Novak Velociti 4.5R brushless motor "wicked fast!"

PeterV · #1 01-19-2006, 08:18 PM

Doggone it, I could swear I emailed the press release home, but the only thing in my in-box is spam (cheap Viagra AND a hot stock tip...awright!). I can tell you that the ribbed can is new, and helps cool the motor while trimming a few grams. The new-style solder tabs are easy to spot as well, and will give us more mounting options for the power leads. "4.5R" refers to the motors four and a half turns, and the "R" has gotta stand for racin', right? More tomorrow...

www.teamnovak.com

Brace yourselves...Novak's newest Velociti brushless motor is fast. Wicked fast. The new 4 1/2-turn sensored brushless motor is Novak's fastest motor to date. Designed for racing, the Velociti 4.5R is ideal for competition touring cars. Like Novak's other Velociti-series motors, the Velociti 4.5R is compatible with the GTB Racing Programmable Brushless/Brush ESC and meets all ROAR specifications.
The Velociti 4.5R will begin shipping end of January. More more details next week!

Mr. Schumacher · #2 01-19-2006, 08:24 PM

What the ....? 4.5 turns??? I want one!!! The brushless motor war seems endless but my wallet is not bottomless...

chilly4kc · #3 01-19-2006, 08:55 PM

How low can you go!

ElectricThunder · #4 01-19-2006, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by chilly4kc

How low can you go!

1.5

Alrighty then! So....where's the 3.5, 2.5, and 1.5 then?

Novak's going to have to switch to a new design or go coreless or something when they run out of turns...

WheelNut · #5 01-19-2006, 11:35 PM

4.5 with the GTB, lol yeah right. Mabye with 4-10 fans attached!

AudiTT-Quattro · #6 01-20-2006, 12:40 AM

Novak stole my ribbed can idea. Nah, actually I recommended it to them after I milled out my 5800 for more surface area. Not sure if I had any influence though but I expect that royalty cheque to be in the mail soon. LOL. JK.

Pretty sweet, 4.5 turn...

Monkeyman95128 · #7 01-20-2006, 01:11 AM

Gosh darn it i just bought the 5.5, so does this one work with the gtb without like any mods?

TimisTim · #8 01-20-2006, 02:01 AM

Team this up with the Orion Lipo and it will be a great racing system.

The 5.5 would pull spikes of 100amps, so how many is this thing going to take? Batteries aren't going to know what hit em.

jocktheglide165 · #9 01-20-2006, 02:56 AM

dude thats freakin awesome man man I love novak now please concentrate on the HV maxx how about HV-maxx velocity????? :-)

GroundPounder30 · #10 01-20-2006, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by WheelNut

4.5 with the GTB, lol yeah right. Mabye with 4-10 fans attached!

What do you mean, I run my GTB with my 5.5, with NO heat issues, and a fan with half the fins broken off. I hardly think a 4.5 is going to suddenly send it in to thermal shutdown.

ducklake1 · #11 01-20-2006, 09:07 AM

So, can you put 2 of these in the e-maxx?

synapse75 · #12 01-20-2006, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by ducklake1

So, can you put 2 of these in the e-maxx?

can you parrallel brushless motors?

losi4life0007 · #13 01-20-2006, 12:15 PM

I run my 5.5 with no fan and the Orion Lipo. It's wicked fast and I have had not heat issues. When I'm done running the heat sink is a little warm but thats what its there for to disapate heat.

AudiTT-Quattro · #14 01-20-2006, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by synapse75

can you parrallel brushless motors?

No, especially not with sensored systems.

wyattburp · #15 01-20-2006, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by AudiTT-Quattro

No, especially not with sensored systems.

The 'No' part makes sense to me, but the rest of your reply insinuiates that sensorless systems are more flexible and the possibility of running them in parallel is greater...Is that what you meant, or was is just a cheap shot at sensored systems?

RobK · #16 01-20-2006, 03:18 PM

No problem on running dual brushless (sensor or no sensor)--just run dual controllers. It's been done plenty of times.

-Rob

synapse75 · #17 01-20-2006, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by RobK

No problem on running dual brushless (sensor or no sensor)--just run dual controllers. It's been done plenty of times.

-Rob

Running 14+V to one ESC is a lot faster than running 7-8V to two ESCs.

At the local dirt track the brushless 4wd class turned faster lap times than any other class.

jocktheglide165 · #18 01-20-2006, 05:12 PM

how you gonna solder the wires to the tab thingsy?

ElectricThunder · #19 01-20-2006, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by jocktheglide165

how you gonna solder the wires to the tab thingsy?

They're metal tabs. Tin them, tin the wire, heat 'em up, cool 'em off, and voila, you have motor wires.

TimisTim · #20 01-21-2006, 12:00 AM

If you do it right then you will only NEED one system. As was said......more voltage through one system will be faster than the same volts through two.

And everyone knows the fastest brushless system out there is the Chuck Norris.

WheelNut · #21 01-21-2006, 12:36 AM

The GTB has heat issues in lots of cars, that why it comes with the fan, lol! In my B4 the thing just cooked, until I cut some holes in the body for cooling. In something like carpet touring car the ESC gets taxed alot harder, and without a lot more airflow. Who knows mabye the esc actually can handle it, at least the LRP sphere competition should be able to handle it (if it ever comes out).

skylineTT · #22 01-21-2006, 06:32 PM

I want this beast...stampede with maxx tires and rims..will it go crazy fast still? i should believe sooooo!

ElectricThunder · #23 01-22-2006, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by TimisTim

And everyone knows the fastest brushless system out there is the Chuck Norris.

Correction, his chest hairs are the fastest. One hair has the same amount of energy as that released in the big bang. Therefore, his chest hair can produce an infinite amount of watts.

Skyline- This motor in a pede with emaxx tires/wheels will not be a good combo. This motor will be very revvy, and if you were to use it in this setup, you'd need to gear at something like 12/90 or even numerically higher (smaller on the pinion or larger on the spur). If you were to run stock pede tires and wheels, with a higher FDR, you may be able to get away with it. But this motor is designed for 1/10 TC (although it could probably be used in 1/10 ST classes or even 4wd classes, but those may be pushing it, and it may be just too powerful).

Freedom · #24 01-22-2006, 12:31 AM

Chuck Norris's chest hairs omg! LOL

jocktheglide165 · #25 01-22-2006, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by ElectricThunder

Correction, his chest hairs are the fastest. One hair has the same amount of energy as that released in the big bang. Therefore, his chest hair can produce an infinite amount of watts.

Skyline- This motor in a pede with emaxx tires/wheels will not be a good combo. This motor will be very revvy, and if you were to use it in this setup, you'd need to gear at something like 12/90 or even numerically higher (smaller on the pinion or larger on the spur). If you were to run stock pede tires and wheels, with a higher FDR, you may be able to get away with it. But this motor is designed for 1/10 TC (although it could probably be used in 1/10 ST classes or even 4wd classes, but those may be pushing it, and it may be just too powerful).

dont forget bikes....