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

[Chrisg81983]

It is like driving a totally different boat it is actually very stable at WOT in most water conditions by the way nice mc bdp1174 I love mine

[Checkmateguy01]

Looks like it handles really good, but honestly i don't like the flat deck look. I think the origional hull looks better. I'm supprised there are no rumblings of a hull change on the Traxxas site, wonder what the deal is?

[Chrisg81983]

You r rite about looks but I will take a flat deck to have a better handling boat atleast now you can get some stable speeds out of it

[Rcforever27]

It kind of makes me want to build a third Spartan ..... Hmmmmmm..... Can you repost the video or is it on you tube? If so can you let me kno what to search for to find the vid? Thanks!

[the5]

Called traxxas. They did not acknoledge any chage except the motor and esc on the spartan.

[Rcforever27]

Ok thanks! I actually just emailed them asking about the new "updated"hull, hopefully I'll hear back tomorrow....

[Chrisg81983]

thats because traxxas is very sneaky

[Rcforever27]

Hello Scott,

It is not yet available as a separate part

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Steve Lindholm,
Traxxas Customer Service

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[Rcforever27]

Got a reply back from traxxas...... On my attempt to get a blue or red updated hull.....

[Chrisg81983]

It only is available as rtr they said they will have just the hull in 6 to12 months

[Rcforever27]

Ok gotcha... Thanks! Wow that's a long time!!! Thanks again for the info!

[Chrisg81983]

I ran the new spartan today I first used a gps and the top speed was 51.4 then I used the radar gun and it was 50.9 this was all stock prop and all I was quite impressed with this I will post videos later on when I am out of work.

[Checkmateguy01]

The Traxxas website shows the new hull. There is nothing about why the hull was changed, but all the pics show the flat deck hull. I still think i like the looks of the origional hull better!

[the5]

Looks like they changed everything. All the old pictures were like 2 years old when it used to be called the Titan.
Look it even has Castle wires!
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[Make-a-Wake]

I met a new friend at the lake yesterday to run his new spartan, he had ran it just once, but he couldnt get the reciever to turn green and "bind" or something like that...................never got to see it run................always something