I have an old Novak 4 (not a T4) speed control that is mint that I wanna put in my old Hot Trick car... I don't recall the specs on it.. How many turns can I go down to safely??
FlyinGN wrote:I have an old Novak 4 (not a T4) speed control that is mint that I wanna put in my old Hot Trick car... I don't recall the specs on it.. How many turns can I go down to safely??
Frank
I think you can get pretty radical with that one, like 16T...
Speaking of old Novaks, anyone know who the manufacturer of the on/off switches was on the old ones? I have a few T series that are missing their switches.
I s'pose I could hunt around places like MCM, but if anyone knows...
If you are gonna run old batteries like 1200's or 1400's and maybe 1700's a 16 turn should be fine, but if you are going to use newer batteries with 3000+ mah only use a stock motor cuz it'll get quite hot after running so long. Also, be sure to hook up an external fuse to it to be safe.
carloco8 wrote:If you are gonna run old batteries like 1200's or 1400's and maybe 1700's a 16 turn should be fine, but if you are going to use newer batteries with 3000+ mah only use a stock motor cuz it'll get quite hot after running so long. Also, be sure to hook up an external fuse to it to be safe.
I recently acquired a used and rather abused Novak t4 speed control. It came free with my car because the seller didn't know if it worked or not. So I tested it with my multimeter to find that it has a short circuit inside of it. The short is...
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sounds like alot of work for little gain......
my thoughts exactly. novak t4's, if you really want one, are plentiful on ebay for next to nothing.
if you really want a brushed esc, since most people go the brushless route these days, you can get...
Can anyone tell me if the Novak 1 came with heat sinks please? The kind that slip on over the ones molded in the case?
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Heat sinks were an optional part - not needed for 12th scale but needed for 10th off road. Two (black) heat sinks - one longer one for most of the FETs, a smaller one for the single brake FET on the right.
wel lthis came in a buggy i purchased and i can't finish the modle name
it says NOVAK **1x not sure what that is it has 2 rows of heat sinks . the motor leads & power leads come out the right sid of the case & the switch and reciever plug are at...
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On the Novak website there is a timeline and on that it is identified as the NESC-1X which was made up to 1988. Under the downloads you can get the manual, here it is:
I have another on of these in my old dragster. Just don't remember the name. Anyone know??
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those black magic motors are no joke. i remember i had a couple, and i also remember writing off two rc12l's and a rc10l with them. it was like putting a v12 in a gokart.
I've been out of the hobby for over a decade, I'd like to get my Clodbuster going again. Currently it uses a Novak Super Rooseter with two modified motors. I hated the run time it use to have, just a few minutes.
Are there any esc's available that...
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I ended up picking up the one everybody recommended... I have an old pair of Speed works Monster mash motors that I may use. A less modified old school truck perhaps.
I use to have more motors, but lost some stuff when my basement flooded.
Just got this gem in the mail today. Popped off the wiring cover and discovered this:
And we've been wasting money on speed controls. You could have just hooked the motor straight to the receiver like this!
Can't imagine this worked too well......
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Ummm.....no you can't do that! The white wire is a pulse. Black and red are power and ground. You don't have anything there to control power with. The esc is not just an amplifier, it processes the signal.
How hot a motor you guys think I can run on that esc that comes in alot of the re-re kits before it lets the smoke out?
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ive seen people running the 19t trinity komodo conservativley geared. i ran it with my hotshot re-re for a while with the 17t pinion and it worked just fine. didnt get too hot on me, neither the motor or esc.
