Hey all! Hope your enjoying the review. Gearbest whom provided this boat for review notified me they are having a "Big Summer Promotion Sale" which is ending this week. Please check it out and don't miss the deals here: goo.gl/U5nL8x
I've mentioned this before, but I follow your quad reviews pretty much religiously. Honest, transparent, unbiased and educating reviewers are hard to come by. I've learned from them. Thank you. RC cars and boats have been depleting my funds for years. Lol. Go to your local sporting goods store or hockey speciality store ( I know, ice hockey store in Hawaii?!?!?! ). Buy some clear hockey tape made by Renfrew. Hobby shops call it radio box tape and charge stupid prices for it. $11-15 will get you three rolls Dick's Sporting Goods and will last you a lifetime. It's water proof, flexible and stretches. Use it to seal the hatches of your boats. Boat guys use it exclusively. Make sure you also completely clean and then lube the drive shaft and it's tube after EACH day of use. A steel drive shaft spinning at 28,000 rpms will burn through a brass or aluminium stuffing tube in seconds if the grease gets fouled. The ABS hull also melts when this happens. Marine trailer bearing grease works perfect and is cheap. Also put some Vaseline in the rudder linkage boot and seal all penetrations of the hull and deck with a little water submergible caulking. Trust me, all it takes is just one tiny drop of water in the wrong place to ruin your day. Balance is very important with boats. Make sure it doesn't lean to one side. Do a Google search for the optimal fore and aft balance point for your hull style and length. Make sure your trim tabs do not hang below the bottom of the transom ( the back of the boat). Keep them a couple millimeters above the point where the transom and the hull bottom meet at most. Otherwise you're creating tons of drag. There's actually a scientific reason to do this, but I won't bore you with the details. Your turn fins should be gently sanded smooth and have a knife like leading edge. Don't point them down anymore than needed to stabilize the hull in turns.....35 degrees roughly in relation to the transom is a good starting point. This is just basic stuff. I can can point you to some great RC boat specific forums that will teach you everything. Let me know if you're interested. It's time for me to shut up. Sorry for rambling on. Just my way thanking you for the quad knowledge you've given me. One last thing don't run your boats in saltwater, ever! Unless you have one specifically designed for the ocean. Saltwater is basically arsenic for freshwater RC boats. Mahalo Bruda
Hey Scott! No rambling just great info. Thank you for all the tips they are well received. I am planning on slapping some kind mini fpv system on this boat and will provision with your recommendations when/if that time comes. Much appreciated man. Aloha!
Oh boy, I found it for 99.99 dollars couponsgearbest.com/2017/06/05/feilun-ft011-rc-boat-active-coupon-price-gearbest/ I hope this can help you ruclips.net/video/gCJH1nF4qb8/видео.html
I can truly honestly say it's a fast boat but my only problem was when it flipped upside down and got water into the cavity I use silicone you name it and it still got water and eventually it stopped working
Hey Dunstin, quick question. How does this compare to the ft012? performance, quality, speed, modification potential etcetc. I have a ft012 coming in the mail that i plan on stripping and reworking all internals into a grunt machine. It was hard choosing between the two. Cheers man!
Both are amazing machines. Love the way FT011 looks. But in terms of speed and performance both, FT012 is better. Just lost my FT011 today at the beach. Reason : It didn't flip back over.
Hey Dustin, I know this isnt the most recent review but was wondering if you ever FPV ed it and if so what cam you would or did use ie waterproof,all in one or the like. Thanks Keith fron USA, MN
Hey I have a question if there is something in your boat when the battery is plugged in and the boat just stands around for about 10 minutes without being used it starts beeping because I bought it yesterday and it always beeps when not in use and the manual only says to disconnect the battery when not in use so I don't know if this boat has it or if it is broken ..
so if you would put the ESC in the Back and the Battery in the Front to keep it from jumping around it would loose the "Self Righting/Flipping Feature" ? hm thats a bit odd... but with that power some weight in the front shouldnt matter even on stock or what do you think about that :) cheers mate 👍
I wanna start with boats and ordered a FT012 a couple days ago, but now I saw this video and and man, for the actual price at gearbest this boat is a must have. I love the size with it's higher stability! One question, I have a lot 3s LiPos and no 4s, so how will it perform @3s? Maybe with a larger propeller for the lower rpm?
