Ive been trying to find one of these boats for few months now. Wanted it so bad back in the day. Now that i can finally afford it, they are gone.

I’ve bought my first nitro kyosho USA 1 a few weeks ago but for the life of me cant seem to get it to stay on. Any advise?

Very cool rustler. Part of me wants to get a nitro but then I remember how much tinkering they need that I don’t understand lol

On day 1 the servo took a sht! I replaced mine with an Amazon special and I couldn't be happier!!

Yeah sweet truck, definitely nitro over ev for one of these 👍

That's an awesome truck buddy! I got to get myself one of these. I would go for the nitro too, it suits it.

37 out the box on glass, adjusted the drive up 1-2mm and got 44 on same packs on glass, im thinking to hit 50 you gotta turn up the timing, i turned up the timing in mine 1 step and im gonna try it out. No way spektrum packs are that much better, again if anything maybe the smart packs automatically turn up the timing to fool you, will let yall know.

That thing looks like a lot of fun. How fast is that supposed to go? Like 60?

Do I see a pond? Always looking for new fishing spots along with new bashing spots

Nice ! Definitely a nice run !

72mph that rustler is an animal

Nice run I’m going to have to pull my rustler back out for a few speed runs

I bet that run it didn't record the speed was your best! Nice improvements just the same! It looks much better than last time out. I bet that is a 75 mph setup with a clean run (if the tires cooperate). Can't wait to see the next runs! Loving it.

Awesome rip that is a sweet place for speed runs

That’s very impressive! I know my stock X07 was going quick, not 55pmh maybe around 30 and crashed it hard a lot without any issues! They really are durable

Hey thanks for joining in on the fun! Sorry I’m late to the party, I didn’t get the notification for this entry for some reason. The X07 is a fun budget truggy. I do really wish they would get these scale sizing right with these off brand rc’s. This one will fall in to the open class for challenge

I just purchased three of these tugboats and just out of courisity I tried to lift the control horn up like you did in the video and nothing budged, I believe that the kort nozzle/rudder has a solid upper shaft molded in it , so the only way to safely do this on these new boats will be to remove the propeller from the prop shaft and then slide it through the kort nozzle while slightly turned to one side!

Congrats on the 70mph! Its a fun learning curve isn't it. Enjoyed watching that. 👍

Here is a video on installing the battery extension kit. I really had to tweak it to work in my bandit because it’s not designed for it… But I was able to make it just fit. I think it might be easier or at least no harder with the Rustler. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKTGZoWdrbmGptEsi=dneku3J6LbG6liO6

Exciting video! I enjoyed the heck out of it. Brought back a lot of memories. If you can, I would take that rear wing off. Zip tie the wheelie bar together… I’ll message you a picture of how mine is set up. It keeps it from coming apart. I will send you a video on how to secure the battery. There’s actually a kit for like $6 dollars that works great. I would recommend using about a quarter mile for your speed runs. You can raise the antenna as high as possible and use a longer tube and that’ll get you a little extra range but that stock transmitter can go 750 feet or so each direction no problem on fresh batteries (I put my slightly used batteries in cars that don't need very fresh batteries). Take note of how far you were running each time. I tried to do .5 miles round-trip and ideally .55. This is much more important when you start getting the speeds up closer to 100 but it is a good habit to use 0.5 mile for your total trip. I would suggest about 200 g of weight on the front… And when you’re easing into the throttle that last little bit is the trickiest so the last little increment when you’re giving it throttle, you have to have it close to top speed before you that last little bit if that makes sense. It will reduce the chances of flipping. I recall the stock ESC feeling like there were about 8 increments of speed and that last one seems to kind of jolt the car with one last little burst of speed which is annoying/difficult to deal with. I suggest lowering the suspension with gas fuel tubing inside of the shocks. Once you’ve given up on those tires, I would go with or a good belted tire or GRP or one of the options we discussed. sorry if this says lots of errors… I’m writing it on my phone . I also put several layers of gorilla tape on the top of my body because the flips are an inevitable when you’re getting it sorted out. It helps keep it looking fresher. Great first runs!!! I think that had many more miles an hour in it with a clean run. Once you start getting solid runs in, I would suggest preheating your battery and that will give you a couple extra MPH. I have a couple extra tips I’ll give you off-line. 😉 Thanks for the shoutout!

