Joysway Dragon Force 65 V8 ARTR Sailing Yacht
Brand: Joysway
Part No: JY8815AV8
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The Joysway Dragon Force 65 V8 ARTR Sailing Yacht elevates the much‑loved DF65 with a raft of refinements that bring its quality and appearance up to the high standard set by its larger DragonFlite 95 sibling. Retaining the proven performance of earlier versions, this Version 8 update focuses on stronger hardware, slicker assembly and more precise sail control. Joysway part number JY8815AV8.
Features
- Servo tray screws replaced with flat head screws.
- Revised servo tray with larger mounting holes and top-down screw access for the mounted plate.
- New switch mounting plate enables switch replacement from the top of the servo tray.
- Modified dimensions for the black hatch cover patch and battery cover patch.
- New reinforced moulded rudder servo arm.
- Improved rudder metal arm with 1.9 mm clevis hole to reduce lateral play.
- Two bearings upgraded to 404 stainless steel.
- Modified mast stub and joiner with 4.97 mm OD tube for improved fit and mast bend under tension.
- Reinforced mainsheet bridle plate, thicker and stronger.
- Mast deck sliding plate width increased from 19.3 to 19.8 mm for a tighter fit and reduced wobble.
- Improved mast deck plate positioning nut to prevent drop-out from the keel box.
- Screws, nuts and washers for the mast deck plate, plus keel screws, upgraded to 316 stainless steel.
- Revised jib boom rear plug with external threading path for easier lifting cord changes.
- DF65 sails clew hook increased from 0.6 to 0.8 mm.
- Main sail luff ring end further bent to form a more secure hook shape.
- Higher quality forestay steel wire, shortened length with thinner copper clamps to prevent loop loosening.
- All sail corners upgraded from single- to double-layer patches for reinforcement.
- Higher quality elasticated sheeting cord.
- Includes the new 2025 winch servo for more accurate sail control.
Specifications
- Length: 655 mm
- Beam: 116.5 mm
- Rig Height: 915 mm
- Overall Height: 1338 mm
- RTR Weight (no batteries): 1200 g
- Sail Area (Main): 1460 cm²
- Sail Area (Jib): 766 cm²
- Sail Area (Total): 2226 cm²
- Hull Material: Moulded ABS with painted white finish and applied stickers
What’s Included
- Fully painted blow‑moulded ABS hull
- 50 micron Mylar film racing sails with printed flow stripes and logos
- Extruded carbon fibre mast and boom tubes
- Extruded aluminium keel with zinc alloy ballast bulb
- Metal‑geared digital rudder servo and fast, powerful sail winch
- Display stand
Needed To Complete
- Radio and receiver
- Batteries for radio
With its upgraded rigging hardware, stainless fasteners and improved sail handling, the Dragon Force 65 V8 offers a polished ARTR experience for radio sailing enthusiasts seeking dependable DF65 performance and easy maintenance.
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The new updated (Version 8) Dragon Force 65 sailboat. The DragonForce 65 has undergone a major transformation to bring the quality and appearance up to the high standard set by its bigger brother the DragonFlite 95, without affecting the competitiveness of previous versions. This truly is a stunning and race winning boat - straight out of the box!
Features- Servo tray screws are replaced with flat head screws.
- Servo tray is modified with larger the mounting holes & secure the mounted plate with screws from top of servo tray.
- New switch mounting plate - now sailors can replace the power switch from top of the servo tray, no more disassembly of the servo tray to replace the switch.
- Modified dimensions of the black hatch cover patch and battery cover patch.
- New molded rudder servo arm (reinforced).
- Improved rudder metal arm, the hole which fit with clevis change from 2mm diameter to 1.9mm diameter, this change will make sure the rudder fits better, minimises the left and right clearance.
- Two bearing change to 404 stainless steel material.
- Modified mast stub and mast joiner with tube at outer diameter of 4.97mm to improve the fit. The whole mast unit will have better curve under tension.
- Mainsheet Bridle Plate modification - reinforced, thicker & stronger.
- Mast deck sliding plate, modified mold:Width from 19.3 to 19.8mm, stop mast deck plate sideways wobble by tighter fit with keel box top molding.
- Improved mast deck plate positioning nut. Prevent nut drop out from keel box.
- Screws, nuts, washers for the mast deck plate, screws for keel - all change to 316 stainless steel.
- Jib boom rear plug, design change, cord can be thread through outside, easy for changing the jib boom lifting cord.
- DF65 sails clew hook 0.6 change to 0.8mm.
- Main sail luff ring, increase the bend on the end to form more of a hook shape.
- Better quality forestay steel wire, Shorten the forestay wire length, use thinner copper clamp to clamping the top and bottom wire, prevent wire loop loosening.
- All sail corners, change from one layer patch per side to two layers patches to reinforce.
- Change to better quality elasticated sheeting cord.
- Included is the new 2025 winch servo for more accurate sails control.
Length: 655 mm
Beam: 116.5 mm
Rig Height: 915 mm
Overall Height: 1338 mm
RTR Weight (no batteries): 1200 g
Sail Area (main sail): 1460 cm2
Sail Area (Jib): 766 cm2
Sail Area (Total): 2226 cm2
Hull Material: Molded ABS with painted white finish and attached stickers
- Fully painted blow molded ABS hull.
- 50 micron Mylar film racing sails with printed flow stripes and logos.
- Extruded carbon fibre mast and boom tubes.
- Extruded aluminium keel with zinc alloy ballast bulb.
- Metal geared digital rudder servo and fast powerful sail winch.
- Display stand.
- Radio and receiver.
- Batteries for radio.
Key Info:
- Brand: Joysway
- Part No: JY8815AV8
- Barcode: 5056135783825
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