Novak HV won't Work in new E-maxx

[sikeston34m]

Have you ever heard it said that most things happen for a reason?

I think it was a very underhanded thing for Traxxas to display that truck with the Novak setup when there's NO WAY that would even work.

I also think it's pretty strange how the Velineon motors just happen to have came out with a longer than normal motor shaft. Just by looking at it, I would say it's just as long as the Titan motors. Hmmmmmmm......

Traxxas has the twin Velineon setup displayed on their website. They also know it's going to be a huge burden for motor manufacturers to suddenly stop production and accomidate this change. Even though this change puts more stress on the motor shaft. It's gonna be a shaft breaker if too much power is hooked up like this.

What about all of us that have GREAT brushless motors for this setup? Oooooops, one problem! The motor shaft is going to be too short. I guess we'll just have to buy new ones. Now for a look at the market for something that will work for this........Hmmmmmm. There's the Velineon motors.

The Marketing Genius's over at Traxxas think they have created for themselves a "window" of sales opportunity.

AS SOON as I can get my hands on a copy of the single motor plate for this, I'm going to do everything I can to create a bullet proof motor plate that will clear the clutch AND pull the motor closer to the spur.

Gentlemen, I think we've been had. At least until we can figure out a way around it.

[lincpimp]

Maybe I am dumb, but I do not see too much problem with using a motor that has a 15mm long shaft and just spacing the pinion out a little more. There is still plenty of shaft for the set screw to hold onto. Just my feeling on the subject. Plus who is going to try and use a novak hv motor in that thing? We all know that 1/8" shafts are crap for high power applications.