 batteries thru it and nothing broken yet. I recommend 2 things for owners of this to do. First Grease and clean prop shaft after every 5 batteries, Second raise both trim tabs 5mm, the boat will make better right turns and gain 2 mph. Happy Boating
In "MY" opinion , this is best video of yours I've seen to date.. Very well done ! ... I have this boat and it's the best boat I own , extremely quick handling and for $140 , it's a fast boat too... "Keep the drive shaft/cable greased " to avoid it breaking AND tape the top cover before each run, sometimes it comes off during a hard crash .... GET THIS BOAT ! You won't regret it ! (Replacement parts aren't easy to locate but can be found)
This is the best Arrow review I've seen. The camera work and presentation were outstanding. If I ever get into drones this will be the first channel I turn to.
Nice sharp review, to the point and capturing it's excitement. I have two UDI008 (18inch) boats and they are just as much fun. I have a 005 (24inch) on order now as that is the bigger brother. But they perform very much the same (3s power too) but this one is meant to be a touch faster. I can perform stunts with my 008s - they dive and jump out the water like a flying fish doing fast tight full speed circles. I've even seen it do a circle under water. Not really what a boat should do and the receiver (and therefore transmitter) did need replacing eventually as it is not water proof. So I'll be interested to see how the Arrow performs - I have seen one go underwater too on video but really I want it for 5mph more speed. UDI seem to make machines that look as good as they go.
@@-BUFFALOMan I'm thinking about taking one of my cheap drones we don't use anymore and re-purposing the controls/motors to make a 4 blade air boat. could be a disaster but those are fun too!
Thats a beautiful boat! I always think that UDIRC is a bit underrated... They make good RC vehicles... Thats so fast! Almost as fast as Mini 2. Range is 150 metres? Nice but not even close to DJI Products... I want DJI to make RC boats!!! It will be super cool if they managed to make a boat with 4K, 3 axis gimbal camera with a range of 10 KM!
Really enjoyable video and great alternative for the days you can not fly but have the option to enjoy any open water. I fear that my RC collection keeps growing the more I watch you channel, thanks.
I bought one a few weeks ago. Never had a boat of any kind. This was so fun and easy to learn. I fly airplanes. Anyone can use this boat. My flying/boat friends recommended this and it was perfect.
Now that is an amazing speed boat Steve. Great video and bet banggood will sell lots more after your review. If I am going to ever buy a boat it will be one of these 👍👍👍
Great review. Appreciate all of the different video angles and cameras. Thanks for keeping the music audio low; it was nice for the action scenes but not overbearing.
Great review! I wasn’t expecting an RC boat to look so tempting, but this review sure makes it look good. I hope you get around to reviewing the other boats Banggood sent you.
Here in Colorado we can definately use some thing like this more than the drones now. So I’m looking at a couple of rc buggies instead of the drones. This boat looks pretty good, like a lot of fun. Thanks Captain !!!
@@brunowskijr I live in the Springs. So I have to drive up in the hills pretty far to fly the couple drones I have, along with my 2 planes, I love those planes. Can't fly at the airfield east of town. The housing project that moved in right next door said no cameras. So I can't even fly my old gas - line airplane I've had for 60 years. So they are hanging from my ceiling now. Glad you live where you can still fly !!!
I noticed that boat has trim tabs and appear to be adjustable...if so, the port side tab can be lowered to compensate for load imbalance. Would be a great feature if trim tabs were servo controlled which would increase performance at top end speeds...something to think about
I have couple rc nitros and a helicopter. Personally after I have the drone (Anafi), the rest of the RC hobbies of you are not in a track or competition it is just to drive in a line. Nice video. Never saw an RC boat.
