An update on the Spartan. I have now run it several times over a couple days, and it has performed flawlessly. It is very stable, and ran very well on a pond in 15mph winds, and a medium chop.

With a 3000Mah 7 cell NiMH pack, the speed was good, and I got about 15 minutes of run time, running rather aggressively. I should get a few minutes more from my 4200Mah pack. When I recharged the 3000 Mah's, they took 3400 Mah.........and about 72 minutes of charge time, on a HiTec X4, AC plus charger. So I used most all of the power in the battery.

I will get a video to post, and see if I can get a speed number. Looks to me like perhaps 30+mph. I have a portable GPS, but it is very heavy, and would put a good deal of add'l. weight (6 oz.) in the boat. It is a garmin 665 ZUMO that I use on my Harley. I think my son has a small lite weight unit.<br type="_moz" />