TRAXXAS spartan help

[roadrashracing]

I would not try to gut any of the plastic from the inside, its been tried and you just distroy the hull.

[CHUD]

I would not try to gut any of the plastic from the inside, its been tried and you just distroy the hull.

Ya bud me and HJ looked it over today and I'm going to try to in stall the fiberclass next weekend; only on the front in side I will post pic s also,And I'm sure this will fix the hull.

[CHUD]

Available on fleabay or from traxxas website. I have one that I'm doing a custom 2 tone paint job on. I burned up the original motor and ESC using 2 venom 3s packs in series and sent it in to traxxas for warranty. Steve Lindholm handled my return ( a great job by the way) and I had the new Castle setup in about a week. The customer service has gotten much better. On the stock 7.4 Nimh's, the new hardware barely got hot. When I'm finished with the paintwork, I'm going straight to 6's and see how she handles.

I here ya bud,6s man let me Know how it run's forsure ,I tested my df33 today on 6s and can I say WOW ,It smashed my carbon 45mm prop in seconds,I'm glade my bro HJ had a 442 in his ket ,I'v got a t180 on the way for the spartan and goin to try the turnigy 4047 motor to see what she can handle on 6s wish me luck

[dag-nabit]

I here ya bud,6s man let me Know how it run's forsure ,I tested my df33 today on 6s and can I say WOW ,It smashed my carbon 45mm prop in seconds,I'm glade my bro HJ had a 442 in his ket ,I'v got a t180 on the way for the spartan and goin to try the turnigy 4047 motor to see what she can handle on 6s wish me luck

What KV rating is the 4074 motor you are planning to run with the T180?

Kevin

[CHUD]

What KV rating is the 4074 motor you are planning to run with the T180?

Kevin

It's a 2000 kv bud,

[dag-nabit]

Not saying you will have the same results, but I tried running a Leopard 4074 2000kv with the T180 ESC on 6S and fried the ESC after about 3 runs. The boat was fast, but the fun short lived. I was also unfortunate enough that when the ESC fried, it burned a pair of lipos with it.

You can see see it documented in my thread "FINALLY, got to run my Spartan".

Not trying to tell you what to do with your boat, but thought you might like a "heads up" based on my experience.

Kevin

[orca]

I have two of the Traxxas Spartans, blue and red one's, "non idenitcal twins" and both boats are stock Castle Traxxas motors and esc. The blue was the original motor and esc which was fine until using a M445 and of course the smoke leaked out. After much testing I have both boats able to do a little over 60 mph with no "chine walk" and mininal torque roll. I use a Prather 220 and M445....runs a little warm, 117 motor and 112 ESC. Lots of cooling up grades trim tabs.
I keep everthing cleaned and lubed well as I run the boats in salt water. I personally have been very pleased with my Spartans as well as Traxxas service. Proper set up and records of my adjustments have helped the most with consistant good speeds with out blow over.....but it has happened alot in the beginning...
I run 6s 5000 mah most of the time and will be trying 2 5s at 5200 mah in parallel today with a Prather 220 ss and a 225 ss.





"enjoy your ride"

Dennis

[CHUD]

Not saying you will have the same results, but I tried running a Leopard 4074 2000kv with the T180 ESC on 6S and fried the ESC after about 3 runs. The boat was fast, but the fun short lived. I was also unfortunate enough that when the ESC fried, it burned a pair of lipos with it.

You can see see it documented in my thread "FINALLY, got to run my Spartan".

Not trying to tell you what to do with your boat, but thought you might like a "heads up" based on my experience.

Kevin

Read your thread bud, and it is great info,Thanks for the heads up

[CHUD]

I have two of the Traxxas Spartans, blue and red one's, "non idenitcal twins" and both boats are stock Castle Traxxas motors and esc. The blue was the original motor and esc which was fine until using a M445 and of course the smoke leaked out. After much testing I have both boats able to do a little over 60 mph with no "chine walk" and mininal torque roll. I use a Prather 220 and M445....runs a little warm, 117 motor and 112 ESC. Lots of cooling up grades trim tabs.
I keep everthing cleaned and lubed well as I run the boats in salt water. I personally have been very pleased with my Spartans as well as Traxxas service. Proper set up and records of my adjustments have helped the most with consistant good speeds with out blow over.....but it has happened alot in the beginning...
I run 6s 5000 mah most of the time and will be trying 2 5s at 5200 mah in parallel today with a Prather 220 ss and a 225 ss.





"enjoy your ride"

Dennis

Thanks Dennis for the info,And wellcome to OSE