RE: Another brushless 'myth', lower KV = more torque
Mattnin, which of the Novak tuning rotors are you using in your Novak motor? Novak does say that using a larger tuning rotor means more back-EMF (some loss of KV) but also improves torque.
Your results kinda parallel the local track 'lore' at my track, that the Hacker has the edge in raw torque while the Novak has the edge in efficiency.
Do you find your results are consistent if you run the exact same test multiple times?