Official: Novak's 1/8 Scale Nitro to Electric Conversion Kits
05-21-2008, 01:34 PM
#16
Big Orange
I am waiting on the conversion from Novak. I know there are others and many people are already saving the HV won't work in 1/8th. However many other issues are cropping up with other products and setups, so I am glad I have taken my time. My Hyper 7 is waiting (already stripped down) for electronics. I have run Novak for most of the 30+ years I have been in this sport, hobby, or whatever you call it.
I have had one Novak Dually (remember those) fail me. This was after I was run over by a 1/8 nitro buggy in practice. No other Novak product has ever let me down. I still have a T1 ESC in my RC stuff.....
All I can say is thank you Novak and go Orange.
I have had one Novak Dually (remember those) fail me. This was after I was run over by a 1/8 nitro buggy in practice. No other Novak product has ever let me down. I still have a T1 ESC in my RC stuff.....
All I can say is thank you Novak and go Orange.
05-23-2008, 09:11 AM
#17
Tech Initiate
I am waiting on the conversion from Novak. I know there are others and many people are already saving the HV won't work in 1/8th. However many other issues are cropping up with other products and setups, so I am glad I have taken my time. My Hyper 7 is waiting (already stripped down) for electronics. I have run Novak for most of the 30+ years I have been in this sport, hobby, or whatever you call it.
I have had one Novak Dually (remember those) fail me. This was after I was run over by a 1/8 nitro buggy in practice. No other Novak product has ever let me down. I still have a T1 ESC in my RC stuff.....
All I can say is thank you Novak and go Orange.
I have had one Novak Dually (remember those) fail me. This was after I was run over by a 1/8 nitro buggy in practice. No other Novak product has ever let me down. I still have a T1 ESC in my RC stuff.....
All I can say is thank you Novak and go Orange.
05-23-2008, 09:44 AM
#18
Pics of a home-made Novak HV6.5-based conversion here:
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http://s92437987.onlinehome.us/ebayp.../e-storm-5.jpg
http://s92437987.onlinehome.us/ebayp.../e-storm-1.jpg
http://s92437987.onlinehome.us/ebayp.../e-storm-2.jpg
http://s92437987.onlinehome.us/ebayp.../e-storm-3.jpg
http://s92437987.onlinehome.us/ebayp.../e-storm-4.jpg
http://s92437987.onlinehome.us/ebayp.../e-storm-5.jpg
05-24-2008, 08:22 AM
#19
Company Representative
Thread Starter
We have also started shiping our new Mod1, steel 5mm shaft pinion gears for the new HV motors.
05-28-2008, 11:56 AM
#21
Tech Initiate
+1 I have experienced problems with steel on steel with other cars/trucks and am also concerned about longevity of the pinions/spurs. Have you folks run them for a while under max load to see if they will hold up? I have several of the new 5mm pinions coming for my HV6.5. Besides wear issues I have also seen some glitching as a result of the metal to metal contact. Have you folks had any issues at all during testing? Any thoughts on this would be much appreicated. Thanks.
05-29-2008, 04:37 AM
#23
Tech Initiate
Thanks Lutach, pics are worth a thousand words. Gears look good, mine came yesterday. The conversion kit shipped yesterday as well so I should have it by the weekend I hope. I'm doing the Ravager first but if it goes well I might convert my Hellfire too. Thanks again.
05-29-2008, 07:42 AM
#24
Thanks Lutach, pics are worth a thousand words. Gears look good, mine came yesterday. The conversion kit shipped yesterday as well so I should have it by the weekend I hope. I'm doing the Ravager first but if it goes well I might convert my Hellfire too. Thanks again.
05-29-2008, 05:44 PM
#25
Tech Apprentice
Here's mine on my Losi 8.
It actually looks different now as I had to lose the aluminum posts so the ESC clears the body. The Carbon Fiber ESC tray is now bolted directly to the chassis in between the battery tray and the rear chassis brace about 1 mm from the drive shaft.
As you can see through the windows, there is nothing higher than the center diff. now. It should handle pretty good.
Soon as Matrix Composites starts shipping the 8ight carbon fiber chassis, the RTR chassis will be replaced with it. Ought to look pretty sharp.
It actually looks different now as I had to lose the aluminum posts so the ESC clears the body. The Carbon Fiber ESC tray is now bolted directly to the chassis in between the battery tray and the rear chassis brace about 1 mm from the drive shaft.
As you can see through the windows, there is nothing higher than the center diff. now. It should handle pretty good.
Soon as Matrix Composites starts shipping the 8ight carbon fiber chassis, the RTR chassis will be replaced with it. Ought to look pretty sharp.
06-01-2008, 07:37 AM
#26
Novaktwo when will the losi kits be out ?
06-02-2008, 06:08 AM
#27
As soon as some of you get your Novak conversions completed and have some run time, please post some results; such as run time, thermaling issues, etc. I am just now ordering mine as it just came into stock (Hyper 7).
06-02-2008, 01:37 PM
#28
Company Representative
Thread Starter
06-02-2008, 02:58 PM
#29
Tech Apprentice
Finished product.
Some changes to hopefully avoid thermaling issues. Don't know if it will help or not.
May cut the front window between the Novak and Racing and install more of the mesh that's covering the fan there.
I'm trying some of the concepts I have learned over the years Air-cooling PCs and videocards for overclocking.
This Home Theater PC has been overclocked by a full Ghz for two years now, inside a cabinet with purely air cooling.
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Some changes to hopefully avoid thermaling issues. Don't know if it will help or not.
May cut the front window between the Novak and Racing and install more of the mesh that's covering the fan there.
I'm trying some of the concepts I have learned over the years Air-cooling PCs and videocards for overclocking.
This Home Theater PC has been overclocked by a full Ghz for two years now, inside a cabinet with purely air cooling.
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Last edited by Murphster; 06-02-2008 at 03:17 PM.
06-03-2008, 03:04 PM
#30
electric
just remember to put a sticker on the bottom of your chassis "put me down i'm electric powered" had a few guys confused when marshalling one of these cars when they could not hear the motor the thought it died .