[crazyjr]

Originally Posted by asheck

It may not be ground breaking technology,but it gets the job done,It may not have the most power,but it's generally fast enough.It's affordable,easy,and imo may be the best option out.Here's why. So in the last few months I have come full circle in my brushless choice.I started with My Novak hv 4.5 from my Stampede.Kept hearing about how much better the 8xl mm combo would be,so I got it.Never could keep it to run cooler then the Novak,and the Novak was faster.So I ordered a Medusa 36-60-2000 ,got a Quark 80 (just temporary till I got a MMM, lol ) did the modds and got an Erevo.It was fun to run higher cell count,but that really does get old.45 is fast enough,.So the Novak went back in the Stampede,the 8xl in the Maxx and the Quark in the Erevo.The MM fried ,later found out it took bec and servos with it,or the bec fried which took the esc,not sure.Then the CCbec failed in my Erevo taking the servos. I needed to run so I slapped the 4.5 in the Erevo.No bec needed all plug and play,good to go.Ran it for about a week,no temp problems performed flawless.But I got ansy and decided the Quark/medusa needed to go back in with a receiver pack.It worked fine,but the esc does overheat briefly on occasion.I ran it on 5s for a kick,but really can't use the extra speed except on pavement.I felt the Novak all and all was the better system.It's now in my Erevo and I plan to keep it there.I have an original 5800ss system and 1 of the ss+ ,both of which have never given me any problems in the years that they have seen action.I have never seen a Novak catch fire,or burn up another component.They are not bulletproof as I have had a couple that I have had to get replaced,but I must accept partial resposibility for both times :) they can overheat,but have good built in protection. Point : Why do I see so many people bad mouth them?I see it all the time,they're old technolgy,they run hot,they only do 4s,they're to high of kv,which is what sent me out looking for something else. YES, sometimes, but they work good.I see people all the time say gear for 40,well if thats what you want these work excellent.Surely I'm not the only person happy with it I'd love to hear some more positives from people.

I might not agree with the 350 comment, But Novak is the gateway to brushless. I started with novak because i was familar with the programming, I had many of novaks brushed esc's and was very familar with them. It made the transition to brushless easier, Also the novak HV seems to match the nitro's for speed and acceleration. That makes the learning curve and handling the extreme power of brushless easier. To me at least