Novak Brushless Conversion

[Patrick]

Originally Posted by mwry13

I give it a good 2 years before brushless 1/8 catches on... but from the enthusiasm i got at the Kyosho race... i could be wrong.

What happened at the Kyosho race?

[mwry13]

Originally Posted by Patrick

What happened at the Kyosho race?

i talked to at least a good 20 people who were interested in my car. The most popular question was how expensive was it to do this to a car... and i just told them its pre close to if you were building a comp. nitro rig... with the exception that i virtually no day to day costs like fuel, cluch shoes, etc etc

Nitro:
1. 450 ish for motor / pipe combo
2. 110 a piece for servos
3. anywhere from 50 to 90 bucks a reciever depending on what ya got
4. 30 bucks for a reciever pack
5. and usually (in my experience) about 40-50 bucks a week in matenence costs I.E cluch shoes, bearings, fuel, air filters

450+110+50+30+40= 680

Electric
1. around 200ish for a nice motor
2. 120 for a speed control (not sure what the MMM or tekin R1-MT will cost but a definate must imo)
3. about 220 for a pack ( 4s setup ) (ide go with at least 2 packs so about 440)
4. 110 for a servo
5. 20 for a Castle BEC (so awsome)

200+120+440+110+20= 890

a 200 dollar spread would be made up in about 2 months of racing a nitro rig... and for me its worth it

Wish i could of made something happen, i was in the expert C with about 4 min to go with a 30 second lead on second. I was about to bumb and bam when i came off a triple it started cogging really bad... i found out later my ESC poped out of the case and was flopping around the car for who knows how long... i broke a small piece off the board and that ended my day ^_^

thats the jest of what went on at the kyosho race

[jhautz]

I picked nitro will always be better.... If I have to choose between a Novak BL system with a center slipper clutch (no center diff) and 2 battery packs sitting way out on the mud gaurds or a nitro.... I guess Ill take the nitro.

Now a properly set up 1/8 electric.... thats the way of the future.

I think the novak conversion looks so bad I'm almost afraid it will ruin the good name of 1/8 brushless. First timers will try it thinking its "real" brushless and ditch it and never look back.