Traxxas Spartan

[GeoVW72]

$230! rip off
traxxas does use Castle products
but then again this could be an esc straight from Taiwan

that was for the motor-esc and bits, knowing what I know it was well worth it

but I do have to declare
bloody shenanigans

went to H-Town to see what they had and there were two spartans on the shelf. apparently been there for four weeks and the price matching guy wasn't there, so I have to go back tomorrow and haggle.
boats been on back order at the shop since it was announced and I had talked to the manager at H-Town about the boats and he said they were not getting any in

[Brushless55]

that was for the motor-esc and bits, knowing what I know it was well worth it

but I do have to declare
bloody shenanigans

went to H-Town to see what they had and there were two spartans on the shelf. apparently been there for four weeks and the price matching guy wasn't there, so I have to go back tomorrow and haggle.
boats been on back order at the shop since it was announced and I had talked to the manager at H-Town about the boats and he said they were not getting any in

$230 for that motor and that esc...
Knowing what you know??? I think I'll buy some just to sell the parts to you!

Oh yeah, the HT near me has two as well

[GeoVW72]

I hate when they send the good stuff to H-Town


It may be that motor and esc, but for spares while the other ones are back at traxxas
which I'm not sure there going to do , if they had I would have thought there would have been a riot in texas.

[Brushless55]

I was surprised though to see not one but two of those boats at Hobbytown yesterday
mine is still on order with Tower

[rugcommunity]

yup

any of you guys have a water issue ? no water coming through my buddy for cooling , he is going to put bigger hose on it...

we had a bunch of these issues - we wound up redoing the entire cooling system. we made the intake larger on the rudder (top and bottom), larger cooling hoses, larger outlet.

once we did this - water was flowing through the system flawlessly. easily visible even at high speeds.

[JPriami]

Yeah that's a good idea and works well.

[rugcommunity]

your setup

Yeah that's a good idea and works well.

do you any photos of your set up? someone mentioned on another thread that you were hitting 57mph on the spartan.. we switched out the esc and motor and got great run times.. wanted to compare and maybe "borrow" some of your ideas/config :D

[Make-a-Wake]

do you any photos of your set up? someone mentioned on another thread that you were hitting 57mph on the spartan.. we switched out the esc and motor and got great run times.. wanted to compare and maybe "borrow" some of your ideas/config :D

He sure is.....................with a fat 4 pole Leopard motor, a upgraded ESC and a real prop.................

[rugcommunity]

the prop

He sure is.....................with a fat 4 pole Leopard motor, a upgraded ESC and a real prop.................

ofcourse - i am more concerned with ihs prop choices.. our boat has an upgraded leopard motor and esc as well.. except we are running a 120a esc instead of a 180a..

which prop are you using?

[JPriami]

M445 past few times

[JPriami]

ofcourse - i am more concerned with ihs prop choices.. our boat has an upgraded leopard motor and esc as well.. except we are running a 120a esc instead of a 180a..

which prop are you using?

What model leopard motor did you go with?

[Make-a-Wake]

Just thought of something!

Does someone have their Spartan box or Instruction manual handy?

Is there any type of "disclaimer" printed on either as to how they achieved the 50???

You know.........ambient air temp, mah and C rating of lipo used etc..................????

Most likely will be in small writing...................just curious about this............

[GeoVW72]

Make-a-Wake, nope nothing about how they did it.
Traxxas manual
just a small note on +5000mah on page four.

[Brushless55]

Just thought of something!

Does someone have their Spartan box or Instruction manual handy?

Is there any type of "disclaimer" printed on either as to how they achieved the 50???

You know.........ambient air temp, mah and C rating of lipo used etc..................????

Most likely will be in small writing...................just curious about this............

On my box it says "50mph+ on 6s"

[mickvk]

Temp sensor is not compatible with Spektrum/Eagletree

I didn't want to start a whole new thread just to add one comment, but I upgraded my radio because I wanted a timer and I just hate the RTR feel of Traxxas' transmitter. Plus I'd rather watch the temp rather than just have a thermal cutoff. So swapped out radio and spliced the right connection on to the temp sensor. However it didn't work. Apparently traxxas doesn't use the same thermal sensor that Spektrum and Eagletree use. So I had to swap out the sensor as well. I just figured I would make a note of it here incase anybody else has the same idea, maybe it will save you some frustration.