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Item: 2 x Nikko Sea Astro RC boats + 2 x Volantex RC Tumbler Auto-roll-back Pool Racer
Age: ~3 years old
Price: N/A
Payment Method Accepted: N/A
Warranty: No
Packaging: Some
Condition: Sea Astros are good ; Tumblers may need ESCs
Location: Cresta, Johannesburg
Reason: Not using regularly
Shipping: Pref not
Collection: Yes
Link for Sea Astro : Sea Astro (RR)
Link for Volantex Tumblers : Volantex RC Tumbler Auto-roll-back Pool Racer ( V796-1 ) | VolantexRC
IMPORTANT NOTES : Tumblers are broken! Sea Astros are okay!
This is the deal - The Sea Astros seem to be fine - if I remember correctly one of them sometimes disconnects and behaves a little funnier when low on battery / earlier than the other but they both seem to be okay. I charged them and tested rudder and throttle and the propellers spin and whatnot. They're different frequency boats too so you can play with both of them in the water at the same time. They come with 2 pin chargers and are pretty neatly designed in that everything is separated into compartments and is pretty waterproof and all that good stuff.
However - the Tumblers are being weird. Basically when you pair the remote with the boat, the rudder control works fine but when you try to activate the throttle, the prop spins for half a second and then the ESC just flashes seemingly indicating it has disconnected from the radio. Perhaps you could just replace the ESCs on both boats and that would fix it? I don't know - I'm not much of an RC guy.
Lastly - if you can get the Tumblers to work - they are AMAZING. They are SUPER fast - around 25km/h as opposed to the Sea Astros which run around 5km/h. Anyway that's about it. Come and get them if you're interested in a little bit of RC boat fun in the pool.
Pics
FYI
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Age: ~3 years old
Price: N/A
Payment Method Accepted: N/A
Warranty: No
Packaging: Some
Condition: Sea Astros are good ; Tumblers may need ESCs
Location: Cresta, Johannesburg
Reason: Not using regularly
Shipping: Pref not
Collection: Yes
Link for Sea Astro : Sea Astro (RR)
Link for Volantex Tumblers : Volantex RC Tumbler Auto-roll-back Pool Racer ( V796-1 ) | VolantexRC
IMPORTANT NOTES : Tumblers are broken! Sea Astros are okay!
This is the deal - The Sea Astros seem to be fine - if I remember correctly one of them sometimes disconnects and behaves a little funnier when low on battery / earlier than the other but they both seem to be okay. I charged them and tested rudder and throttle and the propellers spin and whatnot. They're different frequency boats too so you can play with both of them in the water at the same time. They come with 2 pin chargers and are pretty neatly designed in that everything is separated into compartments and is pretty waterproof and all that good stuff.
However - the Tumblers are being weird. Basically when you pair the remote with the boat, the rudder control works fine but when you try to activate the throttle, the prop spins for half a second and then the ESC just flashes seemingly indicating it has disconnected from the radio. Perhaps you could just replace the ESCs on both boats and that would fix it? I don't know - I'm not much of an RC guy.
Lastly - if you can get the Tumblers to work - they are AMAZING. They are SUPER fast - around 25km/h as opposed to the Sea Astros which run around 5km/h. Anyway that's about it. Come and get them if you're interested in a little bit of RC boat fun in the pool.
Pics
FYI
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