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Originally Posted by SHY
I'll bring some norwegian Aquevit that's been around the equator! And piles of salmon! 
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In my day it was drugs and alcohol, not mineral water and fish???? Must be getting old.......
I've only run Lipo a couple of times, every time I have it's been great. I've not experienced a Lipo fire as of yet (having said that I have got one on charge in my shed outside right now, I could be experiencing one as we speak?!
). I have however experienced several NiMh cells going pop and had one vent in my face. These have never been my cells, the one that went off on me was a car I was marshalling, not been so tempted to try and fix a mysteriously stopped car again!
I can say the sooner we get rid of exploding cells the better, obviously. If Lipo is the answer then, thats the answer.
I'm really against the idea of an enforced 5 cell limit. In an ideal world every class would be like racing buggies on polished wood like I used to years ago. A 4wd mod buggy was so understressed at the end of 5 minutes that things barely got warm, motors lasted forever, batteries lasted forever, everything was great!
In fact when running 2wd on wood, a stock motor would get hot and go off after a couple of meetings, whereas a mod motor would barely need skimming after about 5 meetings.
Maybe TC needed to go to 10 cells
? Actually it still be dull as crap even then.....
I reckon Lipo and brushless will make it that much more atractive to newcomers, just one pack of cells that pretty much live in your car and one motor, your RTR car could get you through your first season with nothing more than the odd spare and tyres to buy, sounds good to me.