Must have boat here where I'm at 👍lots of little man made ponds in front of sub divisions not to mention I have access to the 3rd largest lake in the US lol.....but I would have fun taking it to my favorite fishing lakes thanks cap👍 I swear if it weren't for your reviews I wouldn't know about half of the cool toys out here ✌ only thing I would do to this boat would be to paint it something very bright and noticeable lol👍
Really enjoyed the camera angles, Love this boat, though I have never seen anyone plug thier boat battery in while it's in the water 😲🤣. Cheers Cap Drone
This is still the best boat on the market! Ive been running mine on 4s for over a year now with no overheating problems! Its a different boat on 4s! 👍. Upgrade to a slightly bigger prop and get 50+ mph!
Hi. I don't have a boat yet. I don't know whether I should buy the feilun ft011 or the udirc 005. the udi rc005 drives nicer somehow. too bad your banggood code doesn't work anymore. Greeting Ben from Germany.
Outstanding Brother Steve 👏 I'm sorry I haven't commented the last 3 week's, I got that wicked Covid, It was Brought home, So please know I Think you are a amazing Reveiwer, I love your Style, and I love that Boat , I never had Toys like that, being in the Babyboomer Time. Sincerely your freind from Mo Rick and God Bless you 🙏 and your family
April to July buyers report battery and connector problems. Burnt connectors, hot and low duration run time. Would appreciate an update on this if you had issues too. How long is the battery life supposed to be? Less than 6mins? Also a vid on how to upgrade or interchange battery and connectors would be super.
It is capable of harder turns than that ! Sometimes it turns "SO" hard and violently that it completely submerges itself , then pops back to the surface like a great white shark .... LOL
Nope. There is no CAMERA drone on the consumer market that can follow an RC Car, Truck, Boat, Plane, etc. The only drones that can are FPV Drones, but that is with the pilot at the controls.
For boats the c rating is rather low as it makes little difference since you are always on the throttle, so 25c being the lowest and 50c being standard. The capacity would be similar to the mAh of the battery that comes with the boat.
We purchased two UDIR/C boats. The box came all dented and the first hour in the water all the wires fried on one. We complained with our credit card company and after months of our credit card company talking with UDIR/C boats they turned us down. No replacement or credit or even wanted to see the boat. I guess they don't have a warranty for more than one hour!!! My be only $200.00, but for an hour that is Very expensive!
That is unfortunate. Normally when it comes to inexpensive RC products, boats are normally the ones with the least components so very low in price and rarely have issues.
Least I'm not the only 1 with extremely white legs lol. That's why I don't wear shorts honestly, nevertheless sweet boat and great price. Good review Steve
@@CAPTAINDRONE798thanks for your help sir. Subbed. Also ordered the new losi dirt bike sat. That thing looks amazing!!!!! Used to ride dirt bikes so I'm excited about that too.
Thank you for the great content! I really like my UDI005, but I’m currently having an issue with it, and I was wondering if you could help me? When I go forward I don’t have any issues, but as soon as I touch reverse the motor stops responding to forward throttle. Even if I give it full trottle it just barely twitches back and forth. Also, for a while when I start it full throttle it takes several seconds to respond and get up to full throttle. Do you think these 2 issues are related? Thank you in advance for your input!
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 So to clarify… if I’m unable to get the throttle to respond I should go reverse - brake then Brake again and I should be able to get the trottle to go back into forward? I wish we had a couple more warm days in Kentucky to take it back out and iron out rhe issue. Thanks for the clarification and response.
I made a video of mine in a small city park pond , full of algae, hit a fish (or turtle) and crashed hard , loosing my top canopy ! Thanks goodness for self righting
captain drone: takes off shoes before walking in the water . Me: keeps My shoes on when i walk in the water because they will just dry not long after im out of the water.
We have a guy in our Flying club that flies like you pilot the boat.... It seems the throttle only has 2 positions... ON and OFF. Luckily you fly better than you pilot a boat... LOL...;-)
Be careful with this one I’ve seen at least two videos of people that got the battery wet and an exploded. The boats leaked on them without going underwater. Just because it’s popular on banggood doesn’t mean it’s the best.
