RC Boat - Traxxas Spartan unboxing and test - 6s POWER 

i’ve always had traxxas r/c vehicles most of my adult life. got my step dad into them too. he bought that exact boat and passed away before ever trying it out. he was a huge fast boat guy. he built a 1500 hp pickle fork 1976 hondo drag boat just for fun on the lake. it was a monster. i sold it when he passed cause i would’ve killed myself. blown 429. most beautiful boat i’ve ever seen. also inherited my moms traxxas stadium truck. so fun!

Bought a Traxxas Spartan 10 years ago when first produced. Got a factory discount at that time. Ran 5000 mah nickel metal hydride till last year( batteries failing due to age). The connector on one battery developed arching causing damage resulting running on one battery found on close examination. Changed out male connector on boat. If running lipo or nickel metal hydride I recommend changing to at least 6 mm bullet connectors on boat and batteries to lower resistance and improve performance. I switched to 3s 5000mah batteries with bullet connectors. I have 4mm but should switch to at least 6mm. Learn how to drive well before going to full throttle. Use wide turns. 200 yard straight always and 100 yard turn radius. Use hatch tape or Scotch tape sealing cover well especially stearn (back of cover) as water will catch and enter at finger lifting area fillings boat with a lot of water. Good luck. Have fun.

If the goal of this video was to make me want one... Mission accomplished!

The cooling water is moved by pressure at the rudder inlet, it then flows to ESC and then flows around the motor via water jacket, then out the exit port. No pump involved.

Your rc boat is faster than my 520hp boat 😅

The guy that is driving the boat. IS FIRED!

I'm assuming you know this but I'm going to tell you anyways just in case you dont. It is HIGHLY recommended to get yourself some nylon break away screws. You can get a package of 5 for $8 from Horizon Hobbies, part # PRB285000. Traxxas doesn't carry them. The reason I recommend them so highly is because if you snag your rudder off of something in the water, it will either break your rudder mount off of the hull completely or mangle your rudder. The break away screw each costing $1.60 will save you a lot of heartache. Definitely, definitely worth purchasing before even first run, but never to late to purchase period. As far as the plastic prop goes, you will be fine running a Hot Racing prop or something similar. My buddy has the M41 and he broke both props (the one on the boat and the spare) in 3 runs. When he got his boat, I gave him one of my spare break away screws and last weekend that exact screw literally saved his boat from destruction. He caught a log that was floating just below the surface and the break away screw did it's job.

I’ve always wanted to try the deep haul, but I haven’t had the chance and I do own the M41 Snap-on and it’s actually really stable and extremely fast also !! Good choice on you purchase ! Keep up the Great Work and Vids, Stay and Play Safe !! 👍✌️

Thankyou for the tip I will start off with nmhd batt, As they are a bit slower than lipo batteries.

A really good video and learned alot about this boat and very helpful thank you it's my first time boating and I would like a good experience and I'll have a better experience from watching this video

I have around $2000 in my spartan. I love it! It's not stock anymore that's for sure.

Nice boat 🔵🔵🔵🙂🙂🙂👍👍👍🔵🔵🔵

Great vid. Awesome boat. I currently have the oxidean marine mini dom. Another great boat.

one thing you should do is remove the drive cable and lube the cable. I didnt do this and it burnt up the cable housing

Very informative vidio,A reverse bar really helps with water take on,I love it&the Boat over all,I am very satified plus scary fast

Absolutely need one of these and I live on a mountain

Awesome, Not a fan of plastic prop, and you might want to take the advice of break away screws on the rudder, and transom mount. Looks like it's got some Power though. Awesome

This made me want one!!! I don't even mess with boats! i was looking at this a couple days ago, now i may just buy one, LOL....HA>>>HA!!!! I gotta get one! my wifes gonna get upset. LOL

Tape the hatch. Dont go slow as motor and esc dont get cooled

Awesome unboxing I am on vacation in the adirondack’s to.😁

In the spartan manual they tell other way to setting lipo low voltage. Where you can get this info? I struggled to configure my ESC.

i wonder if you could put led tape on the front to keep the nose down in higher speeds?

