The Novarossi factory has been closed since the start of the COVID lockdown in Italy and whilst most business and factories have reopened now Novarossi has not. Rumour has it there is no indication that Novarossi will reopen anytime soon. Ielasi hasn't 'left' Novarossi he was forced to goto OS because he couldn't get any parts from Novarossi anymore. MAX also started offering OS based engines last year and so the writing was on the wall then. For the record the Capricorn ONE O.S. based engines have been tuned by Ielasi for quite some time anyway so the move to OS for him isn't such a big deal.

There have been many rumours of Novarossi as a company being on the rocks financially for the last couple of years and it pains me to say it but it appears that unless they get some serious funding to clear the debts and reopen the factory its only a matter of time before a more formal announcement is made. If all this is really true we are on the brink of loosing a big name from the history of Nitro R/C.