| Electric radio controlled boats come in various sizes | | | | Electric radio controlled boats are very quiet compared |
| and are controlled by a radio system which includes a | | | | to the gas or nitro models but do not have the same |
| transmitter and a receiver which is installed in the boat. | | | | top end speed. Before buying one you should check |
| The transmitter is usually a stick type or a gun type | | | | with your local bylaws to see where you can run your |
| that you hold and control with your fingers. The | | | | boat. Most of the electric RC boats can be run in most |
| receiver that is mounted inside the RC Boat receives | | | | areas because they are quiet and don not disrupt |
| and processes the signals from the hand held | | | | other people in the area. |
| transmitter and sends them to the servos which tell | | | | For some reason many people have the impression |
| the motor to rotate, accelerate, slow down and turn | | | | that it's hard to build a radio controlled boat and get |
| left or right. | | | | started in the hobby. If this tends to turn you off |
| The servos (motors) are usually powered by NiCd | | | | because you are not particularly mechanically inclined |
| (nickel-cadmium batteries) or NiMH (nickel-metal hydride | | | | then buy an RTR or (ready to run) boat. These are |
| batteries) and operate from 4.8 volts to 6 volts DC | | | | boats that you can buy that are ready to go right out |
| from a 4 or 5 cell battery. Run times vary from 5-10 | | | | of the box. It doesn't get much easier than that. For |
| minutes at 20-25 MPH to 1 or 2 hours depending on | | | | those that don't like to tinker around and frankly don't |
| how many motors and battery packs your are running. | | | | have the time to then an RTR boat is probably a great |
| Many boats have enough space to accommodate 2 | | | | choice for them. |
| batteries. | | | | |