Any interest in a Ballistic 550 Motor?

[slaytanic]

I was speaking of the Trinity motor. I have your 4.5HV and it is perfection in 4wd SC! Thanks for bringing it back. What will be different with the 550 ballistics? I have never used one. Is it mainly the ability to rebbuild with different winds and rotor?

[NovakTwo]

Originally Posted by slaytanic

I was speaking of the Trinity motor. I have your 4.5HV and it is perfection in 4wd SC! Thanks for bringing it back. What will be different with the 550 ballistics? I have never used one. Is it mainly the ability to rebbuild with different winds and rotor?

The performance should be pretty much the same; it will allow the same timing adjustments as our 540 Ballistic (in fact, both motors use the same back end bell, bearing, and timing parts. Also, the shielded replacement harnesses and sealed socket.

We make "Frankenstein" 550s by adding the Ballistic parts listed above to our HV 550s. Here is the exploded view of our 540 Ballistic:

Novak Ballistic Motor

We can offer 550 replacement parts including wound stators, which may not be as easily damaged as the 540 stators.

[NovakTwo]

We now have HV 550 motors in our store for use in the 4x4 SC vehicles. ROAR has determined that only 540 size motors will be legal when competing in ROAR-sanctioned SC races.

Many SC racers, especially here in CA, seem to prefer using the 4.5T HV550s. So we have added this item back into the store with a new description and listing:

HV4.5 Short Course 550-Size Brushless Motor -- 2S

[ta_man]

Originally Posted by NovakTwo

We now have HV 550 motors in our store for use in the 4x4 SC vehicles. ROAR has determined that only 540 size motors will be legal when competing in ROAR-sanctioned SC races.

Many SC racers, especially here in CA, seem to prefer using the 4.5T HV550s. So we have added this item back into the store with a new description and listing:

HV4.5 Short Course 550-Size Brushless Motor -- 2S

You still have the words "electric 1/8th-scale" in that listing. I thought you were going to discourage use of the HV4.5 for electric 1/8th scale because of all the people burning them up in that application.

[NovakTwo]

Originally Posted by ta_man

You still have the words "electric 1/8th-scale" in that listing. I thought you were going to discourage use of the HV4.5 for electric 1/8th scale because of all the people burning them up in that application.

Good catch!! The burning up occurred in racing, but I want to have these references edited. We are going to add a disclaimer to all of our old product listings that include the HV 550 that the motor can not be run in ROAR-sanctioned events.

I tried to make the distinction between "using" these products in 1:8 vehicles and "racing" them. Customers will continue to install these products, and many are using them sucessfully in certain 1:8 events; we want to make it clear that they should not be raced (and cannot "legally"). The 4.5 set-up was the primary problem so we removed it from distribution.