yup thread here
http://www.rcracechat.com/vb/showthr...566#post253566
but they can be used at regionals should that region decide to allow them, paul is also incorrect though as the bike section do in fct allow lipo at thier nationals, so they are used and ok to at nationals
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Hi
Yup you've got that spot on, Paul's answer covers the racing rules, mine covers the Insurance aspect and hence their use at clubs and other regional series.
For example the HPI winter series allows LiPo's as do quite a lot of clubs, the BRCA national series do not, its down to each section within the National structure and then each event organiser/club commitee after that.
So for club use its; Ask the club.
It's a bit like you building a 6 wheeled wind powered buggy, the main rules of the association would be quite happy for you to bash that around the local park, but you would probably need to do a lot of explaining at your local club before they would let you race it..
If you did and then a few others joined in and they were ace fun and even more folks joined in, then you would probably find yourself in a room at the AGM a few years down the line sorting out the National rules for them, that's how the process works.
You'll find there are loads of classes raced at club level that arn't covered in the BRCA rule book as they're not a 'National' class (Electric F1's and the 1/18th classes immediatly come to mind) and this isn't a problem, in fact its exactly what's required as its where the new classes come from.
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