Adding to my collection of broken novak controllers

[JosephS]

I already have 3 different broken novak 4's that I can't seem to fix . So I decided to add one more .

This appears to be a beat up Novak no number 3 wire esc.

Does anyone have information on this? It looks like a 1x But also does not. There is the 3rd pot I don't see on the 1x,1,2,4. There is also the FET where a number would be.

[RC10resto]

Novak 2

https://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?t=21741

[JosephS]

Novak 2

https://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?t=21741

Is this like a 1x?
Did it just run hotter motors?

[Frankentruck]

It's the Novak 2. Glad it went to a good home.
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It looks like it's better spec than a 4 but not as good as a 1 or 1x, but has the size of a 1x. Not sure what market Novak was targeting with the 2.

[JosephS]

It's the Novak 2. Glad it went to a good home.
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It looks like it's better spec than a 4 but not as good as a 1 or 1x, but has the size of a 1x. Not sure what market Novak was targeting with the 2.

It's a hard one to figure out and that may be why this is a rare find. It wasn't wanted.
Looks like it should be a 1x but populated with buz10 fets vs a buz11 fets, but it has a unique case plastic and likely a different board layout for the extra fet and pot. It must have cost as much a a new completely new model to make.

I'll have to see if it's a through hole design like the 1,1x and 4 or a surface mount like the t1 ,t1x and t4.

were you the seller on this?

[Frankentruck]

No, I wasn't the seller but I was almost the buyer. I spent a few too many 'think about it' minutes because of the condition.

[GoMachV]

This old Novak I just got is a terrible speed control

[ZED32]

This old Novak I just got is a terrible speed control

Most of my older speed controls are pretty terrible And when a 1060 is only $15-20 it's a no-brainer that vintage escs are for shelf duty only.

[GoMachV]

It's good at other things though

[JosephS]

No, I wasn't the seller but I was almost the buyer. I spent a few too many 'think about it' minutes because of the condition.

If it sits in a box for more than a month without getting worked on I'll let it go for what it cost me. With how I collect these things you'd think I'd have made at least one of them work.

[1911Colt]

This old Novak I just got is a terrible speed control

Run times are amazing, though!

I didn't know those existed.

[Frankentruck]

https://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?p=349565

[JosephS]

Showed up today. Started cleaning it up.

The identity plate is in worse shape than I thought.

It’s absolutely a nesc2 as identified by the circuit board. I see a buzz71 fet on the brake position.