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Originally Posted by PaulRotheram
My cars are actually quite cheap to keep going.. my motors last a long time between rebrushes being v2 type, my cells are discharged and equalised every month or so depending when i remember, I leave them mid week as the charge is left in them after my previous races.
I was reffering to craigs B4, and mr larkins, both looked uneasy to handle without extra weight.. however with the added weight they looked to be like a regular b4, lipo powered.. but then it's back to where we are now.. with just a change in batterys.
I'm asking is it really worth changing everything for something we will be similar to now, just powered by a different type of cell?
time and effort needs to be considered, and then other people in the world.. if we changed to LIPO, and EFRA didnt.. would our drivers want to change due to the fact they would need to be running the current sub c cells to run at euros and the worlds?
Ease of use and cheap maintinance already exsists, this is why I don't understand what benefits lipo would really give. Some people do discharge and equalise all the time.. but i know pleanty of people who also dont and take the same route as my self and get along fine.
My cells have been having this treatment since november, that's near 8 months and i'm yet to notice a difference in performance.
Where are the two packs of lipos for £80 advertised? I've looked around (briefly i must say) and have found the gold orion one for £75 for one pack, then on top of that i'd need a new charger, and then a second battery as it seems they need to cool down before i can re use them.
With this route i'd in spending close to £250 to get me going.
However as said.. if lipo was introduced i'd follow suit.. but I can't see any benefits as of yet, unlike brushless where no skimming, no brushes and no lathe is really appealing!
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a charger can be had for £50 and to be honest there is no difference between my £50 one and my £150 (both do lipo) Jimmys trackpower lipo review shows the charger i have and recomend.
i ran one pack in tc for a full meeting by the time i had marshalled it was cool, they dont get as hot as nimh and you oly have to top them up not charge them from flat, though i would say two is or would be the racers choice.
we seem to add weight to b4's even when there over weight,
my sugestion would be keep the weight lmits as they are now, allow lipo to run along side nimh, as paul has said the top guys will still be at the top, no matter what
to me nimh will still be there, but give racers the choice, even if its a feeder into regionals