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Originally Posted by SHY
Don't you all agree it's better to vote over this class by class?
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If each class vote for it separately there's nothing to stop each class coming up with their own specifications for the packs. For example as all touring chassis use stick packs they don't need any rules regarding saddle packs.
Say for example the touring car class decides a bigger pack is needed for more capacity and they ratify bigger dimensions that no longer fit inside a B4 chassis. The manufacturers start making loads of these bigger packs for the larger touring car market, leaving buggies with a smaller range of batteries to fit their own different rules. Anyone who races both classes would also have to buy separate batteries for each class they race in.
By being in the general rules it makes sure every class can use the same equipment. You buy a touring car, get bored with it, but you can still use the same motor, ESC and batteries in your new buggy because the electrics rules are the same over all the classes.
All it takes to change the proposal is someone at the EFRA AGM to point out the problem and make sure saddle pack dimensions are added. Once the rules are there the EC might have to wait a year before lipos are allowed, but once there is a specification in the rules it's down to the national bodies to decide to use them.