I started talking to my uncle and he said for my first boat I shouldn't spend too much and all that stuff. I agree and kept looking online for something around 300-400 area that rip the waters. My friend reminded me of the HobbyKing website. As I went through the site and looked at the products they had available his is everand priced everything up. I would like to list everything and see what your advice would be and see if I am missing anything too. So far this is everything off that website if you know of other sites that have a product better in quality for a good price please list as well.



Genesis Offshore Brushless 1045mm (41in) Catamaran
hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__11240__Genesis_Offshore_Brushless_RC_Twin_Hull_1 045mm_.html

Turnigy Marine 180A ESC
hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__8937__Turnigy_Marine_180A_Brushless_Boat_ESC.htm l

Zippy Flightmax 5000mAH 3s 40C LiPo
hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__16788__ZIPPY_Flightmax_5000mAh_3S1P_40C_USA_Ware house_.html

TGY-S4405S 4.4Kg Servo
hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__13361__TGY_S4405S_39g_4_4kg_0_10sec_Dual_Bearing _Digital_Servo.html

Hobby King GT-2 Tx & Rx
hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__15141__Hobby_King_GT_2_2_4Ghz_2Ch_Tx_Rx_USA_Ware house_.html

The best place to get info for boats is jrcbd.com
Its nothing but a boat forum...the place rocks...from electric to nitro to full out gas race boats...i raced gas for 3 years, it was awesome! Good luck

The genesis is a great boat to run but will take some changes before running if you want it to last. Most people fiberglass in the mount area and the seams better before running it since they are prone to cracking after not much run time.

For more info PM and I can let you know all about some of the other options. They make more then just that version of that hull. There is an American company version as well! I have a Carbon fiber version from them it is a awesome piece and you can get those for almost the same as the hobbyking version and it is stronger right out the gate.

traxxas spartan is a great boat to start up with and its ver fastr

Genesis is nice hull and could be fast but I am with Julian: get a mono to learn.

Stay away from the spartan WAY to many issues with that boat.

Tell us, what problems you have with the Spartan. Maybe we can help.

I am new to the hole RC world and have been researching on RC boats and came across a website that I want to know more about

Owning a spartan when they first come out just put a bad taste in my mouth.

Why, if the hull is well made but the electronics or hardware are crap you can always change them at the time. Cost more than buying a real racehull but great to learn the boatingworld.

I like the Pursuit mono from HK and the Spartan.

At least with the Spatan you will have good warranty support, HK are really bad for support and most, not all, of their boats are run once and upgrade.

I have a V1 Spartan. My electronics fried well after my warranty period ended, and Traxxas still replaced them for free. I got the Castle electronics in return, and haven't had a problem since. Granted, I haven't had my boat in the water since October. We'll see in a couple weeks if I'm still OK. I make sure I grease my drive shaft after every run and haven't had any issues with the drive line that others had. If you get one now, you'll get the V2 hull, and that's supposed to be a much more stable hull. As long as you take care of it, you shouldn't have problems. And if you do, Traxxas will stand behind it.

i have the spartan and have tested it with no issues i would go with the spartan thats my take on it. customer service is always the best also

had a first run spartan, I upgraded the cooling quite a bit, but ran it stock otherwise with great results.. I made a new stuffing tube and used better teflon lining, and added a boca thrust washer, ran on 5s and it was about matched to my buddies nitro hydros.. I used two 5s packs in parallel and got similar runtimes to their boats, but it ran pretty wet.

6s woulda made it ballistic..

I was happy with it and would recommend it, but I would also say that you should look at the Aquacraft UL1 hydro.. stupid fast and pretty inexpensive.. you can get it for 299 at OSE, and they have the upgrade cooling jacket there as well..

Boats are a blast.. I have a mini thunder, a miss vegas deuce, and I just ordered all the stuff to put together a gas hydro.. funding that was the only reason I let go of the spartan.

I also have a the hydrofoam. it can fly, swim, crawl