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01-02-2011, 07:32 PM
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damn that sucker was chine walking bad, hope you can get that sorted out. My reaction to this video is that catamarans are sweet
damn that sucker was chine walking bad, hope you can get that sorted out. My reaction to this video is that catamarans are sweet
01-02-2011, 10:41 PM
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RE: Traxxas Spartan
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iLLNhNTYQ8
2 - 11.1v lipo batteries, brushless traxxas spartan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iLLNhNTYQ8
2 - 11.1v lipo batteries, brushless traxxas spartan
Not sure but from the way that boat was handling there may have been to much weight at the stern (rear). Moving the batteries forward might correct the wobble. Just and opinion. The TRAXXAS site says there is plenty of room to move the batteries forward and aft to get the best run angle.
01-02-2011, 10:42 PM
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RE: Traxxas Spartan
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THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE IT HANDLES OK!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksEZeKanCug&NR=1[/youtube]
THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE IT HANDLES OK!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksEZeKanCug&NR=1[/youtube]
01-03-2011, 07:02 AM
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RE: Traxxas Spartan
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iLLNhNTYQ8
2 - 11.1v lipo batteries, brushless traxxas spartan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iLLNhNTYQ8
2 - 11.1v lipo batteries, brushless traxxas spartan
65 MPH on GPS (title of the vid)
I think he needs to reset the GPS after the car ride to the pond.
01-03-2011, 07:11 AM
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RE: Traxxas Spartan
Looks fast and turns good but it also looks like itel rollover it you keep it hamerd more then 5 sec bad chine walking ( how do you fix that ) i was thinking about geting one of these
01-03-2011, 08:12 AM
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RE: Traxxas Spartan
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65 MPH on GPS (title of the vid)
I think he neess to reset the GPS after the car ride to the pond.
ORIGINAL: marktp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iLLNhNTYQ8
2 - 11.1v lipo batteries, brushless traxxas spartan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iLLNhNTYQ8
2 - 11.1v lipo batteries, brushless traxxas spartan
65 MPH on GPS (title of the vid)
I think he neess to reset the GPS after the car ride to the pond.
lame [:-]
01-03-2011, 10:53 AM
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RE: Traxxas Spartan
If that was 3s I'd hate to see it on 6s! I've yet to see video of this boat that impresses me, slow out of the box on stock setups and then this one chine walking really badly on 3s. And it's made of plastic! Be interesting to see how it stands up to regular boat style usage. I've split the seam on a f/g hull hitting a turn marker before and I'd give the nod to fiberglass over plastic for strength!
01-03-2011, 11:08 AM
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If that was 3s I'd hate to see it on 6s! I've yet to see video of this boat that impresses me, slow out of the box on stock setups and then this one chine walking really badly on 3s. And it's made of plastic! Be interesting to see how it stands up to regular boat style usage. I've split the seam on a f/g hull hitting a turn marker before and I'd give the nod to fiberglass over plastic for strength!
If that was 3s I'd hate to see it on 6s! I've yet to see video of this boat that impresses me, slow out of the box on stock setups and then this one chine walking really badly on 3s. And it's made of plastic! Be interesting to see how it stands up to regular boat style usage. I've split the seam on a f/g hull hitting a turn marker before and I'd give the nod to fiberglass over plastic for strength!
01-03-2011, 11:18 AM
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If that was 3s I'd hate to see it on 6s! I've yet to see video of this boat that impresses me, slow out of the box on stock setups and then this one chine walking really badly on 3s. And it's made of plastic! Be interesting to see how it stands up to regular boat style usage. I've split the seam on a f/g hull hitting a turn marker before and I'd give the nod to fiberglass over plastic for strength!
If that was 3s I'd hate to see it on 6s! I've yet to see video of this boat that impresses me, slow out of the box on stock setups and then this one chine walking really badly on 3s. And it's made of plastic! Be interesting to see how it stands up to regular boat style usage. I've split the seam on a f/g hull hitting a turn marker before and I'd give the nod to fiberglass over plastic for strength!
01-03-2011, 11:28 AM
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RE: Traxxas Spartan
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If that was 3s I'd hate to see it on 6s! I've yet to see video of this boat that impresses me, slow out of the box on stock setups and then this one chine walking really badly on 3s. And it's made of plastic! Be interesting to see how it stands up to regular boat style usage. I've split the seam on a f/g hull hitting a turn marker before and I'd give the nod to fiberglass over plastic for strength!
