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Thanks once again for the shout-out brother! Nice video as always! This boat is definitely Awesome! They killed it with this one! I'm at Interstate speeds with mine so far 😏 Love it!
I know I've said it before, but the battery plug setup is awesome the way they are mounted. I hope they start implementing this on everything. If they could create kits for certain vehicles that would be great. I'm including all brands, not just Horizon, great idea! Edit: Forgot to say thank you for another great video!
Thanks again for another great review! What an awesome boat! I wasn’t interested in RC boats until I saw this video! This is epic! Hope I can get one in Australia! 😁
I bought the original Sonicwake 36 back in 2019 or 2020 and it burned me. Had a bad transmitter out of the box, but Horizon took care of that. Main thing was constantly melting solder at the battery connectors. Swapping from EC5 to QS8 connectors helped, but that was a good bit of money. Then eventually the ESC went bad and I dropped big money for whichever 150A it is that some company sets up specifically for the SW36, and after 1 or 2 runs, my boat went upside down, wouldn't self-right after a minute (it was normally a long ~40 second process anyway), then smoke started coming out and it exploded. I quit RC boating after that lol I think the crappy battery mounting system let the batteries loose from a high speed crash, since in Horizon's brilliance, they had nothing that really held batteries captive from fore/aft movement. I stuffed foam in there to help prevent it, but it must not've been enough.
My NEW 48 Super Sonic takes on a lot of water. I did a tank test and found out the LEDS are letting water in. I removed the LENS covers and sealed them with plumbers caulk. No more leaks. Does your LEDS lights leak? Please let me know. Thank you Sir.
I get the attraction of a boat that comes out of the box ready to rock but damn, you get a carbon fibre twin motor for less money. That said horizon will have these flying off the shelf so i'm probably the one in the wrong lol
That’s a real boat. I said “on an RC boat”. It being a smaller scale and hardly visible during most normal running conditions can be viewed as weird. But yes, cool nonetheless.
well,while i love the sonicwake all around(no mods),i love all the extra-features this has,as well as the color-scheme,but im not crazy about the size compared to the '36-V2'...the '36' regardless of model and colors seems to have a faster,more agile performance,had they packed all the extras into the '36 V2' THAT wouldve been the perfect mix.however im very sure this larger model is also a blast to control,just doesnt appear to be as blistering-fast,my guess is the size-diff.
Yep, I think the 36 is a decent size if you have some nice water around, if they make a 36 V3 with the grease catch, the quarter turn bolts and the battery trays than it's a easy choice.
It kinda does. Also, run times are seriously next-level short for anything satisfyingly fast on the water compared to off-road buggies/trucks. The extra space, general lack of obstacles, and the loading put on the powertrain means you'll be seriously hammering batteries, possibly melting solder and/or connectors. And ultimately, water is water. Rough water isn't all that fun since you can't rip it as much, and flat water's the same whether it's this one pond or that lake over there. Nothing like the variety of terrain that off-road has. Running laps on an off-road track also has wayyy more meat-'n-taters to sink your teeth into as you practice and refine your skills at taking corners and timing jumps to get laps faster / more consistently with less crashes. Just way more to chew on there compared to aimlessly running around in the water. Even the RC boat racing is so limited since it's so few and far between. There's actually one of the strongest RC boat racing groups/clubs where I live (Huntsville, AL), but I was so bummed out to see that the only RC boat racing done, at least here in the USA, is with crappy oval courses rather than having left & right turns like what stand-up jetski racing has.
