Traxxas Spartan

[GeoVW72]

Looks like December is it. Great for all of us up north. :sarcasm1:
Parts listings just hit the catalog :spy:
Were some things of interest:

TRA5757 Temperature Sensor: Spartan
TRA5747 Flex Shaft Oil (20cc): Spartan
TRA5733 Propeller, 42x59mm: Spartan
TRA2218X 5-Channel 2.4GHz Micro Receiver: Spartan

The white hulls should be cheep, 91% of the cost seems to be the graphics.

Graphic Hull, speed control and motor are going to pricey :ThumbsDown01:
Although if you look at the parts listing they are doing a *Lifetime Replacement Plan* on the hull like some of their other products http://traxxas.com/pdfs/5708_parts.pdf

One question I have is, can you oil a flex shaft :confused1:

[lectriglide]

Sneak Peek - looks like fun!

http://www.youtube.com/Traxxas#p/u/0/qiBbkw2o-k4

[calcagno45]

Sure looked like a spec class...


I think I'll end up getting one too!!

[Brushless55]

this is a vid of some NASCAR racers running them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiBbkw2o-k4
http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww39/filmmaker2009/IMG_0155.jpg

[GeoVW72]

they sure looked nice.
notice they never mentioned a name :glare:
it took them this long to release the video because someone had to go through and change all the titan logos to spartan, bet that was fun.

they pushed the date at the warehouse to 12/15 :spy:
lets hope they don't drop the ball again or that we end up with a melted hunk of plastic

[Make-a-Wake]

Wonder why they're running counter-clockwise in the vid.............cuz thats what they know as Nascar guys?

[Brushless55]

Wonder why they're running counter-clockwise in the vid.............cuz thats what they know as Nascar guys?

:thumbup1:

[Brushless55]

it would be cool if they will sell the graphics like in the picture

[Rumdog]

God do I hate NASCAR. Most boring *!***!***!***!** ever.

[Diesel6401]

God do I hate NASCAR. Most boring *!***!***!***!** ever.

Try living 15 minutes away from a track :doh:. The traffic on raceday's drives me freaking nuts :thumbsdown:. NASCAR does blow I agree, never had to deal with it until I moved to the south. They did have Ken Block driving one though :rockon2:

[johnf]

Pretty cool. Wonder if they were run with the stock nimh packs.

[Brushless55]

God do I hate NASCAR. Most boring *!***!***!***!** ever.

oh man, I dig NASCAR racing
I lived about 2miles from a 3/8th mile track years ago and the sound on Saturday nights was sweet! :biggrin:

[Flying Scotsman]

I love motor racing but the glory days were the 50's and 60's. I was a wee boy taken to an old airfield converted to a race track in Scotland...Charterhall....I saw Jim Clark race there...my hero, I was hooked. Today we get a bunch of guys on the telly who can not shut up and the racing is crap.

Douggie

[Rumdog]

When I lived in Metro detroit, I used to go to Belle Isle for the F1 races. Now that, is real car racing.

[Brushless55]

When I lived in Metro detroit, I used to go to Belle Isle for the F1 races. Now that, is real car racing.

F1 is my favorite! :buttrock:
I worked at the Inaugural Grand Pix of Denver years ago, and that was a flippin blast! (not F1)
I had access to the whole event at anytime and worked one of the score boards along Denvers streets
and I got to meet Danny Sullivan right before the race

[LarrysDrifter]

Ill get a Traxxas what ever they re gonna call it the day I show any interest in NASCAR.I cant see either one happening.

[Flying Scotsman]

F1 is still my favourite motor racing sport apart from rallying....Jimmy Clark was the best driver of his era and a true gent....Aryton Senna was probably the best of all time. They both died in racing crashes.

Douggie

[Jeepers]

F1 is my favorite! :buttrock:
I worked at the Inaugural Grand Pix of Denver years ago, and that was a flippin blast! (not F1)
I had access to the whole event at anytime and worked one of the score boards along Denvers streets
and I got to meet Danny Sullivan right before the race

my wife and her friend Deena worked at the Grand Prix to!

[keithbradley]

I love motor racing but the glory days were the 50's and 60's. I was a wee boy taken to an old airfield converted to a race track in Scotland...Charterhall....I saw Jim Clark race there...my hero, I was hooked. Today we get a bunch of guys on the telly who can not shut up and the racing is crap.

Douggie

Technology has came so far since then... you cant even compare the two. Today's average daily driver handles better than those cars ever did. Sometimes it can be more entertaining to watch someone try to drive an ill handling car, but to me, the glory days are now. It is amazing how far we have came in auto racing. Still NASCAR seems to hang on to old technology longer than any of the other motorsports.:confused2:

[keithbradley]

Pretty cool. Wonder if they were run with the stock nimh packs.

