Traxxas Spartan 67.2 mph run

[Zackthrills]

Sounds good pm me your info so I can come out there phone number and I'll call you so we can meet up to play with the boats. I wish I had 2 2s packs that can handle the amp draw will have to order some. All my packs are 3s

[Zackthrills]

Who do I tell to move this thread

[kevinpratt823]

All hulls have their "speed limit". It takes a lot of tuning/practice to bring that speed limit up at all, and even then it's only a little. I ran the same motor in my Cyberstorm on 5s, and with a M445 I can get 54mph and still "run right"(stable). Put an M545 on and I can get about 60mph in short straights but it torque rolls off the line, and if I stay on it, it will chine walk once it hits chop and become unstable, then I. It is more fun for me to keep it within the hulls limits(for my ability).
I think you will find that anything over 50mph with your boat is going to be fun. Half the fun comes from running on the edge of the hull's stability/speed limt, regaurdless of what that is.

[kevinpratt823]

Who do I tell to move this thread

I don't think you necessarily need to move it, just change the title to something less misleading.

[Zackthrills]

Ya I'm in the process of building a fighter cat daytona and going to run twin monster motors and want to polish it to the edge then will cut it back a little. My is lack of experience and needing to learn to tune to get boat stable. My buddy is supposed to help me install the carbon fiber in my spartan which should help to make boat stable and stiffer. So we will see. My problem is I always l like to push everything to the breaking point.

[Powerboat 5000]

I'm building a river cat SAW at the moment, myself.
Good luck with your build. Don't rush it...

[jetnfast]

Ya I'm in the process of building a fighter cat daytona and going to run twin monster motors and want to polish it to the edge then will cut it back a little. My is lack of experience and needing to learn to tune to get boat stable. My buddy is supposed to help me install the carbon fiber in my spartan which should help to make boat stable and stiffer. So we will see. My problem is I always l like to push everything to the breaking point.

I don't think you need CF to reinforce the Spartan, the ABS is quite strong believe it or not. I have heard of Spartans crashing at 50+ and they are fine. I say this but oddly, my experience has been surprisingly different. I have 107 runs on my Spartan, no crashes and I had the rear transom start to separate at the bottom which was the source of a slow leak in the hull that perplexed me. I figured it out finally and I bought some locktite ABS glue and reinforced/repairs and its been perfect ever since. I guess it was a weak point in my boat, but overall the Spartan hull is solid with little flex. Plus it doesn't chip like fiberglass or shred like fiberglass in a major wreck.

[Zackthrills]

Sounds good pm me your info so I can come out there phone number and I'll call you so we can meet up to play with the boats. I wish I had 2 2s packs that can handle the amp draw will have to order some. All my packs are 3s . Well I went out just ten min ago for a late night run I adjusted my trim tabs as advised and after a few runs I had her dialed I'm to the best of my night vision lol the fountain was off and I could see that there was only a ring about three feet around circle so I drive out and around it keeping my speed up and coming down the front stretch she was moving faster then I have been able to get her yet do to the roll effect. It handles great in the straight but taking right turns is very slow and wide left turn is fast and right. I'm going to mount my speedmaster rudder tomorrow so I can run on Tuesday and record it after some day time fine tuning and my gps will be here so we shall see if all my work has paid off. Well with the carbon fiber I am going to hold of on using it for now.