Good tip about the coupling you covered in a tube. I had one of the little " T" bars fly out on a run. They are only a friction fit. I use a bronze Octura 432 prop .The plastic ones can shear without hitting any rocks.Also I am convinced, having had my boat a year that the water mainly gets inside via the propshaft . It's not a big issue . Just a silly tip I found was if you catch a leaf or similar ( which really slows the boat) try just stopping the boat where it is ,wait a second and run again , the chances are that whatever it is falls clear and you can continue without bringing the boat to shore each time. Good stuff Larry.Keep it up.

Thanks for the shrink tubing idea. Cuts back on the grease spatter. I was not able to remove the set screws right out of the box. Seems like they used Loctite on it. So heating up the set screw makes sense but using a heat gun would not be a good idea with a bearing and plastic close by. I used a soldering iron on the set screw and this worked. After the set screw was removed the coupler would not come off easily on the drive shaft side. After I carefully did some pulling and twisting it came off. I had to bore out the coupler opening with a file so the drive shaft would slide easily off and on. Funny how the manual makes no mention of lubing the drive shaft only the coupler. This is so important to longevity of the bearing and shaft.

Looks great!

Awesome boat bro!! Thanks so much for sharing!! Mine should be here tomorrow!! God bless you!!

I use a sponge in mine to soak up water. I think the ft012 is always going to let a bit of water in. My theory being the sponge just stops the water sloshing about the electrics as much . Oh and one tip for all you ft fans. Don't go hard throttle everywhere , you will cook the esc. If you haven't already. They are a great boat when you have changed just about all the stock items.

Boat is relaxing and does not even need tires!

Think a plastic 3 blade 32mm 1.4p prop would do any good? Or would it be too hard on the motor with the extra blade and 2mm of size?

I need to actually put this boat to work doing something . Is there any way or sorce for a power prop instead of a speed prop for this boat ?

You can fit a 3000 amp battery. A few mods to the battery housing without any disastrous affects to handling. Any bigger , the lid won't shut. Good luck all you ft012 fans

Iv been running this boat for over a year. I run it on both 3s and on a 1500mah 4s and it screams. Got a built in cam for fpv and leds for night blasts. I have not come across anything better for $75. If there's anything better people, please let me know. Great little boat.

I like this boat and have 3 runs with it. All 3 times I have had issues. 1st and 2nd runs the transmission pins flew out of the dog bone coupler. Fixed that with some piano wire. The 3rd time the damn prop fell off. I have had a hard time trying to fine a replacement nut. From what I am reading here the original prop is not the best and I am willing to upgrade to a metal prop if it is worth it. However I still need a the nut to hold the prop in. Any ideas as to where I can get the nut?

You must be going a lot faster with your reduced runtime. A GPS speed recorder like MRMAD2424 on KZfaq uses would be ideal. Check out his ft012 vids & check his speeds. Your boat is running well & I like your mods. I ordered one of these 012s this week have a FT009, definitely going to get one of those GPS gadgets to check my speeds. I do believe speed is a tradeoff for runtime but you can always switch props❗

What off the shelf battery can I upgrade to on this? Got a link to a good bolt on prop?

Nice is the prop a right hand or left

So what’s the gps top speed ?

Larry, I've seen so many clips of people trying to mod up the propeller. Frankly I think you're wasting your time. A bronze propeller , definitely. Good stuff mate

Any idea where you got the copper tubing for the rudder? I was looking at mine and it's definitely a little bit loose

I know its been a while but did you ever find a 32mm prop with 1.4 pitch... to me that should be perfect... main thing is cool temps... a quality 32mm with same pitch as stock 30mm should add a good amount of performance ..only other mod for performance would be a better quality battery... thanks for sharing

What's that's sleeve that you have over the coupler in the middle? I bet that really keeps the grease In there! That's awesome..

Maiden voyage of mine yesterday had its ups and downs... I was adjusting my rudder trim and my fat thumb accidentally hit the controller off switch the boat went mental at speeds the boat hadn't hit before even when i ran it wide open, I frantically turned the controller back on hoping to connect nope... the boat was flipping around and came towards me I got some control back but no throttle control so I beached it in front on me and killed a prop picked it up popped hatch and disconnected battery. Replaced prop fins and hull where fine so I hooked up the battery again and gave it a test run but this time it ran twice as fast wide open. Can someone explain why it ran much faster the second time? (Same

Hello I have a question so I can use my boat normally but I have to avoid using reverse cause it gets water inside? And the propeller it's ok? Or what is the problem with it and the steering is there a problem?

Hola amigo, hermosa lancha yo tengo una igual me encanta usarla. mande like y suscripcion, espero la suya en mi canal. gracias

Seems faster than my ft012 hmmm where did you get the prop?

My boat is stock and takes in water and doesnt make sharp turns, what am I doing wrong? Maybe reverse is pulling the water in?

What battery should get for my stock boat, 2200 25C or 35C?

I have the FT012 it is fun but the Esc is not that good I changed two and now I can't even find Esc for my boat anymore. Banggood or other websites don't have it. I'm well disappointed that I can't use my FT012 anymore. Can anyone help?

hi mine everytime run its full of water inside dont know from were come

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Does it have lipo cut off?

Anyone ever had problems with intermittent drive , press trigger sometimes is fine, 2 seconds later no drive with trigger pressed. then it will work for few seconds then nothing. The steering is not effectected , batteries okay.I looked at connections , they seem fine. Not sure what to do . Any help?

Mau

thats slow, my friends is much faster stock. seems your prop isnt balanced so its not at full rpm as i can hear it