Novak Brushless Conversion

I'm new to the 8th scale Brushless/lipo scene. But not new to RCs. Been into them for over 25 years.

I'm going with the whole Novak setup. Why? Cause its a complete solution. I don't have to wonder/worry that I chose an ESC thats compatible with motor x or y, or that it'll fit.

Now with that said, yeah, I hope they did their homework. I plan on racing at our local track against the Nitro 8th scales. There are a few people that are interested and will be watching how well it does. I've got a friend thats a sponsored driver who I'll most likely ask to race it once its set-up so that it has the best chance of making a good showing...

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just make sure bushy, that you get the best fans you can buy :D

no seriously, i think its a good idea, BUT as mentioned previously, novak is a make or break company. they do it right and everyone benefits (not the nitro companies but who cares about them haha) but if they do mess it up people who see our conversions will just think its a novak and that they sucked/unreliable etc etc...

if they do well, it will bring more people into this hobby imo.

Bushy,
I have the Novak 4.5 in my MP777 and take it to a nitro track. Last night at practice the nitro guys were impressed with it and the buggy was doing a backflip over a jump (mostly due to my poor driving skills).
Make sure to use both fans just to keep temperatures down, honestly the system (unless it is defective) is pretty solid with the 5mm rotor. I was running on an off for an hour yesterday and the motor/esc never got very hot (I did thermal the motor one day when running 30minutes constant in grass).
If you haven't purchased the motor yet I would suggest going with the 5.5 or smaller, my 4.5 has way to much power from a stand still, The nitro track out here is quite large, but unless it is good and wet I cannot give it full throttle most of the time (to much power). I honestly think if I was running the 5.5 or 6.5 I could probably get better lap times just because the wheels would be getting better grip.
In terms of speed my buggy was going 45mpg on the street with bald tires (no grip, sliding all over the place). With some good on-road tires/foams I would probably have been doing 50+ (that is on a 4S setup w/ a 10T pinion).
But honestly, that kind of speed at the track is not needed (anything over 40mph is overkill IMO).

Thanks for the info. Yeah, I'll definitely be running both fans. I'll also examine the fans and if they don't seem durable enough I'll replace them with something else. I've done that already on my GTB system I run in my trf501x.

I ordered the 6.5 motor. So, we'll see. I'm hoping the ESC has enough of a programming profile to allow me to tune the bottom end.

I'm going to go with the Maxamps 8000HV 3S2P 11.1V Pack. Hopefully that will give me the run time I need.

I'm planning on doing some testing first to ensure I don't overheat my set-up and that it'll last the time I need. Then it'll be off to the races!

Originally Posted by cmcclive

Bushy,
I have the Novak 4.5 in my MP777 and take it to a nitro track. Last night at practice the nitro guys were impressed with it and the buggy was doing a backflip over a jump (mostly due to my poor driving skills).
Make sure to use both fans just to keep temperatures down, honestly the system (unless it is defective) is pretty solid with the 5mm rotor. I was running on an off for an hour yesterday and the motor/esc never got very hot (I did thermal the motor one day when running 30minutes constant in grass).
If you haven't purchased the motor yet I would suggest going with the 5.5 or smaller, my 4.5 has way to much power from a stand still, The nitro track out here is quite large, but unless it is good and wet I cannot give it full throttle most of the time (to much power). I honestly think if I was running the 5.5 or 6.5 I could probably get better lap times just because the wheels would be getting better grip.
In terms of speed my buggy was going 45mpg on the street with bald tires (no grip, sliding all over the place). With some good on-road tires/foams I would probably have been doing 50+ (that is on a 4S setup w/ a 10T pinion).
But honestly, that kind of speed at the track is not needed (anything over 40mph is overkill IMO).