Traxxas Villian EX

[StevePond]

Check out this cool new electric boat from Traxxas - the Villain EX. Its most exciting feature is the new EVX Marine water-cooled 14.4 volt ESC. Other features of the boat are.
• Water tight radio box
• Twin 550 motors
• Dual out drives
• Surface piercing props
• Capable of reaching speeds of 22 MPH

#1502
$329.00

[sofa]

EX looks killer!!! They really did a good job with that!

[offroadcrazy01]

Nice but i dont drive boats for the same reason i dont drive planes if somethiung go's wrong while in use your whole $1000 go's down in flames or in the case to the bottom of the lake.

[Im2lazy]

When was the last time you saw an r/c vehicle go up in flames?
... wait, Roar 1/10 gas nats... Alex Schreven... LOL... never mind me.;)

I mean, if it catches on fire, you can only salvage some screws anyway. What is the difference?

[jeepinator]

For those interested in this boat, here are some videos of my highly modified Villain.

Current setup (http://movies.theshreves.com/todd/newvillain2.wmv) Windows media, 23 megs

WAY old Villain (http://movies.theshreves.com/todd/villain3.wmv) From 1994!, windows media, 11 megs, no sound :(

As you can see, she got a bit faster over the years :)
This is how fast you can make one of these suckers go (with a crapload of work). I think the EX version should be about as fast as the boat in the second video.

For modification details (not been updated in many years, sadly):
http://www.theshreves.com/rc_stuff/frame_proj_villain.htm

[cnroman]

jeep, that boat is wicked fast! WHat kind of run times do you get?

[jeepinator]

The run times are excellent. At least 8 minutes.
The packs are warm, almost hot and the motors are cool. Brush wear is excellent as well. The big comm Reedy motors are just killer for boats (Sonic series, gone now, I think).
Some of the footage was with 12 cells, some with 14 cells - all in series. The motors are in series as well.

[ingoldx1]

You guys should have seen this thing go! It was coming completly out of the water in the boat pond! The rep was spinning it out with ease and he even drenched me with abig wave on the spin out!
Ingoldx1

[old phart]

jeepinator keeps trying to co-opt every thread on every board about the new EX, LOL! :D

I have been waiting, and waiting, and waiting........................................... .................................................. .............and waiting, and waiting, and waiting........................................... ...

Traxxas keeps moving the date back further, and further and further........................................... ......and further, and further, and further.................................

[Performance RC]

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[jeepinator]

"Spinning it out with ease"?
Umm... that is not exactly something to brag about.

What does co-opt mean?

[sean68]

Great vids!! never had a boat before.... Christmas is coming.... hmmmm??

[ingoldx1]

The boat pond was not very deep. With this boat the pond developed waves quickly and would allow this boat to spin out with the speed it carried.
Ingoldx1

[NitroBoy24]

I dono if im the only person to think of this scenario but *** are you going to do if youve got a gas powered boat and it stalls in the middle of a friggin lake??? Doesnt sound too fun to me:D

[old phart]

Originally posted by jeepinator
What does co-opt mean?

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

co-opt


TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: co-·opt·ed, co-·opt·ing, co-·opts
1. To elect as a fellow member of a group. 2. To appoint summarily. 3. To take or assume for one's own use; appropriate: co-opted the criticism by embracing it. 4. To neutralize or win over (an independent minority, for example) through assimilation into an established group or culture: co-opt rebels by giving them positions of authority.
ETYMOLOGY: Latin cooptre : co-, co- + optre, to choose.

[jeepinator]

Hehe, well this is the only VIllain EX thread I have ever seen!
Be careful or I might co-opt you, old man :D

[Hairball]

I think Traxxas should be pay jeepinator royalties for "using" all of the mods he's done to his Villain over the years on there newer Villain models.

[jeepinator]

It doesn't look like they implemented my physical steering restrain system (PSRS) :D
Simple, easy, and effective. No more broken universals. I don't care how hard you crash or how much powah you have.

I sent them an email twice with my website URL. Looking for feedback and suggesting change. Their response? Nothing via email, but they did copy the crap out of my stuff :D
Well, I dunno if they copied ME, but they did implement most of the stuff I did like 10 years ago.
They are a bit slow, but they eventually figure crap out.

[jeepinator]

I sure hope all that artsy crap is stickers. First mod: remove that ugly crap.

[Hairball]

Are you still going to make that webpage...

The Jeepinator Villain VS. Traxxas Villain timeline?

[jeepinator]

Nah, I think the www.traxxassucks.com (http://www.theshreves.com/traxxassucks) website is enough harrasment for a while :D

[Hairball]

If you say so... I still think it was a good idea. The sh*t we come up when we're drunk.... lol

[Shawn300]

Originally posted by NitroBoy24
I dono if im the only person to think of this scenario but *** are you going to do if youve got a gas powered boat and it stalls in the middle of a friggin lake??? Doesnt sound too fun to me:D

Gas boats or atleast traxxas anyways are equipped with a dc motor which kicks in when u pull all the way back on the throttle control on the remote. They use up batteries kind of fast but they always get the boat back to shore or ur canoe:D

[WDGuy]

Or you could get a big 4wd fourwheeler and float it out to get the boat. I did it with my old 2x4 honda, But I wasnt trying to get a boat I was just seeing if it would float, then I got it back on shore and there was some water in the airbox.