Batteries that are of the Lipo type are designed to get wet, very wet, and they don't explode due to getting wet. Perhaps you are thinking of an ESC... that is the only item in an RC vehicle that will smoke if it gets very wet, and if on land (like in rc planes, drones, cars) it can catch on fire. The ESC in this boat is water sealed so that does not occur.
Good review you did here. I purchased one of these a few years ago. Its fast and tough. Ran 50 batteries thru it and nothing broken yet. I recommend 2 things for owners of this to do. First Grease and clean prop shaft after every 5 batteries, Second raise both trim tabs 5mm, the boat will make better right turns and gain 2 mph. Happy Boating
If you raise the trim tabs 5 mm. Will they even touch the water ?
Why do you go so close to shore ? What's wrong with the deeper water? It's mental
@@williamhaskellhaskell3162please put down the bud light and step back into your safe space....
I never had a clue they where that fast and able to corner like that. Amazing what you can learn from Captain’s channel.
Thanks Captain
In "MY" opinion , this is best video of yours I've seen to date.. Very well done ! ... I have this boat and it's the best boat I own , extremely quick handling and for $140 , it's a fast boat too... "Keep the drive shaft/cable greased " to avoid it breaking AND tape the top cover before each run, sometimes it comes off during a hard crash .... GET THIS BOAT ! You won't regret it ! (Replacement parts aren't easy to locate but can be found)
Thanks for sharing!
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 You're more than welcome
This is the best Arrow review I've seen. The camera work and presentation were outstanding. If I ever get into drones this will be the first channel I turn to.
Thank you kindly!
Nice sharp review, to the point and capturing it's excitement. I have two UDI008 (18inch) boats and they are just as much fun. I have a 005 (24inch) on order now as that is the bigger brother. But they perform very much the same (3s power too) but this one is meant to be a touch faster. I can perform stunts with my 008s - they dive and jump out the water like a flying fish doing fast tight full speed circles. I've even seen it do a circle under water. Not really what a boat should do and the receiver (and therefore transmitter) did need replacing eventually as it is not water proof. So I'll be interested to see how the Arrow performs - I have seen one go underwater too on video but really I want it for 5mph more speed. UDI seem to make machines that look as good as they go.
Seems to be a winner! Way better than the air boats we used to build using motors/controls salvaged from our smashed RC planes
@@-BUFFALOMan I'm thinking about taking one of my cheap drones we don't use anymore and re-purposing the controls/motors to make a 4 blade air boat. could be a disaster but those are fun too!
@@-BUFFALOMan probably just the motors/controls - maybe some pieces of frame if they help for mounting
Thats a beautiful boat!
I always think that UDIRC is a bit underrated...
They make good RC vehicles...
Thats so fast!
Almost as fast as Mini 2.
Range is 150 metres?
Nice but not even close to DJI Products...
I want DJI to make RC boats!!!
It will be super cool if they managed to make a boat with 4K, 3 axis gimbal camera with a range of 10 KM!
Dji fanboy lol
Really enjoyable video and great alternative for the days you can not fly but have the option to enjoy any open water. I fear that my RC collection keeps growing the more I watch you channel, thanks.
I bought one a few weeks ago. Never had a boat of any kind. This was so fun and easy to learn. I fly airplanes. Anyone can use this boat. My flying/boat friends recommended this and it was perfect.
Does it get boring? I'm a 1/5 scale truggy guy
Just got mine and only took it out once for a quick run. Love the review and video. Makes me appreciate my choice that much more.
Good choice!
Now that is an amazing speed boat Steve. Great video and bet banggood will sell lots more after your review. If I am going to ever buy a boat it will be one of these 👍👍👍
After losing three boats this season I'm looking for something a bit smaller and I've heard a lot of good things about this boat!
Great review. Appreciate all of the different video angles and cameras. Thanks for keeping the music audio low; it was nice for the action scenes but not overbearing.
