LiPo packs and overall weight .....

[RogerM]

A post on the MK GP thread about weights got me thinking about this so I thought I'd start this poll to see what the world at large thought .......



So what do you think about forcing LiPo runners to add at least the amount of weight that would be required to make the combined weight of the Lipo pack and it's ballast say the same as a pack of 3700s????
(purely from the point that would be the minimum cell likely to be powering a quick brushless equuiped car)

Based on that post Cosie tells me his S2 with LiPo in weighs in at 1525g (still loads above the BRCA minimum 2wd weight so no probs there) and I stated that my RB5 with 4500s in will be nearer 1700g .......

Now to save the brain cells (I know some are running low on those as S.A.D. takes it's toll) that is 11.5% extra my poor motor has to accelerate out of each and every high grip / low speed corner and punch across the jumps too.
Now I could make that up by driving 11.6% better (but I'm not going to count on that too much!!!).

So here's the point (finally you all cry) .......

If Cosie's Lipo pack weighs in at 150g less than a pack of 3700s and my 4500s tipped the scales at 25g (guessed difference) over the 3700s BUT the rules stated that he had to make up the difference in ballast on / under the LiPo pack IN ADDITION to any weight on there for handling reasons it would level the playing field again .....

That would leave me with some choices to close the gap, dremel, run 3700s, buy loads of light weight bits-and-bobs, go and have a cup of tea and not worry about it!

Does that make sense (as far as the question is concerend)??????

I know there would still be those that say what about the 0.4V nominal voltage increase etc. but lets be honest ..... for anything much quicker than a spec the extra voltage isn't going to matter a jot. In fact most modern NiMh cells run about 1.23v anyway so that's 7.4V!!!