Introduction of Lipo???

[Cockerill]

Just out of interest, if you do not want Lipo to be introduced to your club/regional/national racing scene, why?

[ben]

WOOPS just read your post again hehe. Ignore

[Northy]

Originally Posted by Cockerill

Just out of interest, if you do not want Lipo to be introduced to your club/regional/national racing scene, why?

DO NOT idiot!

Learn to read.

G

[ben]

Originally Posted by Northy

DO NOT idiot!

Learn to read.

G

hehe Anyway back to toms post. I dont think you will get a reply tom.... simply because. Lipo's are ACE

[DCM]

well, if you listen to some, they burst into flames without cause or warning..... and that is less dangerous than a NiMH cell exploding in your presence... I don't know....

Bring on LIPO!!!

[johnboy]

I think its a backward step to not allow lipo. We are now on evolution 4 lipo. evo 1 and 2 were unstable. evo 3 was far better but some problems now with evo 4 they are very safe as long as people charge to the correct rate . how many meetings have people been to where a pack of nimh's have gone bang. there are too many myths and rumour regarding lipo. if there were that bad the brca touring car section wouldnt be using them.

[Cockerill]

Cheers for the posts guys, but I'm really looking for reason's from people who do not want them introduced.

I already know the advantages, that's why I use them

[jimarea51]

Tom....

I don't want Li-po's to be used because I have to pay for them unlike everyone else it seems......

That is unless some one wants to give me some....

JIm

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by jimarea51

Tom....

I don't want Li-po's to be used because I have to pay for them unlike everyone else it seems......

That is unless some one wants to give me some....

JIm

ill loan you a stick pack jim!!

do you buy nimh now?

[telboy]

I've just got some....so sorry Tom I can't tell you a reason for 'why not'.

[racingdwarf]

Reason for lipo- maybe the days of team cells being so much better than what joe public can get over the counter etc will be gone, with lipo brushless in the old 4wd just how fast can we go. Also we may only need a couple of sets rather than a couple of cases of batterys.

Reason not- I can take my £100+ chargers & all my sets of mega money batterys that set me back a few houndred quid and oh yer my £100+ muchmore discharger and chuck them in the bin cos they wont be worth jack s**t!! and come to that my 4wd lipo wont fit in so I can chuck that in the bin two.........All that will make next year very costly, errr and the way money is at the min I don't think I would bother.

In 2wd you will need a bit of lead to hit the weight limit.

The thing is once you make lipo legal you realy have no choice, get lipo and lipo chargers for 300+ ish, or go fishing

[matdodd]

Originally Posted by racingdwarf

The thing is once you make lipo legal you realy have no choice, get lipo and lipo chargers for 300+ ish, or go fishing

They can be run together, people ran NIMH's & lipo at last years Worksop series & the Belgium GP in the same meeting!

[GRIFF55]

what car does lipo not fit in?

[_sleigh_]

That depends very much on the make of LiPo. You'll find a few that will struggle to fit in a B4/XXX because the wires exit the hard case at the side and not the end/top. This makes them WWWIIIIDDDEEEE.

[GRIFF55]

But, if you were to buy the right make then they would be able to fit in all cars. Is this right? Not that i have any but there are a few guys running them at club in tourers and they seem so simple compared to nimh.
Sorry, back to topic.

The only downside i have is the resale value of old kit, hey ho, i've had my moneys worth out of it

[MattW]

Think S4 is a bit of a challenge isn't it?

[_sleigh_]

Originally Posted by GRIFF55

But, if you were to buy the right make then they would be able to fit in all cars.

OK then a question to all....

Do you see it as a must that for a specific make of LiPo cell should fit a standard off the shelf car (ie, B4, XXX etc) without modification to either car or cell, before it is allowed to be homologated?

[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

[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

[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.