The first one I received did not work at all , sent it back and ordered another one and it is fantastic. My Grandson loves it.

Watching internet videos about understanding and using the transmitter is essential, and allowed me to get the rudder trim set up perfectly. Ideal trim is with the rudder trimmed very slightly to turn right. I was VERY impressed with this boat's performance and speed, on my first day with it out on a local lake, and in very breezy conditions with considerable choppy water. The boat just flew over the wavelet tops and was easy to control in spite of the conditions. When trimmed ideally, the boat will corner equally well whether turning left or right and will make sharp turns and tight circles very well. This boat can carve a turn very steep and fast and holds its course beautifully. Of course you can do drift turns too! If you turn very abruptly at full speed the momentum can cause the bow to slightly dip into the water, causing the boat to be COMPLETELY SUBMURGED momentarily, and then the boat shoots back to the surface while still racing forward! I was amazed when I first saw this happen! After I flipped the boat way out from shore, the self righting feature of moving throttle lever back and forth righted the boat as advertised-a big deal to prevent having to swim to the boat. Equally important is the low boat battery alarm the transmitter gives you when its time to bring the boat to shore, to prevent the boat getting stranded in the water with a dead battery. On my first run I had not gotten the cockpit canopy fully snapped into place, and after running the boat, the bilge had half an inch of water in it, which did no harm while running the boat. Finally, this thing shoots out a gorgeous and realistic rooster tail and the sound while running is also quite realistic. I recommend this 100%

nice boat

Great little starter boat for anybody deciding to pick up this hobby. Easy to put together, very sturdy made. Was surprised with how fast it goes and easy it is to handle. Would highly recommend it.

I was amazed at how fast this little guy is! The controls look a bit daunting at first, but it is very intuitive to use and very responsive. We tested in a big pond and went back for three days because it was so much fun. The range is great, battery run-time is much longer than expected (~ 15-20 min I think) and again, the speed is impressive.

Another thing that was great is that this boat is almost impossible to flip over in the water. You can see in my video that it is quite windy out but that wasn't a problem at all. It has a feature to automatically "right" itself if it does flip, but we honestly couldn't get it to flip so I haven't been able to try that yet. I would definitely recommend this for adults or children.