new improved spartan

[Chrisg81983]

i have 2 spartans 1 i bought new with castle power system in it but split hull in a bad blow over so i bought a new 1 for some odd reason. the second one i bought is completely different the deck is completely flat on top old 1 slopes down. the v at stern in 1.25 inches deeper, and the hatch in improved with a longer toungh that slides into the hull. most of all it runs alot better in the water.


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[dag-nabit]

I wonder if this is why there are $20 deals on Spartan hulls popping up. Blowing out the old stock?

Chrisg81983, is there anything different on the transom that you can see?? the strut mounted a bit higher or anything along those lines?

Kevin

EDIT. I see you noted the V is 1.25" inches deeper at the stern. Is the strut still mounted right near the bottom, or higher up?

[dag-nabit]

Chrisg81983,

How does that motely crew run?? I was looking at those with a certain amount of interest and wondering what they are like to run.

I have read that they were having some drive cable issues with the MC.

Kevin

[Chrisg81983]

the strut is about 1.5 millimeters higher than my old one but my old one is also a little off center to the left so i dont know what the true position is

[Chrisg81983]

i love the mc it is a great boat it is one of the best handling boats i ever drove, and is very stable even in some chop i had the stub fall off on stock flex thats it otherwise here is a youtube video and you can see some others as well.

[detox]

Has Traxxas announced these changes? Thanks for sharing

[the5]

The $20 hull deal was like 6 months ago. And they fixed it.

[GeoVW72]

Yea the $20 hull was a glitch in pricing when they first came out.
Traxxas never announces much unless it's a large departure from the old stuff.

Seeing them side by side, it looks like the old hull slopes down in the rear which may be where the deeper V at the stern comes from. Not sure that a longer tongue will help given how flexible the hatch is, did they change the rear of the hatch any?
Graphics look aligned a little better, they look kind of glossy from the matte old ones.

[detox]

i love the mc it is a great boat it is one of the best handling boats i ever drove, and is very stable even in some chop i had the stub fall off on stock flex thats it otherwise here is a youtube video and you can see some others as well.

I enjoyed listening to the little girl and mother talking.

[Chrisg81983]

lol thats my daughter and my girlfriend

[dag-nabit]

That MC runs like it's on rails, very stable.

Kevin

[Chrisg81983]

That is what I was trying to say before it is a great all around boat I had a coupple of other motors in it and it is that stable at higher speeds as well

[Chrisg81983]

here is a video of the new spartan i was talking about

[dag-nabit]

The new hull certainly seems more stable than the old design.

Are you running stock setup in the video?

Kevin

[bdp1174]

Does the new hull help at all with the chine walking?Looks alot better than my original spartan hull.

My latest addition to the family