I used to run a 610rv in a RC-10ST with foamies (and lowered) around a parking lot oval course every sunday night. Could be the application here.
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Tekin or Novak
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I used to run a 610rv in a RC-10ST with foamies (and lowered) around a parking lot oval course every sunday night. Could be the application here.
trig n tahoe
Quarry Creeper
NOVACK SUCKS, PERIOD. Do not waste a dime supporting a crap company like that.
The Violator
RCC Addict
Yeah. Thats True. Any application other than paper weight or trash compacting material is the wrong application when it comes to anything Novak. And even as a paper weight spontaneous combustion is not really out of the question.
I don't think its the application, I see it more as the market. I take this hobby pretty seriously and no matter the section I'm in I usually go over board and tend to use the best things I can. No matter the price I usually try to find a way to get it (within reason of course lol) I started bashing, then heavy offroad, did the carpet racing, and now the crawling. It wasn't long ago I did all 4. If I wasn't winning it was usually because of what I was running. I left every section of the hobby with a Tekin in my rig. I still have friends in each section, and it still remains with tekin being on top of most leader boards.
I think Novak is more of the RTR crowd, its cheap so people buy it. No different then a traxxas car. It's what helps start the fire. I purchased a brand new Novak for my wraith because it was cheap. Seriously plugged it in and watched it go up in smoke. It was not user error, if it was I would have got another system. I lost the receipt and was told I'm screwed without it. As if they don't have serial numbers telling them when it was produced? Awesome support! I even tried the goat 3s once when it was the fix all for the LCC issues.. What a joke!
I've been a big fan of Castle Creations stuff since my bashing days. It takes one hell of a beating and is more waterproof then anything on the market. I still use a mamba-25 in my MRC. I purchased a MMP for my wraith and was not happy with the speed with my Tekin 17.5. Tossed in my Novak 17.5 and there was no difference. Spoke with some educated buddies and they all pointed to the communication link between the MMP and a sensored motor. Although it works, they just don't speak the same language.
I tossed in a Tekin RS which was the same setup in my onroad car and the speed was about 3 times more then that of the MMP. I should have known, but I was trying to stay on a budget. 3 ESC's later I have the right one.
I run Tekin FXR's in the berg, and in the SCX10 and wouldn't have it any other way.
They all for sure have a application that they may be better suited for. But in my opinion, buy a tekin and your set for every scenario. Why sell yourself short?
The biggest issue all 3 manufacturers have that I see is not listening to the general public and solely relying on there "testers" to tell them what we want. Each piece has something that needs improved on, some alot more then others, but they always seem to miss it by that much. If they could take the good from each esc and add it to one, I think we'd all be happy...
I think Novak is more of the RTR crowd, its cheap so people buy it. No different then a traxxas car. It's what helps start the fire. I purchased a brand new Novak for my wraith because it was cheap. Seriously plugged it in and watched it go up in smoke. It was not user error, if it was I would have got another system. I lost the receipt and was told I'm screwed without it. As if they don't have serial numbers telling them when it was produced? Awesome support! I even tried the goat 3s once when it was the fix all for the LCC issues.. What a joke!
I've been a big fan of Castle Creations stuff since my bashing days. It takes one hell of a beating and is more waterproof then anything on the market. I still use a mamba-25 in my MRC. I purchased a MMP for my wraith and was not happy with the speed with my Tekin 17.5. Tossed in my Novak 17.5 and there was no difference. Spoke with some educated buddies and they all pointed to the communication link between the MMP and a sensored motor. Although it works, they just don't speak the same language.
I tossed in a Tekin RS which was the same setup in my onroad car and the speed was about 3 times more then that of the MMP. I should have known, but I was trying to stay on a budget. 3 ESC's later I have the right one.
I run Tekin FXR's in the berg, and in the SCX10 and wouldn't have it any other way.
They all for sure have a application that they may be better suited for. But in my opinion, buy a tekin and your set for every scenario. Why sell yourself short?
The biggest issue all 3 manufacturers have that I see is not listening to the general public and solely relying on there "testers" to tell them what we want. Each piece has something that needs improved on, some alot more then others, but they always seem to miss it by that much. If they could take the good from each esc and add it to one, I think we'd all be happy...
The Tekin Redline V2's are due to hit the stores very soon. They're just working out an issue with ROAR spec.
Personally, I run Tekin in everything. I'd stay away from Blovak
LOL! :lmao:
I run a Tekin FXR w/ Tekin 35t because that's what everyone said to get
Given there is other 100,000 threads on here, i'm pretty sure the community has eventually got it right.
Therefore I'm happy to take things on face value so i don't waste my time re-inventing the wheel.
That's what I'm running in both my Honchos that see a lot of water. Never had a problem. "Break stuff" torque, plenty of wheel speed on 3s, and 3+ hour run time on a 5000mah batt.
In the brushed arena, the only other setup I'd consider is a Holmes Hobby. Never owned one, but many have raved about them. If one of the Tekin systems ever goes, I may consider that, but I'll likely be waiting a long time.
bigemike
Rock Stacker
I only suggest the 18.5 motor because 2 guys i comp with use them and they love them they have gotten 2 years out of them. But i agree novak esc are not good. I had one catch fire on the bench. It was the last novak esc i ever used.
You can get a high torque tuning rotor for the tekins btw and if the older redlines go on sale with the new ones coming out that would be a deal. I personally run lrp's newest motors in my other offroad cars and they are awesome. The redlines always felt a little flat to me compared to the lrp
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You can get a high torque tuning rotor for the tekins btw and if the older redlines go on sale with the new ones coming out that would be a deal. I personally run lrp's newest motors in my other offroad cars and they are awesome. The redlines always felt a little flat to me compared to the lrp
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