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Originally Posted by Mad-Wolfie
to be fair it's a minimum weight limit.. there isn't a maximum, so gone are the days of a LiPo with tons of lead weight stuck on the side, which i imagine would be a safety risk.
Even on the old limit of 1500g with regular cells (as in heavy), i've had to add about 70g of weight to the cars i race to reach the minimum limit. The big problem now though i think with the weight removed will be the balancing, all the weight will be on the electrics side of the car, the battery side will be very light & will still need a few weights to even out the weight distribution even though the cars will be "legal" without adding any weight.
I must say i've never been a fan of the excessive weight limits & frankly can't see the point as they hinder performance, i mean the manufacturers must spend a fortune of R&D money on improving their cars & employ skilled technicians with physics degree's to work on a part of the chassis that will be making it stronger, improve the performance of the car & in the process shaving off a few grams here & there - only for some regulator to come along & slap a weight limit on the regulations so that means all the hard work of the highly qualified & skilled technicians has gone up the wall thanks to a bright idea by someone who quite frankly hasn't a clue! Yes, impose weight limits as ballast to slow down the top drivers to make the competition tighter, but as a technical point it's a step backwards in my opinion.
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Alternative way of looking at it is this: the weight limits for off-road are fairly standard around the world and have been around alot longer than most (any?) current production cars, so the cars have been designed around the weight limit.