Spartan, tear it down to build it up

[Brushless55]

Yea, Yea, that is the right way to do it, I guess I'm just lazy.
not sure what you could do with the transom though, unless you do dag-nabit's mod to a t

I was thinking of using some 1/4" door edge foam..

[Shaun78]

what setup did u run today to get rid of chine? I tried mine 4.5MM strut and batteries all the way back and tabs all up. little chop, chine walk YES.....Did run fast though but i couldnt hold WOT due to chine

[GeoVW72]

what setup did u run today to get rid of chine? I tried mine 4.5MM strut and batteries all the way back and tabs all up. little chop, chine walk YES.....Did run fast though but i couldnt hold WOT due to chine

Move the batteries to mid-forward, take a little bit out of the strut angle .5-1mm.
Loosen the strut mounts and shift the strut up and to the right then re-tighten them

[Brushless55]

Move the batteries to mid-forward, take a little bit out of the strut angle .5-1mm.
Loosen the strut mounts and shift the strut up and to the right then re-tighten them

get the hull a little wet

[shctexas]

Brushless, thats what I used, adhesive-backed 1/4 " foam. It comes in a roll from Home Depot. I inserted it in the groove the hatch edge fits in. Also across the back of the deck, immediately in front of the transom but behind the drain hole. Its snug pinning the lid down but to me thats not a bad thing....yet. As an added measure I put a small strip in each of the lid "overhangs" (the ones Dag-Nabit removed). It works well.

[Shaun78]

With my current setup I moved the batteries midforward a little...same 4.5mm strut which is slightly positive and wobble was gone but speeds were 42 but my packs were almost ready to cutoff. I can run 42-43 with no chine walk but thats not fast enough. 44 and up u get chine. maybe my spartan is maxed out and time to upgrade. I think low 50's with no chine i would be happy. maybe a T180 and Leopard 1450-1600kv is in my near future

[Shaun78]

Will I be Ok if i use the traxxas high current connectors with an upgraded setup? I like to keep all my bats the same and I have some 2S that i would like to try when its upgraded but i also use them on my slash so I would like to keep traxxas connectors

[dag-nabit]

Will I be Ok if i use the traxxas high current connectors with an upgraded setup? I like to keep all my bats the same and I have some 2S that i would like to try when its upgraded but i also use them on my slash so I would like to keep traxxas connectors

The Traxxas connectors are good connectors, you will be fine with them IMO.

I upgraded to EC5 connectors, but only to be standardized between all my boats, not because I thought there would be issues with the Traxxas connectors.

Kevin

[Shaun78]

Good run today, very windy some a little chop which turned out better. 48.0 MPH on stock setup (must have been down wind though) 4.5MM strut, Rt side tab down a little, batteries in the middle, GPS up front. 48mph

[Brushless55]

Good run today, very windy some a little chop which turned out better. 48.0 MPH on stock setup (must have been down wind though) 4.5MM strut, Rt side tab down a little, batteries in the middle, GPS up front. 48mph

Chop can be your friend

[GeoVW72]

ambient 48*f

Run#1 2x 2s P225
esc: 73* motor: 96*
Max amp: 95 speed: 39 mph
YT vid

Run#2 2x 3s
esc: 75* motor: 103*
amp: 87 speed: 42
YT vid 1
YT vid 2

Run#3 2x 3s
esc: 75* motor: 107*
amp: 91 speed 42
YT vid

So not blazeingly fast today.
I had a P225, prop did work well on 4s though
Maybe they should have had one on it out of the box, but I think that the power required is more that the stock NiMh can provide.
packs were pushed to the rear, so that is the cause of the slight chine walking.
Run#2 rudder needs to be square to run/cool right. Not sure why I get a dry lube squeak on the first 6s run, maybe it's the collet

I have setup tweaking to do, other tweaks are proving themselves quite useful though

[Brushless55]

Thanks George for putting on the bigger prop while running 4s!
so maybe to some running 4s2p with a bigger prop could be a nice way to go with this boat?
10,000mah of runtimes and fair speeds

[GeoVW72]

NP BL55 happy to take any suggestions, that setup sounds pretty good. The boat didn't have the same get up and howl attitude it has on 6s and it did chew through the 5200mah pack faster than before, but any setup that doesn't burn the thing up is good in my book

Tore some things apart today
motor really stinks now

rotor epoxy browned a little bit and the back end of the shaft has a shine to it.
So had to bust out a tweak that I think should have been factory:

I'm hopeful a Thrust bearing can take a good load off the motor. re-lubed everything.
Also found some damage I missed from the stuffing tube heat

melted the coating off the temp sensor wire.

More data tomorrow

[Brushless55]

How about trying 5s on this sucker?

[Shaun78]

what the rotor supposed to look like? Geo IM me an email address and ill send you rotor photo and tell me what you think?