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Originally Posted by mark christopher
tc have a cap of 5000mah i think, simple solution, make it clear if somone is found charging outside brca guide lines then make it clear that they will be banned from the brca for a year, if they want to take that chance. i doubt in off road it would be an advantage.
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There's the rub, Mark. No way of telling what's been done in charging, unless you have a voltage check before going on the track - soon there'll be more officials than racers!!
It isn't the top drivers who take liberties, it's usually those in the B, C, D, trying to make a better final. If you can afford it, overcharging a LiPo gives a performance benefit, and after a few cycles, you bin the pack. Who's to bet this wouldn't happen at EFRA/IFMAR level, where no voltage checks are in the Rules?
NiMh (and NiCad) used to suffer from people injecting things into the cell through the vent, but then we brought in the weight checks and that stopped. Then we had the '10A blast charge' but as motors got more powerful that stopped. LiPo has a few of these to go through, but it'll live.