Other possibility would be a higher kv motor like the 2845/3930kv max 800W @3s that I've bought for a boat project (3D printed hull), do you know if there is any chance to seperate ESC from RX? Otherwise testing is only possible with another RX and my Taranis, cause it will be no fun to blow the ESC midwater. Does anybody know the kv of the stock motor of the FT011?
I've never seen anyone use Reverse so much on RC boat LOL❗I thought the reverse feature was to hit once then forward to upright boat after it flips upside down. I'm considering one of these but the prices are all over the place. It does look like a decent boat but with a double hatch system I wonder how water is getting inside❓Thanks for the review.👍👍
great video great boat... I saw a video where the guy set follow me on his phone with bebop 2 put phone in water proof bag placed in boat..... great vid thanks dustin
Hey 👋 cool boat awesome video great production as always with your videos... completely insane location by the way be OK if I come and stay with your house for a while beginning to suck here in Kansas supposed to be fall thinks it’s spring!! I think 🤔 why would be a nice change! 🤪 Thanks 🙏
Excuse me sure, we're trying to start a drone program at our school and we've been asking youtubers if they would support us so would you mind donating a drone to our drone program
BRILLANT REVIEW AND NOW I AM ABOUT TO BY ONE SOON AS I GET OF .. OF RUclips AND GO ONTO ANOTHER WEBSITE SO THANKS FOR THE THE BRILLANT REVIEW THAT HAS MADE MY MIND UIP 100% A DEFFO YESSSSSS TO BYING ONE SO THANKS AGAIN PAL
I see you mentioned it in another comment. When are you making that happen? (haha) Honestly, I am not really THAT interested in boats, even though my parents have a nice sized pond I could run one one, but FPV boat racing...that sounds pretty awesome!!!!
Salut je suis youtubeur et je viens de commencer je vous conseille d'aller la voir vous n'aller pas être dessus mais soyer un undulgent je viens de commencer
Hey all! Hope your enjoying the review. Gearbest whom provided this boat for review notified me they are having a "Big Summer Promotion Sale" which is ending this week. Please check it out and don't miss the deals here: goo.gl/U5nL8x
I've mentioned this before, but I follow your quad reviews pretty much religiously. Honest, transparent, unbiased and educating reviewers are hard to come by. I've learned from them. Thank you. RC cars and boats have been depleting my funds for years. Lol. Go to your local sporting goods store or hockey speciality store ( I know, ice hockey store in Hawaii?!?!?! ). Buy some clear hockey tape made by Renfrew. Hobby shops call it radio box tape and charge stupid prices for it. $11-15 will get you three rolls Dick's Sporting Goods and will last you a lifetime. It's water proof, flexible and stretches. Use it to seal the hatches of your boats. Boat guys use it exclusively. Make sure you also completely clean and then lube the drive shaft and it's tube after EACH day of use. A steel drive shaft spinning at 28,000 rpms will burn through a brass or aluminium stuffing tube in seconds if the grease gets fouled. The ABS hull also melts when this happens. Marine trailer bearing grease works perfect and is cheap. Also put some Vaseline in the rudder linkage boot and seal all penetrations of the hull and deck with a little water submergible caulking. Trust me, all it takes is just one tiny drop of water in the wrong place to ruin your day. Balance is very important with boats. Make sure it doesn't lean to one side. Do a Google search for the optimal fore and aft balance point for your hull style and length. Make sure your trim tabs do not hang below the bottom of the transom ( the back of the boat). Keep them a couple millimeters above the point where the transom and the hull bottom meet at most. Otherwise you're creating tons of drag. There's actually a scientific reason to do this, but I won't bore you with the details. Your turn fins should be gently sanded smooth and have a knife like leading edge. Don't point them down anymore than needed to stabilize the hull in turns.....35 degrees roughly in relation to the transom is a good starting point. This is just basic stuff. I can can point you to some great RC boat specific forums that will teach you everything. Let me know if you're interested.
It's time for me to shut up. Sorry for rambling on. Just my way thanking you for the quad knowledge you've given me. One last thing don't run your boats in saltwater, ever! Unless you have one specifically designed for the ocean. Saltwater is basically arsenic for freshwater RC boats.