I got a Snap On edition about a year ago at a garage sale. I haven't had it on a lake yet but, I found a 30 ft. swimming pool just doesn't do! However, in that short distance, mine didn't seem to have the same power. Also it doesn't have the same trim tabs. There is a rear splash bar available that I'm going to get to stop the water from coming in the back when slowing down too fast.

Cant believe I'm actually thinking about purchasing a traxxas

i just order the traxxas spartan today and it says it going to be delivered Tuesday i cant wait until it gets here because i got a pond right out my back door were i can drive it and with bass like 36.56 OZ and bluegill and redear sunfish and mud catfish

Lol I was like “That’s not 50mph” then HOLY $

Gr8 video thumbs up.... The boat is good but it is slightly overpriced i bought one boat from banggood that cost me 450$ with two 3s lipo and i can easily touch 60 mph easily but traxxas is no doubt a ferrari of all other Rc's brand

Great video as usual, love your videos. Would like some more stock Traxxas Slash 2wd videos.

Loved the video, I like that is was very in depth of everything.

Really awesome boat, hope to buy one some day.

Impressive! We’ve come a long way from the $$$ Aveox BL setups and 90 second run times😎

The best unboxing video I’ve seen in a long time

Makes me want 2 get 1 for myself

Good rc

Great job Mark! Awesome boat from Traxxas

I just had to comment It was just funny the way you through the warranty card..=0) It made me laugh thanks. I just wonder how many people really send them in and if there is a problem will the company stand behind their warranty card? To fix their product?

Looked like 100 yards out or more , great video

Thank you for your time and awesome review

My eyes were on the goose the whole time to see if it would move.

do you know if it will run in salt water

Is water soaked inside? It will not survive too many trips.

I had this boat for 5 years before I sold it ( life changes) this thing with 6s Lipos and the right rudder and powertrain and this thing can get way out of hand in speeds xD

Get the splash guard ... it will stop most of the water getting in the boat

This spartan has nice colours 🌈😏💥

if it flips over will it auto right up?

perfetc

You should get on the lake at sunrise, water calm as glass. I bet you could see full throttle runs. That thing moves for a v hull!!!!

Oh my god that looks fun i wanna get one i have the Traxxas Xmaxx, jato and X0-1 but i think i'm going to get into boats looks fun. Imagine if you mod that Spartan to run 8s that be sick! but by then you probably would have to put some fishing weights in the front to keep the boat from flipping over or keep the nose end from popping up.

Thank you!

Have you experimented with props , yet? THE Grim Racer is more stable at hi speeds + 50 MPH . and up , and look also into a less lifting prop. I would also experiment with a slight negative angle on the strut . IT may trade a few top mph , But it will keep it more stable on the top end. Otherwise , Awesome boat. THE "motor sound tells it all. Nice ride.

I bought my spartan 5 years ago, only problem I had was not maintaining the motor, I always took apart the boat and dried off and cleaned everything, but I never put marine oil on the motor where the bearings are and it ended up locking up on me, luckily it wasn't on a river or something, I haven't added any upgrades either but I'm surprised traxxas hasn't tried to correct the issues this boat has, but they change the paint scheme lol

You can lower the pitch of the propeller to keep the nose of the boat down and it will handle so much better

I have one it’s awesome!! Same color too!after watching this is a big reason I bought one.

Its unstable at high speed, it needs a water jacket and an extra water line for dual water pick up as the motor gets very hot. Get longer stabilizer fins for better stability.

스파르탄은 아주 좋은 보트야!

What happens if the battery dies while in the water? How do you recover. Does it allow it to save enough power to come back to shore?

hi great vid !! does the water come inside the hull if you dont put tape and only close it with the back clip ?

SHALOM 😊😊

Awesome video my friend, i also own a traxxas spartan and run it with 6s and its hard for me near impossible to go full throttle. As soon as a little wave hit the boat it will take off like a airplane. I bought a new shell + upgrade parts from rcboatbitz and hope with the bigger trim tabs and the other things i did to it things go better.

