I Love Novak

[crazyjr]

Originally Posted by tt-01 mamba

Shhh,
You can't say the M word in novak's territory.

I'm just telling my story, I never said anything bad about Novak. But for future eference, I'll use brand-M and brand-Q. As I said, I wouldn't have any qualms about running a Novak in racing. I think the highest turn motor would be perfect for 4s Lipo in a Nitro mosh pit of a race

Sorry if i offended Novak in any way

[NovakTwo]

The Novak company is not full of sensitive, delicate flowers...

[Maxxrickard]

what gearing do you guys rekommend in my grevo?
i have a HVmaxx 4.5 and use maxamps 2s lipo.
today i use 15/72 and dont like the speed. i need the car too get qicker.

[TexasSP]

Novak doesn't leave a lot of room for gearing options. If that is their recommended gearing then you are pretty much stuck.

Of course I am assuming you are using 2 x 2s packs for 4s total?

My recommendation would be to look at the MMM combo or the Tekin RX8.

[Maxxrickard]

no it is not what their recommend. i have today 15/72. but i need moore speed.
http://www.teamnovak.com/products/br...ems/index.html

i think emaxx original is 68t. and they recommend 12t. so i think i will try 12/70. anybody that have used that gearing??

[Arct1k]

12/70 is slower than 15/72 - The reason they choose the gearing is to avoid overheating - just gradually up the pinion and check for temp issues.

[Maxxrickard]

is that true?bigger pinion is the trick!
thats bad i hav allready order 12/70...

[Arct1k]

Well you said you wanted to go faster...

15/72 = 4.8 revs of motor for 1 rev of input shaft
12/70 = 5.8 revs of motor for 1 rev of input shaft

i,e, 4.8/5.8 i,e, 18% SLOWER!!!

Just think you can now run 15/70 = 4.666 revs of motor for 1 rev of input shaft

Should be about 3% faster if you can notice...

[Maxxrickard]

in Novaks test is 12/68 faster than 14/68 is.
can i get moor speed in an other gearing than 15/70?
the temp is not a problem because i the esc have samr sort of temp protection

[Arct1k]

They can still cook even with thermal protection - faster with lower gearing would imply over geared already i.e. motor can't spin faster.

A bit like driving in 5th gear up a hill if you drop down to 4th you can actually go quicker...

Basically you have too more options to try... 12/70 lower gearing to see if that was holding the car back or gear up and see if motor will take it with 15/70

[Maxxrickard]

i did send an email and change my spurgear to 66t
i will try 15/66
15/66=4.4

[Maxxrickard]

i need my car to get quick not high topp speed!!!

[Arct1k]

Gear DOWN for faster acceleration - gear UP for faster top speed...

when you said more speed I took as top end vs acceleration... 12/66 should still be ok...

[Maxxrickard]

okey but if i just need acceleration?
12/66 gets the best acceleration and gets okey topp speed?
i like when the car makes wheelis..

[Arct1k]

Try the 12/66 or buy a mmm and do backflips...

This is a Mamba Max on 4s with a 9XL

http://s168.photobucket.com/albums/u...urrent=018.flv

http://s168.photobucket.com/albums/u...urrent=017.flv