# good quality radio controlled boats that don't cost a fortune?

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**Created:** [May 29, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-quality-radio-controlled-boats-that-dont-cost-a-fortune/623431 "2012-05-29T12:08:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-quality-radio-controlled-boats-that-dont-cost-a-fortune/623431/1 "2012-05-29T12:08:19Z")

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So I’m thinking ahead to possible presents for the Piper Cub, and one thing that occurred to me was a radio-controlled boat, since we live near a lake.

Then I went googling, and found web-sites with radio-controlled boats that cost a fortune (like one for a Titanic model going for a mere €899). It looked like a hobbyist web-site for people who wanted to build their own customised boats.

Is there a place to get radio-controlled boats that are more at the toy end of the scale, so to speak? My googling has not been productive.