[skellyo]

Originally Posted by skellyo

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Originally Posted by skellyo
You guys talking about it doing either sensored or sensorless haven't seen the GM Genius 80 ESC, have you? It'll do either or as well and is already available for under $200. It doesn't have as high of a current rating, but if you're using a sensored motor, 200A doesn't matter since no sensored motors on the market pull that kind of juice.

Links to the GM-Racing products:

Motor:
http://shop.graupner.de/webuerp/servlet/AI?ARTN=97230
(Yes, this will run on a MM as a sensorless motor...confirmed by an employee of Team Orion who rebadges this motor to sell in the US)

ESC:
http://shop.graupner.de/webuerp/servlet/AI?ARTN=2894

IMO, the velineon isn't any better of a product that anything else currently on the market. Also, having to buy it as a combo only will severely hamper the sales of it to guys like us.

Originally Posted by Finnster

That's what Ebay chopshops are for :)

However, I have my doubts to whether this would be a good ESC for 1/8 use, but i wouldn't be suprized to learn a larger version is waiting in the wings. Still can't believe it was TRX to be the 1st to release a mainstream 200A BL esc for the car market. Shocking...:eek:

Since when have you seen a Novak 5.5 with adjustable timing based on moving the hall sensor position? The GM/Orion/Peak all have that feature if they're run on a sensored ESC. Also, they can be run on a MM without issue, whereas the Novak is PIA on a MM. Besides, if Novak OEM'ed these motors for the other guys, they'd likely already be ROAR legal, which they are not, but built to ROAR specs. I can assure you they are completely different motors...just check out the spec sheets...tons of differences between them.

http://www.teamnovak.com/products/br..._chart_web.gif

http://www.graupner.de/fileadmin/dow...0121_97225.pdf

Just the kv difference alone is 7400 for the Novak 5.5 versus 6100 for the GM 5.5. That's more than a difference between loaded/unloaded.