If that was 3s I'd hate to see it on 6s! I've yet to see video of this boat that impresses me, slow out of the box on stock setups and then this one chine walking really badly on 3s. And it's made of plastic! Be interesting to see how it stands up to regular boat style usage. I've split the seam on a f/g hull hitting a turn marker before and I'd give the nod to fiberglass over plastic for strength!
just for an example! they make car bumpers out of abs plastic because its tuff, durable, forgiving and cheap to replace. i think the boat will be ok the only thing im worried about is how thik and strong have they made the transome. have they made this so the rudder shears a pin incse it hits somthing below the surface or will it tear the whole rudder out of the transome.
some one that has this boat could you fill us in???
01-03-2011, 01:30 PM
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You mean that stuff scattered all over the road in a 5mph fender bender! LOL I hope it's made out of something better than that flimsy junk! Time will tell but I think one good hit and the hull will be done for. I've seen a SV hit a stone wall, not full out or anything and all it did was put a little chip on the nose, if it was ABS I think the story would have had a much different ending. Now the guy always brings his boat in paralelle to the shore instead of straight in!
I really hope I'm wrong, boats like this are what bring people into the hobby, if they shell out hard earned money and the boat breaks apart they are probably lost to the hobby forever.
I'd try to find a Spartan hull to build if they were fiberglass, I think it's one of the nicest looking RTR boats to hit the market. If they can run stable on 6s and stay together through typical boat usage and abusage they have a real winner on their hands and have raised the stakes in the RTR game.
My P mono is a fiberglass hull over 20 years old that started out with a 3.5 inboard, then a K&B outboard and now a Leopard 4074 inboard again, I can only hope that the SPartan can stand over 20 years of racing and modding.
That hull has a patch in one side where it was t-boned, has had the deck hull seam split from nailing a turn marker, now it's stripped down for yet another paintjob and seasons running. I think it's an old Aeromarine hull but I can't even come close to remembering now.
I really hope I'm wrong, boats like this are what bring people into the hobby, if they shell out hard earned money and the boat breaks apart they are probably lost to the hobby forever.
I'd try to find a Spartan hull to build if they were fiberglass, I think it's one of the nicest looking RTR boats to hit the market. If they can run stable on 6s and stay together through typical boat usage and abusage they have a real winner on their hands and have raised the stakes in the RTR game.
My P mono is a fiberglass hull over 20 years old that started out with a 3.5 inboard, then a K&B outboard and now a Leopard 4074 inboard again, I can only hope that the SPartan can stand over 20 years of racing and modding.
That hull has a patch in one side where it was t-boned, has had the deck hull seam split from nailing a turn marker, now it's stripped down for yet another paintjob and seasons running. I think it's an old Aeromarine hull but I can't even come close to remembering now.
01-03-2011, 01:36 PM
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traxxas have 2 other models the Blast and the Villain EX
what are they made out of and i wander how they have held up over the years?
what are they made out of and i wander how they have held up over the years?
01-03-2011, 01:42 PM
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You mean that stuff scattered all over the road in a 5mph fender bender! LOL I hope it's made out of something better than that flimsy junk! Time will tell but I think one good hit and the hull will be done for. I've seen a SV hit a stone wall, not full out or anything and all it did was put a little chip on the nose, if it was ABS I think the story would have had a much different ending. Now the guy always brings his boat in paralelle to the shore instead of straight in!
I really hope I'm wrong, boats like this are what bring people into the hobby, if they shell out hard earned money and the boat breaks apart they are probably lost to the hobby forever.
I'd try to find a Spartan hull to build if they were fiberglass, I think it's one of the nicest looking RTR boats to hit the market. If they can run stable on 6s and stay together through typical boat usage and abusage they have a real winner on their hands and have raised the stakes in the RTR game.
My P mono is a fiberglass hull over 20 years old that started out with a 3.5 inboard, then a K&B outboard and now a Leopard 4074 inboard again, I can only hope that the SPartan can stand over 20 years of racing and modding.
That hull has a patch in one side where it was t-boned, has had the deck hull seam split from nailing a turn marker, now it's stripped down for yet another paintjob and seasons running. I think it's an old Aeromarine hull but I can't even come close to remembering now.
