Novak Kits Out Now

[TexasSP]

I don't like the fact you are forced to use novak motors on them so I will refrain myself. I think the should have made them with mounts to allow any standard motor, which I think would increase their sales in the long run.

[lincpimp]

Have you guys seen the latest crop of magazine articles? I saw two bl vehicles, a revo and an emaxx in there, both with novak 4.5 systems. Not much mention was made of the lack of a lvc, and the gearing on the revo looked suspect. I also saw a recent revo conversion that had the novak setup, stock 2 speed tranny and no mech brakes! Plus he was running a 6.5hv on 3s lipo?!?!?!?!?

Some of the magazine guys are strange, and I really question what they know....

I can only imagine what they will do when the mamba monster w/motor combo comes out.

[RUSTY XL-5]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

I also saw a recent revo conversion that had the novak setup, stock 2 speed tranny and no mech brakes! Plus he was running a 6.5hv on 3s lipo?!?!?!?!?

Some of the magazine guys are strange, and I really question what they know....

I can only imagine what they will do when the mamba monster w/motor combo comes out.

I saw that too! I couldn't believe what I saw/read! I guess he must only wants to go 20 mph.

[Matthew_Armeni]

A 6.5hv will work just fine on 3s. That's a 3400kv motor, so at 11.1v it's spinning 37,740 rpm, that's pretty fast to me. I usually aim for around 29-34k when I pick out my battery motor combo (depending on track size). As for the brakes, they may have not been put on for the studio shots but I can only guess as to why they're not there.

[BL_RV0]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

Have you guys seen the latest crop of magazine articles? I saw two bl vehicles, a revo and an emaxx in there, both with novak 4.5 systems. Not much mention was made of the lack of a lvc, and the gearing on the revo looked suspect. I also saw a recent revo conversion that had the novak setup, stock 2 speed tranny and no mech brakes! Plus he was running a 6.5hv on 3s lipo?!?!?!?!?

Some of the magazine guys are strange, and I really question what they know....

I can only imagine what they will do when the mamba monster w/motor combo comes out.

Yeah, personally I think they know nothing. They just build a truck to complete a conversion to advertise a "new" product, and don't custom make anything, to just show what you can get. As far as I'm concerned, you can beat anything "out of the box" with something with that great personal touch.

[lutach]

A company as big as Novak and this is the best they can do? Do they really think everyone will buy their HV (Not HV if you ask me) esc/motor for 1/8 scale? They have the buying power to actually make a kit of their own. Lets not forget, Castle too will be offering a similar kit, but you can use other motors with that one. I would really expect something different from this big companies. I posted some pictures of what I designed in radiocontrolzone's Caster thread and some of the guys there didn't like what I did. I was just trying to prove a point. If a guy like me with no experience at all can make a kit from the ground up, why can't the big companies do one as well? Are they too proud that they only think what they make is the best for all of us? This is my wondeful thought. Most of you will not agree, but hey I sometimes like to be different and stir up trouble .