Great Steve! Now I’ll have to add rc boats to my addiction. Lol 🤦♂️ Great review as always!
Great review! I wasn’t expecting an RC boat to look so tempting, but this review sure makes it look good. I hope you get around to reviewing the other boats Banggood sent you.
Here in Colorado we can definately use some thing like this more than the drones now. So I’m looking at a couple of rc buggies instead of the drones. This boat looks pretty good, like a lot of fun. Thanks Captain !!!
I use my mini 2 all the time here ij Colorado. Even at altitudes over 10kft.
@@brunowskijr I live in the Springs. So I have to drive up in the hills pretty far to fly the couple drones I have, along with my 2 planes, I love those planes. Can't fly at the airfield east of town. The housing project that moved in right next door said no cameras. So I can't even fly my old gas - line airplane I've had for 60 years. So they are hanging from my ceiling now. Glad you live where you can still fly !!!
Rampart is fun to fly just got to drive a bit I fly at my local park all the time in Littleton and a few more places around Denver.
Which one would you recommend between UDI005 and UDI022?
And which color looks good for UDI005 red color or white?
From Air, Land and now Water.. Loved your videos sir..
I noticed that boat has trim tabs and appear to be adjustable...if so, the port side tab can be lowered to compensate for load imbalance. Would be a great feature if trim tabs were servo controlled which would increase performance at top end speeds...something to think about
I have couple rc nitros and a helicopter. Personally after I have the drone (Anafi), the rest of the RC hobbies of you are not in a track or competition it is just to drive in a line. Nice video. Never saw an RC boat.
Glad they gave u the xt60 connector. Previously they provide a weird banana plug.
I'm noticing that most new RC products are coming with XT60 connectors if lipo batteries are used.
Must have boat here where I'm at 👍lots of little man made ponds in front of sub divisions not to mention I have access to the 3rd largest lake in the US lol.....but I would have fun taking it to my favorite fishing lakes thanks cap👍 I swear if it weren't for your reviews I wouldn't know about half of the cool toys out here ✌ only thing I would do to this boat would be to paint it something very bright and noticeable lol👍
Really enjoyed the camera angles, Love this boat, though I have never seen anyone plug thier boat battery in while it's in the water 😲🤣. Cheers Cap Drone
Request to please reply
Which one would you recommend between UDI005 and UDI022?
And which color looks good for UDI005 red color or white?
If you already have 2s lipos with xt60, can u use them in the udi?
I live in AZ out in the desert. It's to big for the bath tub, but I did enjoy the video.
IDE like to see a side by side race of the boat and drone. With a camera on each. Drone following the same course as the boat!
Fun boat vid. Nice variety to your channel 👍 You sure drive that boat so well 🙌
I am so excited for mine ordered it 5 minutes ago sweet lake your driving in
This is still the best boat on the market! Ive been running mine on 4s for over a year now with no overheating problems! Its a different boat on 4s! 👍. Upgrade to a slightly bigger prop and get 50+ mph!
What is 4S? And which bigger prop do you recommend , just bought this boat and interested in your thoughts , Thanks
Looks like a PRO Boat. I still have 2 boats...cool review, thanx
Captain, I wonder if there is FPV RC boat?
There’s a sweet boat ! Nice Cruise Considering it’s not in the air !
God bless take care stay safe
Hi. I don't have a boat yet. I don't know whether I should buy the feilun ft011 or the udirc 005. the udi rc005 drives nicer somehow. too bad your banggood code doesn't work anymore. Greeting Ben from Germany.
Sorry, my codes usually are only good for a month or two. The ARROW is a popular boat for the price.
Awesome Captain Steve!! I Really Enjoyed Your Video!! So Glad You Chose To Try RC Boats!! What A Lot Of Fun!! Thank You!!
Outstanding Brother Steve 👏 I'm sorry I haven't commented the last 3 week's, I got that wicked Covid, It was Brought home, So please know I Think you are a amazing Reveiwer, I love your Style, and I love that Boat , I never had Toys like that, being in the Babyboomer Time. Sincerely your freind from Mo Rick and God Bless you 🙏 and your family
Glad you are well!
