Now lets upgrade some more stuff on the Spartan

[JPriami]

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[ron1950]

looks like u really hit the setup this time j

[tomjr]

very nicely setup spartan......
Well almost perfect....

[tomjr]

Can traxxas just bring back your boat and come out with a version 2......

[JPriami]

Thanks everyone. It's been fun and agrevating all at the same time.

[shctexas]

Ok, questions. The wire drive...where did you get it? I recall that someone might make them for the Spartan. Can a drive that is too long be cut down to the correct length? The Sppedmaster you got here, correct? Great job! Tra**as should contract your skills for their next project.

[JPriami]

Yes got the stinger here on ose. the wire drive I got from Ben over at fightercat.com Jeff Wohlt makes them too rcraceboat.com They can be cut to length. Steve sells them too here on ose.

[Shaun78]

in the manual on trim tab adj. says angle tab down will force bow down. If prop torque pulls boat to the right then wouldnt you angle the left tab down some to drop the left side bow to compensate? i set mine that way and it seems to run stable as long as batteries are more towards the front. Anyone else try that?

[JPriami]

the torque will twist the boat hull to the right. that can be adjusted a little by right tab down. Ive found the boat doesnt twist as bad if you ease into the throttle. If the boats twisting really bad & cant seem to be adjusted out it can be a sign of the drive cable binding. Ive seen it many times on these boats.

[Bigbore]

The new stinger holds a 3/16" .187 propshaft. But the stuffing tube inside the boat to the motor is stock. For a .150 flex. But I'm running piano wire drive .078 into a .187 propshaft.
Like these.

Are you using a teflon tubing inside your stuffing tube? What's the outside diameter of your stuffing tube?

I have the same .078 wire drive with 3/16 prop shaft on my Titan 29" that I got used. From the beginning I had to fix the leak from the stuffing tube. In my case the stuffing tube were a 5/32" brass for Octura .098 Flex Cable ... I guess by measuring it and had no teflon tubing inside stuffing tube.
Now I have to test a new idea. A two pieces stuffing tube with a silicone tube (2mm inside diam. and 4mm outside diam.) that fits tight on the .078 wire drive and on the smaller stuffing tube. It could have more drag and in that case I will go back with the original stuffing tube.

One last question: What bullets are you using on the motor wires? The stock 4mm bullets of my Leopard 4074 are getting too hot and I will try the EC5 5mm type.

[JPriami]

No GPS to use yesterday. It got wet and quit working on me. But it's no doubt doing low 60's in this clip. And I cant hold the throttle down for long it gains speed and becomes unstable again. Huh go figure. Lol


JPriami's Mono

[JPriami]

BigBore I'll answer ur questions soon as I can. I'm not near the boats to check and measure right meow.

[dag-nabit]

No GPS to use yesterday. It got wet and quit working on me. But it's no doubt doing low 60's in this clip. And I cant hold the throttle down for long it gains speed and becomes unstable again. Huh go figure. Lol


JPriami's Mono

Too cool the way it wants to jump out of the water when you pin it. Almost like your cat now.

What prop are you running in the vid??

Kevin

[JPriami]

I'm not telling yet that was a raw prop I need to finish so it still needs to be balanced and a little better sharpening. I just wanted to see if it was worth me putting work into finishing.

[Shaun78]

Awesome, I'll take it....