ORIGINAL: JPriami

The delay on the spartan was due to licensing on the name titan. Aeromarine makes a boat hull called the titan already.
I feel traxxas dropped the ball on this boat and the QC. The rudder inlet hole isnt sufficient to allow enough flow for the cooling. And apparently some are having problems with their esc not running right, surging, blowing up even catching fire! From what I read this seems to be a common problem with traxxas and their esc's even on other vehicles.
But traxxas has some cool stuff in my opinion. The revo for one is pretty awesome. And they even took that platform and shrunk it down. then made it universal for about 9 or so other vehicles this reduces the cost of making something when it works with and is compatible with other vehicles. Pretty good thinking and business strategy.
But they have lost sight from my perspective. They want so bad to boast the fastest in radio control trade mark. That they talk up stuff and then marketing gets involved and you want to believe what your being sold because you have that stand point of you want to trust what seems to be a reputable company thats been around a good while.
I think there are lots of variables involved in hitting an advertised speed of something. But it should at least come pretty darn close or surpass what its being sold saying it does. But then you throw in all the problems on top of that and it makes a bad name for yourself.

My Spartan has been a project from day one. first modifying the rudder inlet to make sure it got enough coolant through the system. That worked and kept my boat running cool. But made the silicon jacket leak. Long story short its all good now.