They didnt look like anywhere near 50 mph boats in the vid...awfully rough water for anything that fast. They must have been on nimh or maybe 4s lipo?

[Rumdog]

I like the one bobbing nose up full of water. Body clips, and drip rails FTW! lol

[johnf]

They didnt look like anywhere near 50 mph boats in the vid...awfully rough water for anything that fast. They must have been on nimh or maybe 4s lipo?

That's what it looks like to me. My guess is stock packs since they don't sell a lipo.

[johnf]

I like the one bobbing nose up full of water. Body clips, and drip rails FTW! lol

That is what I was worried about!

[Brushless55]

my wife and her friend Deena worked at the Grand Prix to!

Sweet!
I got a spot on the MTV vid they did with the celebrity race :thumbup:

[Brushless55]

Technology has came so far since then... you cant even compare the two. Today's average daily driver handles better than those cars ever did. Sometimes it can be more entertaining to watch someone try to drive an ill handling car, but to me, the glory days are now. It is amazing how far we have came in auto racing. Still NASCAR seems to hang on to old technology longer than any of the other motorsports.:confused2:

Old technology?
NOT :w00t:
just different rules

[wakeboardfusion]

Anyone who bought one get a shipping notification? They are supposed to be shipping today.

[Brushless55]

not sure if they actually shipped today?
maybe to vendors?

[oscarel]

I saw them testing and filming 3 boats right out of the boxes yesterday. They said they would be at Tower Hobbies around Christmas.

[Brushless55]

I saw them testing and filming 3 boats right out of the boxes yesterday. They said they would be at Tower Hobbies around Christmas.

shipping was to be today the 16th not yesterday the 15th
doubt any real customer got one

[anilao]

It looks like the boat will be shipped out after Christmas.

[GeoVW72]

yep, or something like that.
pushed at the warehouse till 12/17, Horizon
maybe tower bought the first ship :roflol:

[Brushless55]

Tower still says mid Dec.

[Brushless55]

Looks like Traxxas took off the Available December 16th on the Spartan home page :spy:

[Brushless55]

and this is the boat of the year for 2010! :doh:

[johnf]

and this is the boat of the year for 2010! :doh:

lmao!

[BakedMopar]

That's what it's all about. Looks like everyone there was having a blast. Too bad they can't get the boat delivered to all their potential buyers.

[sjslhill]

I saw them on E-bay for $399 today.....

[oscarel]

Looks like Traxxas took off the Available December 16th on the Spartan home page :spy:

Traxxas site says now shipping.

[Brushless55]

Traxxas site says now shipping.

only 4 days after!
and they really don't say they are now shipping
only a few have gone out :doh:

[sjslhill]

The whole market is :doh: I read these forums and I see :blah:


only 4 days after!
and they really don't say they are now shipping
only a few have gone out :doh:

[Brushless55]

The whole market is :doh: I read these forums and I see :blah:

go troll the waters somewhere else! :doh:

[Doby]

The whole market is :doh: I read these forums and I see :blah:

Gotta agree with you on this one Steve.

The boat might be the best thing since sliced bread....then again, might be the biggest turd ever....

Lots of opinions being formed based on no actual experience with the product......:olleyes::olleyes:

[Brushless55]

who is talking about the boats performance! :doh:
talk about the delays delays delays!
now there is word that there could be a new issue with the boats that left the manufacture :doh:
maybe some just cannot read

[sjslhill]

One thing for sure, I'd never want to sell you anything :blah:



who is talking about the boats performance! :doh:
talk about the delays delays delays!
now there is word that there could be a new issue with the boats that left the manufacture :doh:
maybe some just cannot read

[Diegoboy]

:focus: people, or this thread will go the way of the other one...

You have been warned

[Brushless55]

has anyone actually gotten one of these yet?
I want to see it in the hands of an OSE member who can let it ripp! :rockon2:

[lectriglide]

My LHS has two, but they won't take them out of the box to look at. GO FIGURE.

They said they rec'd two a couple days ago but immediately got an email stating not to take them out of the box or sell them and ship them back. These are the replacements that are OK to sell, but no lookey.

[Brushless55]

My LHS has two, but they won't take them out of the box to look at. GO FIGURE.

They said they rec'd two a couple days ago but immediately got an email stating not to take them out of the box or sell them and ship them back. These are the replacements that are OK to sell, but no lookey.

so they had two but had to return them, and now they have two to sell? :confused2:

[lectriglide]

so they had two but had to return them, and now they have two to sell? :confused2:

Correct.

[Brushless55]

one thing I do like about the Hobbytown near me is they will always let me tear into a new box to look at it! :banana:

[Brushless55]

I wonder if those first two were some kind of special NASCAR edition boats :tongue_smilie: