Tom C - from a purely off rd perspective, maybe you're right actually, in that any improvement of cells probably doesn't matter. I'm kind of thinking "Electric racing" as a whole, rather than just off rd - which i guess was actually the question.
Mark C - with the greatest deal of respect, no, the worksop series is nowhere near as competitive as a national championship for example.
From a safety perspective, i am actually not against LiPo. I have this view (and it's maybe a strange view) that a fire (potential LiPo failure) is possibly easier to contain, and potentially less dangerous than an explosion (potential NiMh failure). Although I'm not sure i feel in any way comfortable with the though of fire inside a tent, that is pitched in a dry grass field with a load of other tents.
My safety concern does come when people "discover" what they believe to be a method to improve performance with charging methods. Again, something that doesn't matter until you get into a competitive environment, and again something that you could argue doesn't bring such an "advantage" to off rd.
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