You mean that stuff scattered all over the road in a 5mph fender bender! LOL I hope it's made out of something better than that flimsy junk! Time will tell but I think one good hit and the hull will be done for. I've seen a SV hit a stone wall, not full out or anything and all it did was put a little chip on the nose, if it was ABS I think the story would have had a much different ending. Now the guy always brings his boat in paralelle to the shore instead of straight in!
I really hope I'm wrong, boats like this are what bring people into the hobby, if they shell out hard earned money and the boat breaks apart they are probably lost to the hobby forever.
I'd try to find a Spartan hull to build if they were fiberglass, I think it's one of the nicest looking RTR boats to hit the market. If they can run stable on 6s and stay together through typical boat usage and abusage they have a real winner on their hands and have raised the stakes in the RTR game.
My P mono is a fiberglass hull over 20 years old that started out with a 3.5 inboard, then a K&B outboard and now a Leopard 4074 inboard again, I can only hope that the SPartan can stand over 20 years of racing and modding.
That hull has a patch in one side where it was t-boned, has had the deck hull seam split from nailing a turn marker, now it's stripped down for yet another paintjob and seasons running. I think it's an old Aeromarine hull but I can't even come close to remembering now.
01-03-2011, 02:30 PM
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traxxas have 2 other models the Blast and the Villain EX
what are they made out of and i wander how they have held up over the years?
traxxas have 2 other models the Blast and the Villain EX
what are they made out of and i wander how they have held up over the years?
big defference in how long things last at actual speed [:-]
01-03-2011, 05:59 PM
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Well, if nothing else, this is an interesting boat to check in on.
That one with the camera was a nice video, but not particularly fast. Nowhere near the 50mph all the fanboys harp about. It was probably running on 14 nimh cells...again nice, but not fast.
The other one is so unstable it's scary. On that same water (particularly around a course), a bone stock UL-1 (running 4s) would beat it up and steal it's lunch money. The Miss Geico could probably the boat in that video a run for its money too.
Time will tell if the Spartan can be set up to be fast AND stable AND durable.
That one with the camera was a nice video, but not particularly fast. Nowhere near the 50mph all the fanboys harp about. It was probably running on 14 nimh cells...again nice, but not fast.
The other one is so unstable it's scary. On that same water (particularly around a course), a bone stock UL-1 (running 4s) would beat it up and steal it's lunch money. The Miss Geico could probably the boat in that video a run for its money too.
Time will tell if the Spartan can be set up to be fast AND stable AND durable.
01-03-2011, 07:25 PM
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Well, if nothing else, this is an interesting boat to check in on.
That one with the camera was a nice video, but not particularly fast. Nowhere near the 50mph all the fanboys harp about. It was probably running on 14 nimh cells...again nice, but not fast.
The other one is so unstable it's scary. On that same water (particularly around a course), a bone stock UL-1 (running 4s) would beat it up and steal it's lunch money. The Miss Geico could probably the boat in that video a run for its money too.
Time will tell if the Spartan can be set up to be fast AND stable AND durable.
Well, if nothing else, this is an interesting boat to check in on.
That one with the camera was a nice video, but not particularly fast. Nowhere near the 50mph all the fanboys harp about. It was probably running on 14 nimh cells...again nice, but not fast.
The other one is so unstable it's scary. On that same water (particularly around a course), a bone stock UL-1 (running 4s) would beat it up and steal it's lunch money. The Miss Geico could probably the boat in that video a run for its money too.
Time will tell if the Spartan can be set up to be fast AND stable AND durable.
01-04-2011, 05:44 AM
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traxxas have 2 other models the Blast and the Villain EX
what are they made out of and i wander how they have held up over the years?
traxxas have 2 other models the Blast and the Villain EX
what are they made out of and i wander how they have held up over the years?
01-04-2011, 06:50 AM
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if you would all read the description in the video then you would not comment on how the boat is handling... jeeeeeeeessssssssss!!!!
01-04-2011, 08:55 AM
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RE: Traxxas Spartan
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THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE IT HANDLES OK!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksEZeKanCug&NR=1[/youtube]
THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE IT HANDLES OK!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksEZeKanCug&NR=1[/youtube]
but with longer runs