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Originally Posted by DCM
yes, it must, it should fit in as a replacement cell, it makes it far more transferable. I know with some of the packs (yungtong for starters) you need a small dremmel work to clear the output cables, is that acceptable, I would think so, but hacking a chassis to make em fit... no
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Originally Posted by jimarea51
"ill loan you a stick pack jim!!"
"do you buy nimh now?"
Hey Mark,
Unfortunatly I do still part with hard earned cash for all my racing gear 
After all the years I've been racing you'd think people would sponsor me out of pitty 
JIm |
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Originally Posted by racingdwarf
Yes for sure, I think the rule should be lipo should fit straight in the car with no chassis modification exept for maybe washers under battery posts etc, but we should not have to chop the chassis about.
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Originally Posted by trekkerkk
my thoughts are they should fit all the cars witout modification,
no dremmelling at all,
then its up to the racer to make the decision for themselves 
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Originally Posted by Kopite
i think years ago when the capacity of cells wasn't what they are now, and you struggled to last, the performance difference between LiPo and NiMH would've been way more apparent. Nowadays, if you've not got enough speed, you can just slat a faster motor in the car, yet not even come close to using the full capacity of cells.
There are limits to what power you can use in an off road car without making it too just too difficult to drive (grip limits etc), so i really can't see a performance related benefit of running LiPo in off road.
I ran LiPo in my X6 at the weekend, with a Novak 7.5L, and it was more than enough power. I was slowly adding weight to the car to get it to the same weight levels as it was with NiMH, so power really isn't a factor
The benefits of LiPo in terms of usage totally outclasses NiMH though. I have one pack for 2wd, one pack for 4wd, and just recharge the same pack after a race. No matter how long i run for, both cars' electrics came off cold! Overall, the cost of 2 packs of LiPo TrakPower 3200's cost me 90 quid (ish), cheaper than the numerous packs of cells i would've eventually bought for the new season.
As for fitting LiPo in the cars. I agree with some of the comments about attracting newbies into the sport, and them maybe having to mod the car to make it LiPo friendly. However, there are quite a few cars that still require some form of dremeling to get them race ready!
to be honest, i'd be gutted if we couldn't run LiPo next year, racing has become so much easier since i've tried LiPo  |
how can maufacture be blamed for thier lipo not fitting car chassis? even the pred takes lipo, but in a non conventional way, somtime you need to think outside the box
do you ban electric motors on older cars as the new "power" from them made the transmission weak, or did the manufactures come up with stronger cars?
id say run to a size for saddle then the car manufactures will change to suit the new technology, certainly this has happened in TC.
as for newbies coming in thats simple sell em a car that takes lipo!
guess what im saying is was the car designed to fit the nimh cell or was the cell designed to fit the car?
jim what car you run?