HobbyKing Swamp Dawg Air Boat (ARR)

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Klasse Boot

Sep 08, 2020

Schönes kleines Propellerboot

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Pond Skimmer

Jan 26, 2020

Fun boat

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nice boat

Jan 16, 2020

very nice boat, nice water drifting, but I choose one powerful motor because stock motor it's ok but not enough for me.....

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HOBBYKING SWAMP DAWG AIR BOAT

Dec 26, 2019

This boat makes a lot of fun.

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Swamp Dawg Air Boat

Dec 23, 2019

Excellent air boat for low waters. You need just a few cenimeters deep water.

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"HELL YEAH!" with attempt

Nov 06, 2019

Overall: it´s a steal with fun for 30€ with lots of fun on the long run. Basic setup and especially motor is good for nice playing with good speed @2S. No matter wat "they" say: 3S@ original Motor / airscrew will result in a sudden "glow in the dark" effect with some fog from burnt cable.
BUT: absolutely no deal to change the motor mount / motor to a propperer one @3S and a 5x4.5 3-blade with 30A ESC and there is still roomm left for the 3S/1500 but ESC outside.
I dropped it in, it went crazy fast, I had fun. Go for it. Cheapest fun boat arround!

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Excellent value but the design is flawed.

Nov 04, 2019

Firstly, for what you get, this is fantastic value. That said, the airboat could be better with a redesign. When assembled, it is underpowered and struggles onto the plane. I upgraded from the existing motor at about 65w to a bigger motor with 3 cell lipo giving 130w. Much better.
The biggest problem is that the battery compartment is too small. It should be extended forward into the front deck. This would allow a decent 3 cell battery etc.
Unfortunately I used mine in too strong a wind and it got blown over. The capsize destroyed the reciever and esc. I have not tried to use it since but suspect the motor is gone as well. If I rebuild it I will do some surgery on it and build a much bigger battery compartment and also some floats on the cage to prevent inversion if it tips over again.
It a fun model but due to the capsize, it was retired after only a week. I am still glad I bought it.

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What a funny craft.

Oct 23, 2019

As I purchased the Swamp Dawg I just liked to have a little toy for my son. As it arrived I was lucky to have one ESC - not included. Description says in German Page:
"Sie erhalten eine 20amp ESC..." and also "Erforderlich. 2-Kanal-Sender & Empfänger (TX / RX) 20A ESC 1000mAh 2S 7.4V Lipo" what actually means yes and no :)
To the boat. I was surprised about a good amount of quality parts. But looking at the motor I was not really confident about. Especilly the mounting is somewhat but not good and interchangeable for bigger ones...
For I have no 2S Lipos I decided to put in a 3S. Result: Motor burned on water with delivered airscrew. My fault, hk did not intend to have 3S on it. BUT I decided to put in a 2700kV 22 size motor with a standard back-cross and a 5x4.5 3-blade prop from Schubkraft. There we go! Now - with a 40 Amp ESC - this thing goes!
After all I would highly recomend this boat if available for 30 bugs. It´s worth the prize and means a lot of fun. The RX should be protected from water because this thing is not absolutely waterprof under heavy use ;) Not recomended for little 5 years olds. To "twiggely" to control.
Only bad spot is the prop cage that can not be disassembled once it is put into its place. This means a lot of trouble changing Motor or Airscrew.
Thumbs up!

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Ok

Oct 02, 2019

Ok

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Good

Oct 02, 2019

Divertente Airboat, solo lo scomparto batteria lo trovo piccolo, da utilizzare con batteria di piccole dimensioni. (salvo modifiche personali...)