I have never thought about getting and rc boat, but it looks fun to me.
is all the outside hardware metal? thanks
April to July buyers report battery and connector problems. Burnt connectors, hot and low duration run time. Would appreciate an update on this if you had issues too. How long is the battery life supposed to be? Less than 6mins? Also a vid on how to upgrade or interchange battery and connectors would be super.
My advice is to watch more reviews of this. I've had zero problems.
Great boat, crazy turns, beautiful lake to do this 👍🏻
It is capable of harder turns than that ! Sometimes it turns "SO" hard and violently that it completely submerges itself , then pops back to the surface like a great white shark .... LOL
@@GALLEN-vf7uy I like that, you can do some fun stuff like that 👍🏻
subscribed when you said not to adjust your white balance hahaha
Welcome to the channel!
Thanks for the video. Since you are a drone guy. Can the drone's "follow" function follow this boat?
Nope. There is no CAMERA drone on the consumer market that can follow an RC Car, Truck, Boat, Plane, etc. The only drones that can are FPV Drones, but that is with the pilot at the controls.
Nice review,
Was not expecting this RC boat to be that exciting.
Also nice to see a comparison between the Session 5 and the Insta Go 2.
Wow, the handling on that is insane! :)
Best looking and performance for under $200 I can find. It's beautiful and I want one.
Really cool camera shots and liking the different video
So if I haven't used my boat in a couple years should I grease it up and how do I do such
It might be OK. You only need to greese the shaft if you ran it in sea water. Lake water has less effect on maintenance.
Cool boat and a great review
Thanks, for the video Steve.
Glad you enjoyed it
I would like to get extra battery, what is the C rating recommend and what capacity will run the boat good?
For boats the c rating is rather low as it makes little difference since you are always on the throttle, so 25c being the lowest and 50c being standard. The capacity would be similar to the mAh of the battery that comes with the boat.
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 Awesome, thank you very much.
We purchased two UDIR/C boats. The box came all dented and the first hour in the water all the wires fried on one. We complained with our credit card company and after months of our credit card company talking with UDIR/C boats they turned us down. No replacement or credit or even wanted to see the boat. I guess they don't have a warranty for more than one hour!!! My be only $200.00, but for an hour that is Very expensive!
That is unfortunate. Normally when it comes to inexpensive RC products, boats are normally the ones with the least components so very low in price and rarely have issues.
They make all kinds of goodies! 😃
Least I'm not the only 1 with extremely white legs lol. That's why I don't wear shorts honestly, nevertheless sweet boat and great price. Good review Steve
Great review “Boat Captain” Drone!!
are that water u driving in salt or fresh water?
Fresh
Boats are fun, I used to play with steam boat when I was kid ☺️
Good old days ☺️
Have you tried a higher C rating and MAH battery In this boat ?
Nope. Our rivers freeze up fast and I have not had the chance to try different batteries.
Totally enjoyed the video.
Glad you enjoyed it
Vwry cool. Great footage too sir. Fun.
This video is awesome. Thank you for the footage and looks fun.
Thanks, beautifull pictures from cameras ! I m asking me, can we put a dji fpv inside for fun ... ?
More than likely.
I'm about to get my first fpv drone what battery is the best
Watch my video here to learn all about batteries: ruclips.net/video/5etSyHokb6Y/видео.html
Thank you
Is this the best boat under 200 from your experience
At the time the video was made, yes.
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 What is the best one currently
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 What is the best one currently
I have like 13 boats, now I gotta get this one
This won't get answered probably but can I run my xrt batteries in it? 14.8 4s 9500mah 120c
I believe this is a 3S boat and not a 4s boat
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 I've seen a few put 4s in it with no trouble. Does mah affect anything other than run time? And the c rating? I'm new to electric
@@michaelvoorhees5978 it all comes down to voltage and c rating has no effect. If you use more than the required voltage you’ll fry the ESC.