I just got the boat but it doesn’t go nearly as fast as the one in the video. It is the exact same one. Any Ideas on why ?

This was wery helpfull thank you for making this!!!!

Nice boat, I have the Blast and the Villain, but I'd most like to have the Nitro Vee. Unfortunately it's not being produced for some time, if it had been, I'd certainly buy it.

Oh it does nose up, finally got my first one and the hull is already cracked...and no I didn't wreck it!

you said it a lot in your video, but im gona say it again, that boat flies man, i love it, today is my first watching one of your videos and i decided to subscribe man, i mean you record so good bro i jus love this video

Great video, very detailed but could you tell me how much it costed for you to get the boat, batteries for the boat, AND charger if you even got one? thinking of getting one but I have a budget

Nice video, good boat for the beginner 🚤💦💦💦💦

I was waiting for the bird in the background to move

I like this one .

No hatch tape? isn't that for sure going to let water in when in flips

Good video,helpful just wondering if you can help me out i have one(rock n roller).I flip it and now lost everything even signal,when turn on the boat like it comes on as it should??Thank you

It a nice boat I have one it runs great it can run for a hour on water

Super nice Video thanks. Greats from Berlin 💪🏽👍👊🏽

I only mess with trucks I have the Traxxas TRX 4 sport in desert tan and I have the Traxxas/VXL 2-wheel drive

man..... I wish I would of never seen your video..... now I have to get one. been looking at all kinds of boats just never pulled the trigger BUT NOW!!! I have a HPI Savage 4.6 truck and always wanted a boat now I know what to get. great video and well detailed! 6S the way to go it looks like. the Lipo's come with the boat itself?

damn, that baby is powerful. nice vid and boat..

Very nice video! I was thinking of buying a racing boat from Traxxas, i looked around a bit on black friday and ended up with the Proboat Blackjack 42. But since i am a beginner i also purchased the Fei Lun FT011 and it looks awesome. Incredible speed for it's size and remarkably steady in the water as well from videos i have seen of it. Now i only have to wait 6 months to dive either one of them. Running them on ice in the winter is a bad idea :)

The boat is nice, I also want to have a case like that, can't I?

You don't have any links of where I can buy this product🤔

What type and size of 3s batteries did you use including « c rating »? The reason I ask is because I noticed your boat is faster than mine and the only difference is that I have Traxxas 5000MAH 3s, 50c batteries and you don’t. Thanks.

Great Video, Traxxas doesn’t disappoint

Nice! Hey! Finish the Mudboss series! Interested in Suspension tuning!

Very cool video. Looks like it is a lot of fun to drive. I will be considering buying one as well

No indicator for boat battery charge level?

Wanting a new transmitter but I'm stuck between the ix12 and nx10 spektrums which would you get? Also seen alot of reviews on radiomaster tx16s

It will chine walk less at full throttle if you lower your stinger angle. It will still do it, but it will be much more stable. I'd make very small adjustments, yours appears to be only slightly too high.

I'd like to get into RC boats but im still unsure about lipos in it, am i worrying about nothing?

Cool boat but I think the Animal by Oxidean Marine is a little faster and super cool with a carbon fiber!

I am surprised it doesn't have a rubber gasket on the engine bay cover to keep any water out.

Nice review video

The boat says rough water forward ,smooth water batteries to The back.

You need to get yourself trim tabs will not hop little bit of a drag but won't blow over that quick

Great video I just ordered the same boat !

i have a king of shave p1 56"' V hull rc boat that i bought from someone but it's missing some parts was wondering if u had an idea of what size strut and rudder, trimms, turning blade etc. does it carry and what site i can buy it from ???

I have the same boat it is fast but it can flip easy

Cool ! 👍😎

Haha I remember buying a traxxas nitro vee back in 99 and I thought that thing could rip at 20mph😂

Does it come with batteries for the boat?

It's Awesome speed can aks where did you buy this spartan boat any online shop do you recommend thanks

my 3s Slash 4x4 is same way... can't run it WOT unless you are going straight on smooth pavement/concrete. just end up flipping it hard into a mail box and breaking parts.

Well done