Roar have many tests for Lipo cells to pass before they can go on the 'list'. One of these tests is over-charging. If we adopted the same or similar rules then I would assume we would also have an over-charging test.
This means that any Lipo legal at a meeting will NOT be volatile/explode/set fire to everything/etc otherwise it would not pass the tests.
So if someone wants to over-charge their Lipo to get 40% more power so be it, all it means is they will crash 40% quicker and ruin their Lipo all in one, and if they are found out they should also have another punishment.
In off-road we can over-power our cars, so there is no real argument for having to over-charger any cells. So why would anyone want to over-charge Lipo purposely to get extra power when they could just drop a wind or 2?
In my opinion I would say the advantages of Lipo are: Easier to use, Less Needed, More Performance, Lighter.
From that list the only 2 that effect car performance are useless. Our cars are already over-powered so we would just go up a wind to account for the extra power. The weight of them, we will all run to the same weight limit, and some people already add weight to their cars with NiMh cells.
So to me I see no reason why Lipo and NiMH can't run together, the same way Brushed/Brushless did, eventually one will become the driver's favorite and 95% of the people will run it, like they do with brushless.
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Yokomo - LMR
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