Traxxas Spartan

[Brushless55]

Has anyone else noticed the Traxxas website is down for "maintenace"? I can't help but wonder if they will purge previous Spartan posts. I suspect the discussions over there may have been impacting sales. Odd-timing.

yeah, I've noticed they have beed down for several hours now... interesting to see how the spartan thread looks like after their site is back up

What do you guys think of the AquaCraft SuperVee 27R Brushless over the UL-1?

I have both and like em!
the new SV has the 2.4g radio and a better built motor, same kv
the UL-1 is more on the wild side
between the two, my SV's are my bashers... I can throw them in the water and just nail it without to much worries

[Darin Jordan]

I just hope that guy is not paid by Traxxas as he may give the Spartan Boat of the year
I'm still trying to figure that one out

Honestly, with the rock-solid offerings from ProBoat and AquaCraft this past year, I find this one a bit odd myself.

[dag-nabit]

I see the Traxxas site is back up.

I checked a few posts that I thought might be on the hit list, and they appear to have survived without edit.

I see they locked out a thread requesting info on programming an aftermarket ESC.

I'm sure we will find a few things deleted, but most of the info appears to be intact, based on a quick glance through a few posts.

Kevin

[GeoVW72]

The forum side is back up.

Traxxas got boat of the year the same way everything else was voted. They posted on their front page the link to the rccaraction vote site and the cursor lemmings followed. That and some grease money made the landslide. They have their catalog taking up 28 pages and the back cover add

[wilsta67]

I see the Traxxas site is back up.

I checked a few posts that I thought might be on the hit list, and they appear to have survived without edit.

I see they locked out a thread requesting info on programming an aftermarket ESC.

I'm sure we will find a few things deleted, but most of the info appears to be intact, based on a quick glance through a few posts.

Kevin

i got a infraction on the traxxas site because i overrided the word filter lol
i tried to paste a link of hobby kinG and it would not let me, so i typed in hobby king and i got a warning which is called an infraction 5 infractions and your banned lol
i emailed the moderater that gave me the warning and i asked why?
he said its because hobby king stole there traxxas plug design and cloned it lol
i responded with a lol and the traxxas mod replied saying he thought it was sad that i thought it was funny.
traxxas aught to talk about being sad there the ones selling a toy boat that does not perform the way they advertised it to. and not to mention the thing is catching on fire etc.... NOW THAT'S SAD!!!!

[Joeyhatch11]

Lmao

[wilsta67]

Lmao

NOT TO MENTION I HAVE HAD TO SPEND A FURTHER $500 ON THIS
TO GET IT TO PERFORM >TRAXXAS< NOW THAT IS "VERY VERY SAD"

[TazMotorsports]

Enjoying the Spartan

I have been enjoying the Spartan for the past month or so. I drove it with the stock batteries right after Christmas. Very unimpressed! Just after Christmas I purchased some 3s Lipos. VERY IMPRESSED for the first 3 minutes then it became very erratic. Called Traxxas and they asked me to send the boat back to them so instead I sent the center section to them. They replaced the motor and esc. Since then I have had nothing but pure FUN!!!! I put the GPS in a stock boat and was able to see 48MPH. I know it is not 50 but I'm sure with a lil tweaking I can get it there. Other than the initial issue I'm very happy with this Traxxas product. BTW when they sent the equipment back they included a free pair or trim tab adjusters for my inconvience.

[Shawn M]

WOW this all could have been prevented if they would have just used better stuff like the hobbyking seaking 120A or 180A with the Leapard 1300Kv 4 pole motor.1000.00 later & you still got a boat that will only do 49mph....HAHAHAHAHA

[Brushless55]

I have been enjoying the Spartan for the past month or so. I drove it with the stock batteries right after Christmas. Very unimpressed! Just after Christmas I purchased some 3s Lipos. VERY IMPRESSED for the first 3 minutes then it became very erratic. Called Traxxas and they asked me to send the boat back to them so instead I sent the center section to them. They replaced the motor and esc. Since then I have had nothing but pure FUN!!!! I put the GPS in a stock boat and was able to see 48MPH. I know it is not 50 but I'm sure with a lil tweaking I can get it there. Other than the initial issue I'm very happy with this Traxxas product. BTW when they sent the equipment back they included a free pair or trim tab adjusters for my inconvience.

Traxxas now sucks in so many eyes out there
I've seen many videos showing 6s runs and not one has gotten close to the so called 50mph + ... low 40's on all the vids
and keep in mind, traxxas does not say 50mph but "50mph + on 6s"everyone running 6s should see constant 50-54mph all day long

[Doby]

So we are bitching about 2mph

Maybe his GPS was off and it was actually doing 50 Mph......but thats not good enough...it has to do 50 + all day long now......

[Rumdog]

Yep. 48, if it's true.... is not 50 plus. I still find 48 hard to believe. What good is 48, if it's on fire?

[Brushless55]

Yep. 48, if it's true.... is not 50 plus. I still find 48 hard to believe. What good is 48, if it's on fire?

no one has any actuall proof of such a claim getting close to 50mph stock
and again just like traxxas lame claim is 50mph+ (low 50's)
Rumdog, it's like some cannot read

this boat is the biggest joke to come to the RTR market!

hail to the kings! AQ and PB

[Joeyhatch11]

Was also told to check out the ProBoat ShockWave 26R. I like the fact that it will run on a single 2S lipo which will allow me to get more run time out of it. Vs using 2x2S in pretty much all other boat mentioned. I have seen on OSE a few Aquacraft SuperVee 27's for $160-225 RTR but if I go that route I'll find myself buying at least 6 more lipos so I can at least spend some good time on the water before having to recharge. With the Shockwave a simple ESC upgrade later will allow me to run 3S and from the videos of this thing on 7.4 and 11.1v it doesn't look that bad. I'm not interested in going fast as hell on the water, at least not yet. This is my first boat and I'm just looking for something to pass the time in the mornings before work and on my days off. With the ShockWave I can always upgrade later if I'm looking to get some 4S action out of her right?

Would be nice to find a boat that can run on 2,3 and 4S.

[Brushless55]

Was also told to check out the ProBoat ShockWave 26R. I like the fact that it will run on a single 2S lipo which will allow me to get more run time out of it. Vs using 2x2S in pretty much all other boat mentioned. I have seen on OSE a few Aquacraft SuperVee 27's for $160-225 RTR but if I go that route I'll find myself buying at least 6 more lipos so I can at least spend some good time on the water before having to recharge. With the Shockwave a simple ESC upgrade later will allow me to run 3S and from the videos of this thing on 7.4 and 11.1v it doesn't look that bad. I'm not interested in going fast as hell on the water, at least not yet. This is my first boat and I'm just looking for something to pass the time in the mornings before work and on my days off. With the ShockWave I can always upgrade later if I'm looking to get some 4S action out of her right?

Would be nice to find a boat that can run on 2,3 and 4S.

how big are your packs?