Mahalo Bruda
Hey Scott! No rambling just great info. Thank you for all the tips they are well received. I am planning on slapping some kind mini fpv system on this boat and will provision with your recommendations when/if that time comes. Much appreciated man. Aloha!
Dustin is "just cranking it" at the lake! Love his entire catalogue of videos. Thanks again mate.
Nice Dustin. Looking forward to getting my review of this boat done. Looks like a blast!
+MKme Lab Thanks. I want to try putting a waterproof FPV kit on the hood next 😃
Dustin Dunnill I thought about that for my review but alas all my GoPros are too big and the mobius has no case. Oh well :)
Oh boy, I found it for 99.99 dollars
couponsgearbest.com/2017/06/05/feilun-ft011-rc-boat-active-coupon-price-gearbest/
I hope this can help you
ruclips.net/video/gCJH1nF4qb8/видео.html
Can you put a GoPro on it please
+Gum Bird Yes
I can truly honestly say it's a fast boat but my only problem was when it flipped upside down and got water into the cavity I use silicone you name it and it still got water and eventually it stopped working
could you get a wider angle lense, I can't quite see California and Virginia.
+Jf Mc Sure but only because you asked 😉
Dustin Dunnill Thanks!! Can't wait, Let her fly Tough Guy!
is this no longer made? Any alternatives in that size?
Insane and will you be making a custom drone review
I was wondering where this boat is available still? Best place to buy? List of everything needed to get going?
I got mine from the link I put in the video description if you want to check it out.
Reservoir looks very low??? Hawaii having drought issues as southern CA does?
+SZretired This is a reservoir for sugar cane and pineapple. It's constantly full and empty weekly. No drought here.
An old comment but do these boats have lipo cut off
What would be a faster boat the UDIRC Arrow or the ft011
I'm confused, is this the new version of the FT012? I assumed since its FT011 it would be an earlier model.
FT011 is faster
Hey Dunstin, quick question. How does this compare to the ft012? performance, quality, speed, modification potential etcetc. I have a ft012 coming in the mail that i plan on stripping and reworking all internals into a grunt machine. It was hard choosing between the two. Cheers man!
+paramrider 69 Same thing pretty much. Just bigger and with a carbon fiber looking top. The Ft012 is awesome as well.
thanks dude i appreciate it
I couldn't decide either so I ordered both.
Both are amazing machines. Love the way FT011 looks. But in terms of speed and performance both, FT012 is better. Just lost my FT011 today at the beach.
Reason : It didn't flip back over.
+M1N4J 101011 bummer! Are you getting another?
Hey Dustin,
I know this isnt the most recent review but was wondering if you ever FPV ed it and if so what cam you would or did use ie waterproof,all in one or the like. Thanks Keith fron USA, MN
Hey I have a question if there is something in your boat when the battery is plugged in and the boat just stands around for about 10 minutes without being used it starts beeping because I bought it yesterday and it always beeps when not in use and the manual only says to disconnect the battery when not in use so I don't know if this boat has it or if it is broken ..
Can you use the ft0011 with the 12 and. Can u use the ft011 and ft011 with out it Interfere with each other
what camera do you use
Hey! Great video! How stable is the boat at high speed turns? If you happen to flip the boat, does it flip itself back over?
+Igor Skuratovsky answers are all in the video...
My bad! Was at work and couldn't watch the whole video! Now I did! Got two of them for me and my buddy! Tnanks!
so if you would put the ESC in the Back and the Battery in the Front to keep it from jumping around it would loose the "Self Righting/Flipping Feature" ? hm thats a bit odd... but with that power some weight in the front shouldnt matter even on stock or what do you think about that :) cheers mate 👍
Might work well
What’s the highest lip it will take as standard,is it 5s?
I wanna start with boats and ordered a FT012 a couple days ago, but now I saw this video and and man, for the actual price at gearbest this boat is a must have.
I love the size with it's higher stability!
One question, I have a lot 3s LiPos and no 4s, so how will it perform @3s?
Maybe with a larger propeller for the lower rpm?
+Andreas M. Haven't tried 3s but your theory sounds about right
Other possibility would be a higher kv motor like the 2845/3930kv max 800W @3s that I've bought for a boat project (3D printed hull), do you know if there is any chance to seperate ESC from RX?
Otherwise testing is only possible with another RX and my Taranis, cause it will be no fun to blow the ESC midwater.
