Who's interested in a fibreglas spartan hull?

[Brushless55]

its still "voila" stupid…
i just dont really like you…

LAME

DON'T EVER CALL AN OSE MEMBER STUPID ON THESE FORUMS!

[JimClark]

Alright boys play nice now

[Redddogg]

Wow I started quite the "brew-ha-ha" lol. The les Paul design is made by practically every guitar manufacturer out there. The deep vee hull design is considered common place and no company can claim copyright to it. The top deck and hatch is the only part that could be considered "unique" and therefore fall under copyright law, I will change this to suit my needs and to prevent any infringement. As the moderators said please keep things civil, this is a hobby and supposed to be fun and foster friendships.

[marksp]

Potentially interested :)

[dag-nabit]

Besides being made of plastic, the Spartan hull has a couple other quirks that would be worth addressing. The chine walk is one, which I believe is due to the extremely steep vee of the hull. And a better strut design would be nice too.

But, in answer to the original question, I would have interest in a quality designed and built FG hull that would fit the Spartan component tray.

Kevin

[Redddogg]

Besides being made of plastic, the Spartan hull has a couple other quirks that would be worth addressing. The chine walk is one, which I believe is due to the extremely steep vee of the hull. And a better strut design would be nice too.

But, in answer to the original question, I would have interest in a quality designed and built FG hull that would fit the Spartan component tray.

Kevin

I can address the angle of the vee once I get a plug made for the basic hull shape. This is my first attempt at this so the learning curve is going to be Steep. Being able to use the traxxas component tray is paramount. I'm also going to try to adjust the angle of the stuffing tube so it's more straight, and an aftermarket strut shouldn't be too hard to install as I'm going to use a 1/4" plywood transome. A dual rudder is a thought too. Currently im constructing a trailer for the spartan so the plug is on the back burner at least until it's done.

[dag-nabit]

If it gets off the drawing board keep informed.
Kevin

[Redddogg]

I will update and post pics as soon as I get going on this.

[4343]

hi, will adding a the 2nd set of trim tabs closer to strut help get rid of chine walking on spartan??

[KartRacer]

Yeh, probably would have an interest. Not many hulls in the length of the Traxxas. Seems as if it goes from 29 to 50ish. I am a traxxas fan in the car and truck arena.

[Redddogg]

hi, will adding a the 2nd set of trim tabs closer to strut help get rid of chine walking on spartan??

In my unwashed opinion a second set of trim tabs won't help with chine walk. The chine walk on the spartan hull I think is due to the angle of the vee hull, it is too steep for high speed causing it to fall to port or starboard when on too high a plane. Adjusting the trim tabs down might put a temp bandaid on this by lowering the bow at mid to low high speed. I would like too see a shallower vee angle and another 1" or so of beam.

[Redddogg]

I did this to my spare spartan hull tonight. It only took 20 min to disassemble it, and half of that was the battery tray. I used only a small flathead screwdriver. It was disturbing how easily the deck was separated from the hull.

[mrproc1]

Hows the mold coming, any luck?

[Redddogg]

Hows the mold coming, any luck?

Been busy with other projects lately. I am still in the process of smoothing out the imperfections and filling the factory holes. I'm getting back on this shortly. Next step it to mount it to a flange for the plug. The hull is pretty flimsy when disassembled so I need to stiffen the transom.

[iloverc83]

How did this turn out?