6-Cell Sedan Brushless Class for nats (please read/help!)

[stormperson]

Hi,

This year for the electric paved nats, there is a sedan brushless class that appears to be compleltly open except for 6 cells... Is the Novak brushless system the best one out there for racing purposes? Or is there alot of better stuff here, or on the horizon? Basically I am just trying to find a support class to race at the nats for 12th mod, and one that will be the least work/money spent (already have a novak brushless). Any info would be really apprecaited, thanks!

[alpinesky1]

The novaks quick, but A Lehner & Hacker motors are faster/more Powerfull....

Question is are you good enuff to drive with more power & RPM?

If so a C40 6T motor, with a U-Force controller would be Super Crazy fast for 6cells, (or a C40 7T thats what hacker recomends):D , but you can set you Transmiter to tame it(if you Transmiter lets you) and you can also ajust the Speed controller to tame it;)

There is also the Lehner 1520-1525(with the right Trun, Kv)n is equal to the Hacker C40 series from what i hear....

[stormperson]

I am used to running 7 singles in a sedan on carpet, so handling the power isnt an issue, and I can always trim it down on the radio as you said.

However, I assume when you say 6T, its a six turn? Does it behave like a brushed 6 turn, ie silly rpm but no torque? And can the speedo handle the power, or is it like the novak and shuts down because it over heats?

Thanks!

[Simen123]

I`ve been running the C40-6t and it has silly rpm and not too much torq.. ;) It works okay on tracks made for 1/8track cars, anywhere else you get the feeling that you could use some more torque..
On a Schulze 12.97fwe I`ve thermalled once or twice at an indoor track, but never outdoors.

I`d give the Lehner 1920-5t or the hacker c40-7t a try.

[Sorcerer001]

At this point, ROAR hasn't even finalized all the details on the brushless class. Since it's an exhibition class, I doubt there will be too many rules concerning the turns of the motors.
Say what you will about the Novak system - it's offers what is probably the best combination of top end, bottom end, ease of use, and value. And I've yet to see any other brand of motor do as well at exhibition races to this point. I'm aware there are much faster systems out there, but there has to be some balance. Remember, the Novak system was designed by a company that's been designing r/c car electronics longer than most, and they understand what it takes to have a successful product. Most of the other companies have more brushless experience, but have primarily catered to the industrial market, as well as the r/c aircraft market. I've been watching the progress of brushless motor use in r/c boats, which are under higher load than airplanes, but, like airplanes, operate at top RPM most of the time. It seems that Hacker, Lehner, and Schultze have all struggled with designing hardware and software that can deliver what the r/c car market is looking for. Novak did it the first time out - they already knew what the end product had to do.
Needless to say, I'm running the Novak 5800 at the Nats. The other reason that I'm a bit more confident in the Novak system is that Novak attends many of the larger events around the coutry. Support is available at the races, as well as on the phone. I've never had to wait more than a week or two to get my stuff fixed.