Nice job! That truck is moving on 3s 👍

Nice rip! I also have the 48 and LED covers was letting water in. I took the covers off and sealed them. No leaks. kzbin.info/www/bejne/faeoe3p8arSog8U

If anyone wants to sign a petition letter to Kyosho begging them to re release Im in

That thing is amazing. SMC power! Glad it was a good recovery and no damage.

It's one way clutch causing the starting issue

You deserve a prize for landing the car into the bucket 🪣, 😂😂 brilliant! As pointed out, for the challenge you can modify the car as much as you like. There's no rules on modifications to make it faster!

Nice speed out of it. The scales on all of these are usually overstated, you are right they are usually one step smaller than the advertised size. I just got an "1/8th scale" that is definitely just 1/10th scale!

great landing in the bucket 🪣 😀 yeah that don't look 10th scale, great truck though 👌👍👍😎

As long as the MSRP is under $150 I think you are good to go! You can spend as much as you want on LIPOs, ESCs, and motors! Great video! That thing is seriously quick for stock. 47 mph is great! Faster than my HBX 2997a was by about 4 or 5 mph with an equivalent LIPO. It’s going to be great to see which of these budget. RC’s are really best for speed runs. Glad to see you in the contest! Thanks for the shout out! Man, right into that bucket!😂

You said that you are feeding your buggy with a 11.1v battery but I am pretty sure a Tamiya Grasshopper usually recommended 7.2v NiMh battery. My suggestion: Bash the buggy around and see if after a while the issue persists. If at low voltage you turn the steering but the buggy doesn't accelerate it's definetly because of the higher voltage. But frankly, other suggestions in these comments seem to be better than what I am suggesting.

Mine does 68kmh on all stock! No changes in nothing... So that's right! :) 12s will come in a near future!

Mine ran 33mph out the box and that's after greasing the Flexi shaft. I wasn't happy with it so I sent it back to the shop. They advertise these as 50mph boats but the shop told me that's only if you run the spectrum batteries. I'm not paying another £400 for two batteries to be able to use this.

With a hydra esc and prop change, getting mid 50’s but temp on motor gets pretty warm, usually around 140 after a run

Yea mine didn’t do much more than low 40’s out of the box. Even running fairly dry. Imo this boat for its size needs to be at least 10s

New sub!! Looking forward to more videos!!

One of my favorite boats!! Endless speed possibilities!!!!

Sounds like it’s running at half throttle it should be screaming! Trimmed how it should be you wouldn’t be able to run it wide open for that amount of time it wouldve shut down from overheating.

I don't think you have your throttle turned up all of the way to 150 percent

lift the tabs up a smidge and you'll see a difference in speed

The connector pins in the truck and starter box are junk. I have one that is 13 or 14 years old and a brand new one last week and they both do it. Still good trucks.

OK, thank you that’s good to know

Since you changed the controller make sure you calibrate the ESC to the controller. Make sure you're getting 100% throttle

Do you need to grease the shaft when you first get the boat on your first run

I liked your video !

The boat is made for right turns not left turns,as for the leaning to the left it’s the self riding

what packs you using

That thing is absolutely nuts! Awesome runs. I would love to see how fast it is on a glass smooth lake.

Right On Brou. nice vid. anything that says 70mph, has my attention. Have Fun

Batteries Suck EBL Use American Batteries

Good prop and esc will really wake the boat up. Also i included a propeller in the package that’s coming. Spare prop I had figure you can put it to good use. Pranther 240.