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 the one or 2 I saw used the 14.8v like I have. I guess I'll see lol just ordered one
@@CAPTAINDRONE798thanks for your help sir. Subbed. Also ordered the new losi dirt bike sat. That thing looks amazing!!!!! Used to ride dirt bikes so I'm excited about that too.
Is udi rc boats better than atomic boats in your opinion
Not sure to be honest. As boats get better they have a fiberglass hull and aluminum parts and an exceptional brushless motor.
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 Good to know👍
Woah now is boat please review some rc battleship please😁😁🥰🥰🥰
Thats a pretty cool and powerful boat
great boat i have a few some deans plug nice see xt60 i do same mount camera nice review Steve
Where in Toronto could I use this? 😕
Super awesome !!! For this steamy summer lol
How did you make the GoPro stick
Velcro
Great review and video. Entertaining. 👍
Thank you for the great content!
I really like my UDI005, but I’m currently having an issue with it, and I was wondering if you could help me?
When I go forward I don’t have any issues, but as soon as I touch reverse the motor stops responding to forward throttle. Even if I give it full trottle it just barely twitches back and forth.
Also, for a while when I start it full throttle it takes several seconds to respond and get up to full throttle. Do you think these 2 issues are related?
Thank you in advance for your input!
It is designed that when you give forward throttle, you must BRAKE, then you must BRAKE again to go into reverse throttle
@@CAPTAINDRONE798 So to clarify… if I’m unable to get the throttle to respond I should go reverse - brake then Brake again and I should be able to get the trottle to go back into forward? I wish we had a couple more warm days in Kentucky to take it back out and iron out rhe issue.
Thanks for the clarification and response.
This is a really great video and I’m definitely going to get this boat
Could I use a 3300 or 5000 battery in this boat?
You can use any size that won’t cause the boat to sink due to weight :-). Stick with what I showed in the vid and only go slightly higher.
self righting is a plus for me, no swimming.
Great review Cap't. You don't miss a trick! Thank you.
This looks awesome. Too much algae I'm my pond otherwise I could play with this off the back patio 🤙
I made a video of mine in a small city park pond , full of algae, hit a fish (or turtle) and crashed hard , loosing my top canopy ! Thanks goodness for self righting
Yes!!!!!!
Damn this looks like fun
This looks like a lot of fun
Nice rc boat but see that it's not your beach 😉good review 👍👌
Great video Mr Steve I enjoyed the video much
captain drone: takes off shoes before walking in the water .
Me: keeps My shoes on when i walk in the water because they will just dry not long after im out of the water.
I think he will add to the name Holy Captain Drone
Looks like a lot of a Fun boat. I want one ;)
wow
We have a guy in our Flying club that flies like you pilot the boat.... It seems the throttle only has 2 positions... ON and OFF. Luckily you fly better than you pilot a boat... LOL...;-)
Be cool to add an FPV rig to it.
Wow! impressive boat!!
this is very cool i will buy this
awsome review captain.iam getting this because of your review.
Great summer fun. Enjoy!
Nice video.Thanks for sharing!
Have fun
Be careful with this one I’ve seen at least two videos of people that got the battery wet and an exploded. The boats leaked on them without going underwater. Just because it’s popular on banggood doesn’t mean it’s the best.
Batteries that are of the Lipo type are designed to get wet, very wet, and they don't explode due to getting wet. Perhaps you are thinking of an ESC... that is the only item in an RC vehicle that will smoke if it gets very wet, and if on land (like in rc planes, drones, cars) it can catch on fire. The ESC in this boat is water sealed so that does not occur.
wow thats a Cool Boat..
Super Like!
👍📸👀🛳☀️👆🍀👍
Very good review Steve
Thank you!
Looks fun captain drone! Thanks for sharing 👍
Nice videos and I like it.