a novak velocity motor that can handle a 6.0-7.0 fdr

[Needler56]

is there a novak velocity motor that can handle an fdr in the range of 6.0-7.0 for a touring car?

[ElectricThunder]

Probably a Novak 10.5 Pro or a 13.5 Pro. I think a member on here (grizzbob) is running a 13.5 Pro in a TC3 and he's gone as low as a 4.5:1 FDR or something crazy like that. (Both of these have a sintered rotor btw)

[Grizzbob]

Probably a Novak 10.5 Pro or a 13.5 Pro. I think a member on here (grizzbob) is running a 13.5 Pro in a TC3 and he's gone as low as a 4.5:1 FDR or something crazy like that. (Both of these have a sintered rotor btw)

Almost right, I don't have a TC3 anymore(nor a TC4, just couldn't get them handling the way I needed), I'm a loyal Tamiya guy now, but I do run a 13.5 Pro every week & at my local track am running it with a 5.14 FDR right now(& at the Novak USTC race in Janurary, I ran an FDR of 4.6, bigger track, with more of a flowing layout, & some of my competitors were going as low as a 3.9 FDR with that motor). And I'd suspect the 10.5 Pro might be able to handle tall gearing kinda like that, also(though I don't know about trying a 3.9 FDR on one). The only real question I'd have is, can the DRIVER handle that??:D

[Needler56]

i guess i'm trying to get more speed through gearing rather than power. would that be possible? i run a tamiya tbevo5 with a velocity 3.5r with short gearing. would a mild motor and tall gearing be just as stressful on a battery as a hot motor with short gearing?

[Grizzbob]

i guess i'm trying to get more speed through gearing rather than power. would that be possible? i run a tamiya tbevo5 with a velocity 3.5r with short gearing. would a mild motor and tall gearing be just as stressful on a battery as a hot motor with short gearing?

Difficult to say for sure, but my guess would be yes, it'd be pretty stressful either way. Why do you ask, are you trying to do speed runs, or racing, or something else? Perhaps if you told us a bit about what you trying to do we might be able to suggest something.....:cool:

[SpEEdyBL]

It won't be as stressful on the batteries because the 13.5 is less powerful than the 3.5 to begin with and will not draw as much current. You may be able to gear the 13.5 for high speeds, but it will not have nearly the acceleration of the 3.5r.

[ElectricThunder]

The key here would be to run the 13.5 Pro on some higher voltage if you can manage that. (I've been toying around with the idea of running a 10.5 Pro or 13.5 Pro on 3s lipo and an HV ESC for quite some time now).:D You'd be able to gear it up pretty nasty too but it would probably still run pretty cool compared to the 3.5R geared up.

Just a thought.:)