Does anybody know the kv of the stock motor of the FT011?
I've never seen anyone use Reverse so much on RC boat LOL❗I thought the reverse feature was to hit once then forward to upright boat after it flips upside down.
I'm considering one of these but the prices are all over the place.
It does look like a decent boat but with a double hatch system I wonder how water is getting inside❓Thanks for the review.👍👍
What's the link again?
How fast is the boat ?
Hope you're enjoying your connection I'm sorry it's called reception
Is it worth the price?
NİCE ONE MATE COOL will be upgrades on FT011?
Smaller doesn't have the water sense system does it
+nick svaluto I don't remember the either one having it unless they updated since my review
What was the run time?
I have a question I watched both of your reviews on the feilun ft012 and ft 011 if you were to recommend which to buy what one would that be thanks
both pretty much the same.. just depends if you want a bigger or smaller scale.
Real cool boat. Great video and review.
+Glen D. Spicer Thanks Glen. A rush to drive
One more question would you recommend this one ft011 or ft012? Thanks
nick svaluto your choice, he said they're basically the same but different size
Bonjour de Paris
I like your reviews. This one is a bit old now but still very useful.
Merci
Thanks Robert. A great boat
Great Review! looks like a Cool Little Boat to get!
+twrecks116 Thanks. It's a blast!
Can I upgrade the stock 1800 25C 3S battery to the Amazon 2200 35C 3S battery and use the stock charger since the plugs look the same?
its stock 4s not 3s ;) so that would be a downgrade :) have a good one
Nice review bud nice one
That's a pretty dry reservoir.
+Darth Frodo it's being used daily for watering sugarcane.
great video great boat... I saw a video where the guy set follow me on his phone with bebop 2 put phone in water proof bag placed in boat..... great vid
thanks dustin
Nice... now you are giving me some great ideas :)
+Dustin Dunnill yup bought a bebop 2 lovin it great video quad lots of speed video could be better but really for cost point awesome
nice camera
How much is it?
Hey 👋 cool boat awesome video great production as always with your videos... completely insane location by the way be OK if I come and stay with your house for a while beginning to suck here in Kansas supposed to be fall thinks it’s spring!! I think 🤔 why would be a nice change! 🤪
Thanks 🙏
Excuse me sure, we're trying to start a drone program at our school and we've been asking youtubers if they would support us so would you mind donating a drone to our drone program
Hah me too
Good video. I really shouldn't buy a boat. I must not buy a boat....what was that link again?
+Quad Crasher Lol. It's summer. Time for water fun :)
Are you in maui
Yes
Oh my god please remove the wide angle lens from your camera. But nice review anyway!
Lol...Does it make you sick?
Yeah it makes me feel little dizzy xD
Nice video !
+Lungoci Corneliu Thanks :)
BRILLANT REVIEW AND NOW I AM ABOUT TO BY ONE SOON AS I GET OF .. OF RUclips AND GO ONTO ANOTHER WEBSITE SO THANKS FOR THE THE BRILLANT REVIEW THAT HAS MADE MY MIND UIP 100% A DEFFO YESSSSSS TO BYING ONE SO THANKS AGAIN PAL
+jason brooks Cool. Hope you enjoy it :)
Waterproof FPV camera is the only thing needed. :D
+BuckeyeStorms Now you got me thinking😂
+Dustin Dunnill I know, right?
I see you mentioned it in another comment. When are you making that happen? (haha)
Honestly, I am not really THAT interested in boats, even though my parents have a nice sized pond I could run one one, but FPV boat racing...that sounds pretty awesome!!!!
did anyone notice the little crab?
I haven't even started to see the video and I clicked like
I went to Maui for Christmas
Awesome :)
thanks !
Very Cool
+Ricky ThePhoton Dexter ✌
This is a great value for $86!!!!
+Ross Bassette Yes, it's a great price.
Классно, если бы лодку сожрала какая-нибудь подводная тварь из этого озера.
Cool, if the boat ate any underwater monster of the lake.
:)
What's up with your voice...doesn't even sound like you. Love the boat...
Awesome :-)
+Erwin 1965 😯👍
Salut je suis youtubeur et je viens de commencer je vous conseille d'aller la voir vous n'aller pas être dessus mais soyer un undulgent je viens de commencer
Det är inte någon som har kollat