[Havoc]

Ran the crap out of my 10sc yesterday. It was cold and misty, racing was canceled, it was a bad night. Suddenly, the mist stops, they brought out the night lights and we all ran for a few hours. I was one of two 10sc's on the track. I was running the Novak Havoc 3S/Ballistic 8.5 System I mentioned above and the other guy was running a CC Sidewinder and some ezrun or whatever motor. Both of us were using 2S, however, he did try 3S a few times.

First off, this truck moves!! The stock tires, the stock gearing, everything is good out of the box. The truck can make tight turns as well and doesn't seem to have too much of a problem with traction rolling. Jumping is great until you try to hit an 1/8th scale buggy style triple. Flight correction is much better than a 2WD SC but nowhere near as good as a 1/8 buggy. The truck liked to nose dive and pegging the throttle could sometimes correct it, but not always. Plus, if you are flying nose up and hit the brakes, the truck will lawn dart. This concern is minor and only relates to huge jumps.

As far as the Havoc system, no matter how hard I ran, the motor and speed controller were never above 80F. It was around 50F outside which obviously helped, but I think I have room to go up a few teeth on the pinion. Don't really need to, but I may try it.

We both broke some parts though. Since we both nose dived multiple times on the triple, our bumpers were tested thoroughly. I cracked two of the upper supports for the bumper, he broke one completely in two. Also, the bumper likes to find its way behind the body and can cause some tearing if you don't pop it back. I will be trimming mine before next race day.