Traxxas Mono!

[Hydromaniac]

Dejavu' remeber the SV27, Where did that class go????

[FE_Chris]

Dejavu' remeber the SV27, Where did that class go????

Last I knew people still raced them. For the money, speed and fun of it all who wouldn't want to race a SV27? Nice boat for the coin.....

Let's see here. Traxxas boat has 7-cell packs, 2.4Ghz radio and is supposed to run 400 bucks. Add a PS and a charger and your at 550 TOPS. Thats little more than the price of a SV27 with batts, charger, ps, ect......

All i'm saying is people try to dog on stuff like this for "abs hull" and "not fitting into a race class" when in all reality 99.9% of the people buying these from towerhobbies.com and LHS's like HT USA are not going to "race" but just run them for fun.

Again, 36", brushless, 2.4Ghz radio, 30MPH out of the box and 50MPH with Lipos.....Sold.

Traxxas knows how to sell RC. I have no doubt this boat is going to make them some money.

But hey, no on has one yet so we'll see how they work out when they get here. I won't be able to get one till November anyway. I'm deployed somwhere in the middle east right now and all I have is sand, sand, and more sand.

[Rumdog]

This certainly won't be good for the sales of the sv27 huh?

[ray schrauwen]

If you wait 6 months to a year I bet you can get one at a steal.

[Eodman]

Hell it doesn't have a name yet -- not a sniff on their website yet and you want to believe it will be available this summer!

[Eodman]

Although I certainly do like the looks of this boat --- Traxxas Villian is what got my son & I into this hobby/sport!

And the Villian is ABS & still a fun boat to beat the hell out of!

[Rumdog]

i bet it will be. I dont think it will be on the site till its for sale. Its better to have a boat with no name then a name with no boat. The guy in the vid said late june. You better believe i'll be getting one. Theyll prob even have different color schemes. I also bet it will be out before the illusive aq cat.

[Eodman]

Hey Rumdog that's a bet I am NOT willing to take!

I like it enough to add it to my fleet and it ain't a cat!

[line6]

Any new boat that sparks a interest to FE for a new guy cant be all that bad of an thing. even if there is no real class for it (IE cant be competitive in Q or above) at least it might get him out to be part of a club then hopefully he will build something like a P-limited boat or whatever. just my 2cents

Jason Sims

[Grimracer]

true enought.. the SV had it day in the sun....

that boat is now 4 years old.. not bad for an old fart!

Grim

[Steven Vaccaro]

true enought.. the SV had it day in the sun....

that boat is now 4 years old.. not bad for an old fart!

Grim

Something tells me you wouldn't be talking like that unless there is something else in the pipeline.

[Doby]

Don't you remeber, its been "discontinued"............

[T.S.Davis]

This thread grew faster than I could read.

I have my very own vac forming machine. Stop it with the "it's just as good as glass". It's simply not. Stuff one at 50 when it's cold out and let us know how it goes. Been there done that. That's not a criticism of this particular boat but more of ABS itself. There's a reason ProBoat and Aquacraft use glass.

I'm totally okay with them calling it "ready to race". It is. It's ready to race against other 36" Traxxas RTR's just like it. Al Waters used to to say the first race happened when the second guy showed up with a boat. Of course, he also said the first rule was made by the guy that lost. haha

If a group of guys pick them up to race each other what's wrong with that? Nothing as far as I'm concerned. I don't think the public will be misled. The average on street guy doesn't even know NAMBA and IMPBA exist. Let alone that their sweet looking new boat can't compete in Q mono. They don't care about that. Let us nuts that are willing to spend thousands on one worry about Q mono class.

For me, I'd have to see one up close before I would commit to putting 6s in one. Running ABS at 50 I'm not real comfortable with. Could be it's thicker than normal. The old FDM 32 hulls held together better than any plastic boats and they were .06 ABS if I remember correctly. We beat the crap out of those things.

[alvinsmith75]

Something tells me you wouldn't be talking like that unless there is something else in the pipeline.

Yeah, not to thro Aquacraft into the mix in the Traxxas mono thread, BUT what's the word on the cat?
You can put the reply in the AC cat thread if u like.

[Grimracer]

will do..

give me a sec

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