Spartan - An Inside Look

[dag-nabit]

After punching a hole in the side of my daughters Spartan and stripping off the hardware and components, I decided I might as well try separating the hull to get a good look inside.

The two halves are not bonded overly well (imagine that ) and once I got a knife started in the seam the top removed relatively easily, with only one or two spots where a bit of extra adhesive actually had things stuck together reasonably well.

The ABS plastic is very thin, as we know, and once the halves are apart the deck and hull are very flexible.

Anyways, here is what's inside.







Here is a good close up of the inside Transom


Kevin

[bdp1174]

Thanks again kevin for such great info.Been really around here for the last week or so so have not run mine in a lil bit,but last run still working good with the t-180 and tacon 3674 combo.

[Snowride]

Thanks for the pics Kevin. Did you buy a blank hull or did you strip. I need to strip mine so any info would be helpful.

[Steven Vaccaro]

Thanks for the pics. Looks like the best designed part of that boat is the cool flotation with the drainage!

[dag-nabit]

Thanks for the pics Kevin. Did you buy a blank hull or did you strip. I need to strip mine so any info would be helpful.

I have new bare hull on the way, hoping it shows up in the next day or two so we can be ready for the weekend, but the photos above are of the damaged hull after I stripped off the hardware and separated the hull.

Kevin

[Doug B]

So it looks to me like with some care, the hull could be taken apart, and then rebonded and would likely end up as a stronger hull because of it? I can't see much call to open it up, but I was curious as to how difficult it would be..say if the seam started leaking or something. Interesting, thats for sure. I woulda guessed that the styrofoam was solid, looks like there is room to stuff a couple bales up there :P

[dag-nabit]

So it looks to me like with some care, the hull could be taken apart, and then rebonded and would likely end up as a stronger hull because of it? I can't see much call to open it up, but I was curious as to how difficult it would be..say if the seam started leaking or something. Interesting, thats for sure. I woulda guessed that the styrofoam was solid, looks like there is room to stuff a couple bales up there :P

I started thinking that myself. wondering if I should pop the top off my red Spartan and re-bond it just to be proactive.

But sure as heck the next one won't come apart as easily and I would end up breaking something. But like you said, if it starts to separate it is worth a try to remove it and re-bond it.

If i had known the top was going to come off as easily as it did, I may have tried to repair it. It might be possible with the access I have now, but the piece is missing now, so no go.

Kevin

[roadrashracing]

If you are getting rid of it I might be interested in it.

[dag-nabit]

If you are getting rid of it I might be interested in it.

I will just be tossing it in the garbage, if you want to pay shipping cost, you can have it. (note: hatch cover not included)

You can buy a new one on ebay for $100.

Kevin

[JPriami]

Great post Kevin.

[roadrashracing]

since it is junk, would you be able to try to remove the battery trys just to see if it can be done?

[dag-nabit]

since it is junk, would you be able to try to remove the battery trys just to see if it can be done?

The Answer is Yes - and No

The Battery Tray is attached with a combination of adhesive and double sided sticky tape.

The sides detached pretty easily, but the sticky tape on the bottom was pretty good stuff, and along with some spotted on adhesive, it was a decent effort to get it up.

The problem is at the transom. The component tray rails are glued to the battery tray, and the rails are glued to the transom, and the transom is glued to the hull. They seemed to succeed in applying an adequate amount of adhesive on this part of the boat.

I got the tray out, but still attached to the transom, and not without destroying the back of the hull.







The battery tray assembly is the strongest part of the boat, and adhered to the hull, provides the majority the rigidity and strength for the hull. After removing the battery tray I was able to easily cut up the hull and deck with a pair of household scissors for easy disposal.



Kevin

[GeoVW72]

Good info Kevin

I have always been curious as to what the inside looked like.

Kinda seems obvious, why the fold up, the sides of the battery trays don't look bonded to the hull very well. If they're not bonded I don't think that they would give much support.

[roadrashracing]

Hey thanks

[shctexas]

Hmmm, how appropriate a pile of "Trashas" (Traxxas trash).