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Originally Posted by Cockerill
Sorry to say this, but your wrong again. We didn't actually get to vote on what we wanted, something to do with us having to stick to EB rules, as written elsewhere.
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The 1/10th off road rules state that all batteries must be on the EB approved list, that rule has been there for some years. What was voted for was just to raise the voltage limit to 7.4v, nothing more, nothing less, which is what was wanted as it allows lipos.
The original proposal for 1/10 OR included dimensions big enough to include Trakpower saddles, but unfortunately what was also agreed was that if EFRA voted in lipos then the EB should create a specification which matched the EFRA spec. A perfectly logical idea as there's no point the BRCA voting in a rule that could mean any pack made for EU and the US was illegal in the UK. Unfortunately no one foresaw that instead of creating our own lipo specification the flawed ROAR rules would be adopted to the letter.
With hindsight the racers should have stuck to the specs in Chris Longs proposal and the section should have submitted that specification to the Electric Board, the same way touring cars did the year before. Unfortunately none of us can see into the future.