Posted On July 8th, 2008
Looking to step up in the RC Drifting Scene?
Team Novak now has the Slydr Brushless Drift ESC! It’s based on the GTB SEC with added brake programmability! I’m a fan of RC Drifting, and it’s one of those areas of RC that I really hope breaks a little more mainstream.
If [...]
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Posted On July 8th, 2008
Team Novak has just sent word that the HV Pro Brushless ESC has been updated as well as making now an individual item. (So you don’t have to buy the whole kit). They are also shipping a 5.5-turn as well as a 7.5 version. That’s good news if you are in [...]
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Posted On June 24th, 2008
Team Novak is expanding its line of gears with the addition of 32-pitch 5MM
Steel Pinion Gears. These precision-made gears mesh with any brushless motor with a 5mm output shaft, including Novak’s HV-Series of Brushless Motors (#3524-3527), and can be used to power Monster trucks, including the Traxxas E-Maxx, and HPI E-Savage. [...]
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Posted On April 28th, 2008
Let’s get right on down to the nitty gritty here.
For you crawler fans, XTM looks to be the second manufacture with a full on competition chassis right out of the box, the XTM X-Crawler. It seems every week the crawling segment gets more support, and the new XTM “super class” crawler is just more evidence [...]
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Posted On April 21st, 2008
Team Novak has introduced their new heavy-duty HV-Series High Voltage Brushless Motors with 5mm shafts. The new HV Pro ESC is available in two brushless systems, the HV4.5 and the updated HV6.5. Check the NEW Product Forum for the full press release.
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Posted On April 14th, 2008
Weed. So just why is it that many outdoor (and some indoor) tracks across the country have such a large proportion of racers that insist on smoking weed during races?
Certainly rc racing is not set up for youth racers, as it caters more to the 30-something age set. But, rc racing should always [...]
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Posted On April 11th, 2008
That’s right, it is that time of year again! Time to start sending in those Fan Pictures for the Big Squid RC Contest!!
Every year we try to give something back to our loyal fans and readers. Keeping with our standard, this years prizes are even better then last year!
The big grand [...]
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Posted On March 18th, 2008
I have just posted in our REVIEWS section, our review on the Team Novak GoaT Brushless Crawler System! If you are thinking about getting into the HOT RC trend that is RC Rock Crawling, or if you are already into crawling, and thinking about getting a new system, you do not [...]
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Posted On March 11th, 2008
Team Novak is giving RC drivers more racing options by combining the SS17.5 Pro Brushless Motor with the GTB Programmable Racing Brushless / Brush ESC. The system has been recently approved for ROAR Stock spec class races. It comes factory-wired and ready to race straight out of the box! For a [...]
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Posted On March 4th, 2008
We get emails and forum suggestions of products that we should check out or review, and I thought I would take a moment and let you know the some of the stuff we have in the works.
First up, we have started to mess with the new Duratrax RT-X [...]
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Posted On February 17th, 2008
After popping a fresh bottle of Dom Perignon 99′, I sat down to realize that few things in life are appreciated as much as they should be. I appreciate that in the last few weeks there were actually some really cool products introduced to the rc world, because this week nothing of real note was [...]
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Posted On January 26th, 2008
It’s Friday, which means one thing in the rc industry, no press releases on new products over the weekend! So let me dive right into the highlights of new releases this week.
The biggest news this week- the Novak 1/8th scale conversion kits. It’s quite obvious that the next big thing in rc racing will be [...]
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Posted On January 22nd, 2008
In what I would pretty much consider a “Stop The Presses!” moment today, Team Novak dropped me a press release with talks of conversion kits for many popular NITRO buggies to convert them to brushless! Now I know what you are thinking… ok.. so they probably made a kit for one [...]
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Posted On October 15th, 2007
Team Novak Is off to an early lead with three press releases for new products to be seen at the iHobby Expo this week! I always love the early releases, it’s like seeing all the presents the night before Christmas!! First up is the Mongoose Micro Brushless System. The system includes the new [...]
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Posted On October 11th, 2007
I was pleased and surprised to find four new press releases in my mail from Team Novak recently. I haven’t heard from them in a while, and I’d like to think that more and more companies are taking notice to the growth BigSquidRC is having.
I have posted all four [...]
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