rumours rumours

[Chrislong]

Originally Posted by SHY

I'll bring some norwegian Aquevit that's been around the equator! And piles of salmon!

For music we can play #1 hits like:

It's no typo, we want LiPo!

Baby let me charge your LiPo!

Harder, faster, LiPo!

Anyone better?

You are missing the classics, suchs as MC Hammer, Lipo Time

Cheeky Girls, touch my Lipo

2pac, Wonder if heaven got a Lipo

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by Chrislong

You are missing the classics, suchs as MC Hammer, Lipo Time

Cheeky Girls, touch my Lipo

2pac, Wonder if heaven got a Lipo

one for mrs oople

Im a lipo girl in a lipo world, my car is plastic arnt i fantastic i can dye my hair, race any where.

[rich_cree]

Originally Posted by SHY

I'll bring some norwegian Aquevit that's been around the equator! And piles of salmon!

In my day it was drugs and alcohol, not mineral water and fish???? Must be getting old.......

I've only run Lipo a couple of times, every time I have it's been great. I've not experienced a Lipo fire as of yet (having said that I have got one on charge in my shed outside right now, I could be experiencing one as we speak?! ). I have however experienced several NiMh cells going pop and had one vent in my face. These have never been my cells, the one that went off on me was a car I was marshalling, not been so tempted to try and fix a mysteriously stopped car again!

I can say the sooner we get rid of exploding cells the better, obviously. If Lipo is the answer then, thats the answer.

I'm really against the idea of an enforced 5 cell limit. In an ideal world every class would be like racing buggies on polished wood like I used to years ago. A 4wd mod buggy was so understressed at the end of 5 minutes that things barely got warm, motors lasted forever, batteries lasted forever, everything was great!

In fact when running 2wd on wood, a stock motor would get hot and go off after a couple of meetings, whereas a mod motor would barely need skimming after about 5 meetings.

Maybe TC needed to go to 10 cells ? Actually it still be dull as crap even then.....

I reckon Lipo and brushless will make it that much more atractive to newcomers, just one pack of cells that pretty much live in your car and one motor, your RTR car could get you through your first season with nothing more than the odd spare and tyres to buy, sounds good to me.

[Chris Doughty]

now I know what I have been missing recently, reading those good old posts by Cree...

even down to his comment for reason for edit...

polished wood floor racing!! oh yeah!!

[rich_cree]

Originally Posted by DoughtyUK.net

polished wood floor racing!! oh yeah!!

Why thats a good idea Chris

[Chrislong]

Originally Posted by rich_cree

In my day it was drugs and alcohol, not mineral water and fish???? Must be getting old.......

Now you mention it, im wonderring just how a party works with fish and mineral water... ... perhaps its smoked salmon.

[telboy]

Mr Cree, I bow in respect for the wording of your post. Thats got to be the best reply in this thread......appart form mine obviously!!





Do agree, though Last year in 2wd I think I skimmed my motor once all year, and even then it didn't realy need it I was just bored in between races. TC racing last year I ended up skimming every couple of 'runs'!

I've just sold my com lathe.

[bigred5765]

if it anit broke dont try to fix it
6 cell or lipo
so lets get a small party going to travel down to the agm and make sure its voted in then

[MikePimlott]

I have not tried Lipo yet but from what ive seen it seems to be a very good idea.

And another rumour Dont theese hard-cased Lipos Implode rather than explode. Problem solved.

[SHY]

Originally Posted by Chrislong

Now you mention it, im wonderring just how a party works with fish and mineral water... ... perhaps its smoked salmon.

...Allright then! I'll let you have a shot at a tall glass of Aquevit... It's booze, 60%, transported around the globe in oak barrels, normally served from a frozen bottle and into a VERY small frozen glass... but it's your choice...

Originally Posted by mark christopher

one for mrs oople

Im a lipo girl in a lipo world, my car is plastic arnt i fantastic i can dye my hair, race any where.

Best lyrics so far!!!

Originally Posted by bigred5765

if it anit broke dont try to fix it
6 cell or lipo
so lets get a small party going to travel down to the agm and make sure its voted in then

Someone still has to make the proposal! No proposal, no voting. No fish, no party!

Originally Posted by MikePimlott

I have not tried Lipo yet but from what ive seen it seems to be a very good idea.

And another rumour Dont theese hard-cased Lipos Implode rather than explode. Problem solved.

If you read the ROAR rules (very detailed btw!), you see that they test the following:
-a drop
-short
-overcharge

They must be hardcased and sealed with a ROAR label. Once opened/tampered with = not legal anymore... we only need to copy+paste the ROAR rules into the the EFRA handbook and do a replace all on ROAR > EFRA

[DCM]

Originally Posted by DoughtyUK.net

polished wood floor racing!! oh yeah!!

thats what I learnt on, and the IN tyre was Schumi Blue large spikes from the Car XLS....

[DCM]

Originally Posted by mark christopher

Im a lipo girl in a lipo world, my car is plastic arnt i fantastic i can dye my hair, race any where.

I am shocked he knows the lyrics....... unless he got an under 10 girl in the house with her own CD player.... anything you need to get off your chest there Mark??? heehee

[SHY]

A total sidetrack, and you may have seen this already but...

http://www.rctech.net/forum/showthread.php?t=216313

One quote: "HV application is better for larger scale vehicles. For 1/10th scale 3S should be good and that's what I run some of my cars. I don't have time to race, but you could see a huge benefit from going up to 3S lipos. One of those benefits would be less AMP draw. As you know AMP causes heat and heat makes any set up less efficient. You could makes a much power with your 13.5 with 3S lipos as the guy using a lower turn motor (8.5), but you would be using less AMPs and your motor and ESC would be creating less heat. You might even be able to run a 20 to 30 minute main. It's just simple math."

Another: "power=amps*voltage=watts. A 7.4volt 5ah pack will deliver 37watt hours of power. A 22volt 1.6ah pack will deliver 37watt hours of power. You use the same size packs, they are just wired differently. When you lower the amperage resistance is less of a factor & things become more effecient. It is not an matter of wanting more power, instead it is a matter of using a setup that will last longer. However, I will agree that it is hard to argue w/ batt & motor//esc combos that will last you a year w/out replacement."

Amazing! "Danger High Voltage" stickers on the cars!!!

I just realized I will never, ever be buying any equipment that will "last forever"... there's ALWAYS something new & better around the next corner...

[Lee]

Kanye west has already sung about lipo for us, he sees the future, i wonder if he likes pie


She was supposed to buy ya shorty Tyco with ya money
She went to the doctor got lipo with ya money

Im going to look into doing something constructive in work today i am going to find out the offical route for a proposal and write one out.

[SHY]

You'll find the ROAR rules in a previous post here. If you need the EFRA rule proposal form, let me know! (Couldn't see it on www.efra.se now)

[Lee]

I am trying to find the brca procedure on the website but i am struggling at the moment, if anyone knows how to or if there is a link i would be grateful

[SHY]

I would think you could just fill out the EFRA proposal form, and e-mail that to a BRCA representative.

http://www.ymr.no/EFRA/Rule_Proposal_Blank2008.doc

Let me know if you need any help!

[Lee]

Ok, looking at the roar rules they seem fairly sensible and cover the bases regarding safety, they also stipulate that by jan 09 that all lipo cells shall have a roar approved sticker.

Would it be ok in my proposal to state we should follow ROAR rules? Or is there a thing where the brca is stand alone and like to set a standard and not follow them?


I just want to get this write so it stands more of a chance of being voted on

[Northy]

Just email Charlie and ask him.

G

[Lee]

G,

With regard to following roar or the procedure?


Can you PM me his address