Originally Posted by Diesel6401

IMHO... stay away from that boat complelty!

1) you don't need 6s to go "fast"
2) the hull is plastic
3) the reason for the over-heating is the 6s claim. The first generation had a pure junk motor, the second generation has a much MUCHbetter motor, problem is the 6s is destroying the motor

* there are better (much better) boats for less money then the Spartan. Iuse to like traxxas, but seeing how the built this boat, and they way they responded to people on there forums who had issues with this boat. They lost a lot of cool points with me. They understand the car game, but haven't the slightest clue on how to make a decent boat. The Impulse 31 is a much better mono and built by a true rc boat racer with year of experience. Is it as fast out of the box as a spartan on 6s no it's not, is it a better boat that with a few tweeks can run circle around a spartan yes it is! Ibuilt a 32" pursuit mono for less then a stock new spartan and it'll out run, out turn and out handle a 6s spartan and it runs 4s. Like Isaid you don't need 6s to be fast, don't let the traxxas hype suck you in. JMHO and welcome to boating. Boats are a whole different animal then cars, do research on things, because what works well in cars typically will be destroyed in a boat.</p>