Traxxas Titan

[johnf]

One thing I've been worried about from day one, and is even more apparent in the ihobby pics, is the water tightness. If you look at a side shot it seems the back of the hatch has two little sections that extend beyond the transom. Originaly I thought, that looks hard to tape over. Now that I see the Ihobby pics, it looks like there are holes under the hatch where those two extended sections are. Almost as though they intend for you to tilt the boat back and dump water out from under the hatch after some running. That would be great with the stock setup, seeing how everything inside, including batts should be ok in the water. But I wouldn't want my lipos getting soaked if that is actually the intention of those little holes.

[Brushless55]

One thing I've been worried about from day one, and is even more apparent in the ihobby pics, is the water tightness. If you look at a side shot it seems the back of the hatch has two little sections that extend beyond the transom. Originaly I thought, that looks hard to tape over. Now that I see the Ihobby pics, it looks like there are holes under the hatch where those two extended sections are. Almost as though they intend for you to tilt the boat back and dump water out from under the hatch after some running. That would be great with the stock setup, seeing how everything inside, including batts should be ok in the water. But I wouldn't want my lipos getting soaked if that is actually the intention of those little holes.

Good eyes man!
It would have done them well if they would have asked some racers and builders on this site of the best setups and hull designs

[lectriglide]

My guess is alignment holes for pins to go thru to fasten / align the hatch. Or could be holes that hold magnets like the Pro boat stuff. Unless the seal is very tight, still a place for water intrusion.

[Doozie870]

I hope the transom is doubled or even tripled up.

[Snowride]

I hope the transom is doubled or even tripled up.

I am really not worried about the strength as Traxxas has a rock solid reputation and warranty. Even if they had problems with the transom I am sure they would make it right. Definitely not like almost all the rtr boats from China where the parts usually last half a run if you are lucky and then their is no support whatsoever.

I really like the power module thing they have brought to the market. Take out the whole darn unit with a couple of screws. Now if they could offer a couple of different hulls to place this power module in that would be soooo cooool. One well built reliable and powerful power unit and 3 different hulls? The possibilities are definitely there.

[Diesel6401]

I am really not worried about the strength as Traxxas has a rock solid reputation and warranty. Even if they had problems with the transom I am sure they would make it right. Definitely not like almost all the rtr boats from China where the parts usually last half a run if you are lucky and then their is no support whatsoever.

I really like the power module thing they have brought to the market. Take out the whole darn unit with a couple of screws. Now if they could offer a couple of different hulls to place this power module in that would be soooo cooool. One well built reliable and powerful power unit and 3 different hulls? The possibilities are definitely there.

That would be really cool. If you could buy like a 34" cat with just the hardware and not the power module and you could slide that right into the cat really quick that would be awesome. I like that thought process, of course they would have to have a rtr version and a plug-n-play version.

[hyrulejedi86]

Hmmmmm, we may have stumbled upon secret plans traxxas has locked deep in a underground vault for future RTR boats...


That would be AWESOME though.

[Snowride]

That would be really cool. If you could buy like a 34" cat with just the hardware and not the power module and you could slide that right into the cat really quick that would be awesome. I like that thought process, of course they would have to have a rtr version and a plug-n-play version.

Exactly. Even if Traxxas does not offer it I am sure the aftermarket will latch on pretty quick.

[hyrulejedi86]

good call, that would also be awesome!

[Snowride]

Well if we are thinking out loud....................How about a twin power module set up? They could offer a counter rotating power module where you could combine this with the existing unit you have. Slide both of them into a 50" cat and let her rip. Sure there would need to be a little receiver tweaking but the results and cost factor would be nothing short of wow.

[Brushless55]

I am really not worried about the strength as Traxxas has a rock solid reputation and warranty. Even if they had problems with the transom I am sure they would make it right. Definitely not like almost all the rtr boats from China where the parts usually last half a run if you are lucky and then their is no support whatsoever.

well we know this traxxas is from Taiwan, but some of the china boats are good

[Snowride]

well we know this traxxas is from Taiwan, but some of the china boats are good

I was not really knocking the China made boats, rather the esc, some motors and even the poor assembly which includes several screws stripped by the assembler. Made in Taiwan is almost as good as it gets today, boy have times changed.

[Brushless55]

I was not really knocking the China made boats, rather the esc, some motors and even the poor assembly which includes several screws stripped by the assembler. Made in Taiwan is almost as good as it gets today, boy have times changed.

and again there are some great things coming from china in the rc world
we cannot knock everything becasue of a few things!

[Brushless55]

I think we have a Traxxas rep in here somewhere pushing this boat

[properchopper]

I was not really knocking the China made boats, rather the esc, some motors and even the poor assembly which includes several screws stripped by the assembler. Made in Taiwan is almost as good as it gets today, boy have times changed.

Taiwan has, for years, produced very fine full-sized boats. Most of the cruising trawlers in the U.S. are from Taiwan yards. Whether this has anything to do with the Spartan is a guess. It all boils down to the target manufacturing cost. The Spartan's integrated power module seems like a well thought out design feature and most likely contributes to the reasonable price.