Spartan /Castle elecs

[Crawler Ted]

HEy guys ,,I have a question for you .
I have a chance to grab a couple of Spartans for 175 each ,both with the new castle electronics .

I'm currently running a stock impulse 31 and a stock miss geico .

Both of which I plan to upgrade the electronics in next year .

I was thinking ,Is it a good deal to buy both Spartans for above price ,run one ,and put the electronics from the other in my impulse or geico ?
Or sell the Spartan hulls and put the electronics in my impulse and geico ?

OR ,,skip the Spartans and the electronics and just buy a leopard and esc combo from OSE for both boats as I originally planned ?

Thanks for your help ,
Still boating here in Calgary ,,

[Crawler Ted]

Not sure if I have this in the wrong section maybe ?
Seeing as it kind of deals with all three boats ,I thought this was the spot .

Anyway ,,I need to make the call on these this morning .
Could sure use a little input .

Go for the Spar/castle , or Stay away from the Spar/castle ?

[Diesel6401]

Part them out. I think the castle motor is a 1415 1800kv if I'm not mistaken and is the only thing I would ever think about using from that boat. The esc naw (just me), but I'd pass. I do think you can use castle link with it though which is a +. You could prob make some money if you sold seperated and sold the hull, hardware, electric seperete or just use the motors and sell everything else or do a hull hardware combo. I'd only use the motors. The closest motor to that 1415 would be a Leopard 3674 1700 or 1900kv and they sell here for $90.

* If you go with the motor just Please don't run it on 6s like everyone else, it's a fireball waiting to happen. Freaking Traxxas and there 6s BS

[Rcforever27]

You're saying it's not good to run 6 s with a leopard 3674 motor ? Been running one since the beginning if the summer and no issues as far as overheating yet.... (knock on wood)... Just curious maybe you kno something i don't? p.s. , I'm currently running a 1800 3674 but had a 1774kv 3674 that i ran with no issues....

[Diesel6401]

You're saying it's not good to run 6 s with a leopard 3674 motor ? Been running one since the beginning if the summer and no issues as far as overheating yet.... (knock on wood)... Just curious maybe you kno something i don't? p.s. , I'm currently running a 1800 3674 but had a 1774kv 3674 that i ran with no issues....

I was referring to running the stock Spartan motors (traxxas or castle) on 6s, there kv's are to high. As far as the leopard 3674 on 6s, it depends on which kv your running. If you go to the battery section there's a thread I made called "obession with 6s" in the very first post theres a chart that recommends kv/volts for proper rpm range.

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[Rcforever27]

Gotcha and i agree on that.... Will check out that thread...

[Crawler Ted]

Thanks for the input

I decided to go for it ,got 2 spartans with upgraded electronics for 319.99

[dag-nabit]

Thanks for the input

I decided to go for it ,got 2 spartans with upgraded electronics for 319.99

Good score

[Crawler Ted]

I'm still undecided as to what to do with these .
Would the new spartan electronics on 4s be a little more power in the Impulse than the stock motor esc it comes with ? also on 4s .

I just run for fun ,not racing or anything .I dont need to break any speed records .

So if the spartan motor esc combos will get me more power and speed out of the Impulse and Geico ,I may just keep them and run them .
Just trying to decide if I use anything from them or part them out as Diesel suggested .

I've pretty much decided not to run one of the spartans ,I have the Geico and Impulse now and would like to try a bigger hull next year .
A big cat I think .

[Diesel6401]

The motor is indeed a 1415 size motor? If so with the larger rotor over the stock motor it should produce more torque over the stock to allow a slightly larger prop to be spun more efficiently and not increase the amp load dramatically. Might be a nice simple upgrade. I still won't run the esc though. I would grab a seaking 180 or a swordy 200 with the funds you get after selling some the stuff off. Just my $0.02

[Crawler Ted]

OK ,cool ,I should add that I have been running 5s through the stock Impulse 31 and that was a nice little boost from the 4s .

Motor is 1420 1800 kv .