Novak HV 4.5 any good?

[pullstarter]

No the job doesn't really allow me to race on weekends :( just bashing mainly. I've been there for a few bash sessions, it's a nice track for MTs.

[JERRY2KONE]

Hey guys what part of Auzie land are you in? My wife and I may be moving there next year, living in Canberra. So what RC tracks are near there? How far of a drive?? Just trying to get a heads up on the layout of the area. Thanks.

[pullstarter]

I'm in Canberra Jerry, there's a few tracks in suburban Canberra itself. Narrabundah for offroad is about 5km from the centre of the city. Kambah for onroad is about 15km south of the city. About 2km north of the city there is an indoor onroad carpet track at Mitchell.

Originally Posted by JERRY2KONE

Hey guys what part of Auzie land are you in? My wife and I may be moving there next year, living in Canberra. So what RC tracks are near there? How far of a drive?? Just trying to get a heads up on the layout of the area. Thanks.

Well the track we just mentioned is the only track i know of and its not a long drive from anywhere in Canberra...

If you and your wife do decide to move down under i'm sure you will love it....

[JERRY2KONE]

Yea we are awaiting a decision on our next post, and should have an answer by 10/Jan/08. If all goes well we should be in your neck of the woods sometime mid to late 2008. We would be posted there for at least 3, maybe 4 years with the US Embassy. I am praying that this all works out. I have always wanted to visit Australia, but to live there for a few years would be just awsome. Knowing that there are tracks to race at near by gives me even more rasons to move down under.

[steve050773]

Pullstarter - just one more comment... I've driven the 4.5 on 12/14 when I mocked up my truck and it really wasn't that interesting. If I was sticking with that general battery setup, and I wanted novak product, I would go for the 6.5. The 4.5 REALLY craves good batteries as it pulls a lot of juice. Top of the line 14 cell nimhs would be the minimum I would run with it. The difference from 12 cells nimh to good 4s lipo was unbeliveable.

[pullstarter]

Thanks Steve, I'm sorta thinking I may have to go for a different setup, maybe a Feigao and MM? I'd like to stick to 12 cell tho as I have heaps packs from my TC racing.

[Revracer]

so is this a worthy setup for a revo?truck isnt too heavy. im going to put the FOC in it. shave down some chassis too drop some weight. do you think the 4.5 on 4s would run good in it?

mine ran good in my stock chassis conv., used 15/40 and close ratio 2spd, with mech. brakes and a center diff, i would say that 13 or 14 tooth would be fine, just avoid long grass and heavy tires

i only blew it up after i put it in a g3r(heavier chassis) and had the wrong gearing


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0q7l8_5x2Q

[Revracer]

what kind of speeds did you see with stock chassis? what temps did you get? this will be with stock chassis and tranny, FOC, probly locked in second. mechanical brakes.... you think it would need the close ratio? i see that its quick.. could it lift the wheels off the ground? at any speed like the feigao?

speeds... 35 ish??
temps ... 100-120 on the components
foc and center diff w/300k, and not locked(no reverse this way) and mechanical brakes
close ratio really helps the small motor run this truck as well as keeping the 2 spd.(makes it easy on the motor when starting from a dead stop)
wheelies.... no , not even on b-top, but i had the ext. chassis and ext. rear arms and a center diff. which allowed alot of the power to be lost through the frt. tires(diffed out)

center diff may be ok for racing but i didnt take much time to test it much (5ook+ may be better), i got a g3r instead, and sold off the stock chassis version

[JERRY2KONE]

I just had to share this with some one. I had ordered the HV Maxx 4.5 system from Tower Hobbies with a discounted price of $239, and was so excited when the box arrived today. I picked my wife up from work on my way home and she had the box with her and was excited for me as well. So we arrived home and as we settled in for the evening I cut the tape open and began to empty the contents of the package only to find a 9oz 5 minute epoxy kit, which has almost the same size and weight of the system. The paperwork was correct, but no 4.5 HV Maxx system. I was horrified and worried about how to handle the matter. I called them immedietley to get to the bottom of my nightmare.

To the honorable efforts of the T/H customer service staff they jumped right on this with a sincere apology for the mistake, and corrected the problem by over nighting a replacement HV Maxx system. I was very pleased with their response, and hopefully this will have a good ending. The only thing that was obvious was that their warehouse staff who pick and pack the orders have a procedure which requires them to place their ID# and initials on the order form that is packed into the boxefor shipping. This step was porposely avoided as well. So someone there has a (free) brand new HV Maxx system worth $270. in hand and is probably placing it on EBay as we speak. That is just plain shameful, but cudos to T/H for the great job with the customer service efforts.

[Revracer]

no wheelies at all? thats a bummer. whole purpose of going to brushless is to have somethign that can outrun a nitro in speed. and do wheelies past them at any speed. i had the same thign happen to me when i ordered my VXL system. so the novak isnt really the way to go? and only 35? ive seen it break 40 in a maxx...

may have been close to 40 , never put a gun on it or gps so dont know

i was being conservitive.....

and is why i said.....35ish


even though its a traxxas , it didnt come with the speed listed on the box

[Revracer]

yeah i mean they claim it can make an e-maxx 40-45 with standard gearing... so i figured with the revo it be around that too. and vids of maxxes ive seen with it wheelie on demand. but if it wont do that at all then apparently isnt as strong as the feigao